Authentic self Quote by Gail Sheehy

“Many people are frightened to take a look at the forces that shaped their characters and their backgrounds, believing that the past should be…

— Susan Forward

“Discovering the true self is not a product of invention and alteration. Rather, it’s a journey of assorted surprises followed by celebrations obvious and…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Think up some stories about who you would like to be. Soon you will begin to create the necessary blueprint for stretching your accomplishments.…

— Steve Chandler

“We project an illusion of our ideals instead of seeing other people as they really are.”

— Jocelyn Soriano

“Your false self is the accumulation of all the voice you have internalized from other people-parents and friends who want you to conform to…

— Robert Greene

“As human beings, identity and self image are fused into the way we move and hold ourselves. Because even if we are looking for…

— Jane Hardjono

“Spending time looking for what is missing in your life is futile; if you fail to look within yourself. When we challenge everything we…

— Nicolas G. Janovsky

“It seems like all the time people are making themselves themselves, but they don't really know it. You can only have true visions when…

— Elizabeth Berg

“Does being true to one's self mean offering the literal truth or the truth that should have been, the truth of the image of…

— Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Your true self can never be found within anyone else, and it cannot be found in the hardships that life has thrust on you…

— Kat Von D

Here, I think, is another clue to finding true self and vocation: we must withdraw the negative projections we make on people and situations…

— Parker J. Palmer

“The point of modernity is to live a life without illusions while not becoming disillusioned”

— Antonio Gramsci