Authenticity Quote by David G. Benner Download Open image ““Self-acceptance always precedes genuine self-surrender and self-transformation.”” — David G. Benner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authenticity Identity
“I have learned, however that self-acceptance is a journey, not a destination to be reached. It is organic, always changing and moving with us… — Marian Gard Copy Share Image
“Self-acceptance is a way of viewing oneself compassionately, without condemnation or justification. It is a starting point in life which makes other things possible.… — Don Richard Riso Copy Share Image
“In a society that says, “Put yourself last,” self-love and self-acceptance are almost revolutionary. If” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“This willful, compulsive, moralistic approach to man’s transformation always obstructs it—for it still implies that very illusion of self-mastery which stands in the way.… — Alan W. Watts Copy Share Image
“Self-surrender sometimes has the potential for happiness. Submission never does.” — Ethel Spector Person Copy Share Image
Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life. — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
“Self-love is the side-effect of self-acceptance. Accept who you are and what is happening in your world and love naturally begins to flow back… — Kelly Martin Copy Share Image
“Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance.” — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“In this culture, cultivating unconditional self-acceptance truly is radical.” — Yancy Lael Copy Share Image
“Some Christians mistrust or de-emphasize the role of the senses in spirituality, considering them to be inferior to reason and cognition. Such a view… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“Love reconnects us to life. The truth of Christ's life is that life is love and love is life. There is no genuine life… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“Watch particularly for traces of God in other people. Since humans are that part of creation most directly reflecting the divine image and likeness,… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“We do not pray so that we can get God's attention. We pray so that God will get our attention.” — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“Most broadly understood, lectio divina involves receiving God's revelation wherever it occurs. This means that there are other media beyond Scriptures that can also… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“Paying attention is being open and awake - ready to be seized by whatever is present to us in the present moment. This is… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“Teresa of Avila says that the important thing in prayer is not to think much but to love much. The head is not a… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“The personal costs of counseling also remind us why it is so necessary for a counselor to experience continuous renewal through Scripture, prayer, and… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“If we are honest, most of us have to admit that prayer is often more of an obligation than something arising spontaneously from desire… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“Prayerful paying attention is not scrunching up our willpower and tightening our focus, but simply opening our self to what we encounter. This makes… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“silence is God’s first language; everything else is a poor translation.” — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“AN ANCIENT AID TO DEEP KNOWING OF OUR SIN One tool that many people have found helpful in identifying basic sin tendencies is an… — David G. Benner Copy Share Image
“the property that grounded the self in Romanticism was sincerity, and in modernism was authenticity, then in postmod ernism it is visibility.10” — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“I figure the more people think I'm just mildly weird, the less likely they are to know how weird I really am.” — Melanie Hooyenga Copy Share Image
I think people can read authenticity and they know when you're involved and when you're just slapping your name on something. — La La Anthony Copy Share Image
“I strive for authenticity even though it brings with it vulnerability and the inevitable judgment of others.” — L.R.W. Lee Copy Share Image
Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, focus your energy on what you can create.” — Roy Bennett Copy Share Image
What I love about Nivea is they're all about authenticity. The brand isn't pretending to be anything it isn't. — Tessa Virtue Copy Share Image
There is nothing which so certifies the genuineness of a man's faith as his patience and his patient endurance, his keeping on steadily in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
