Authentic Self Quotes - Page 2

• This ego has all the desires, ambitions, wants to be always on the top of everything. You are exploited by this ego. And this never allows you even a glimpse of your real authentic self, and your life is there, in your authenticity. Hence, this ego only produces misery, suffering, fighting, frustration, madness, suicide, murder - all kinds of crime.

  Rajneesh

  Suicide, Real, Ambition

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• Scarcity of self value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence.

  Gary Zukav

  Self Esteem, Loving Life, Attention

  Gary Zukav, Linda Francis (2007). “The Mind of the Soul: Responsible Choice”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you around and telling you who you're supposed to be. Your fictional self is who you are when you have a social mask on to please everyone else. Give yourself permission to be your authentic self.

  Phil McGraw

  Being Yourself, Giving, World

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• Being in your element is not only about aptitude, it's about passion: it is about loving what you do...tapping into your natural energy and your most authentic self.

  Ken Robinson

  Love, Passion, Loving What You Do

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• We can only belong when we offer our most authentic selves and when we're embraced for who we are.

  Brené Brown

  Self, Who We Are, Offers

  Brené Brown (2010). “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not malleable; he may be mistaken, he may be fooled in a given instance, but he is inflexible in regard to the absolutism of reality, i.e., in seeking and demanding truth.

  Ayn Rand

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Men

  AYN RAND “THE NEW LEFT: THE ANTI-INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION”

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• There is only one source of authentic self-confidence: reason.

  Ayn Rand

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Reason

  AYN RAND “THE NEW LEFT: THE ANTI-INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION”

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• I believe one of our souls' major purposes is to know, love, and express our authentic selves. To live the life and be the person we were created to be. However, our true selves only emerge when it's safe to do so. Self-condemnation, shame, and guilt send your true nature into hiding. It's only in the safety of gentle curiosity, encouragement, and self-love that your soul can bloom as it was created to do.

  Sue Thoele

  Encouragement, Believe, Live Life

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• Our primordial purpose is to respond to the impulsion from within to solve the mystery of our individual existence, to find and be the authentic Self that is, has been and ever shall be.

  Michael Beckwith

  Self, Purpose, Mystery

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• Life is sacred. Life is art. Life is sacred art. The art of sacred living means being a holy actor, acting from the soul rather than the ego. The soul is out of space and time and hence always available, an ever-present potential of our being. It is up to each of us to celebrate and to actualize our being and to turn each meal, conversation, outfit, letter, and so on, into art. Every mundane activity is an opportunity for full authentic self-expression. The soul is our artistic self, our capacity for transforming every dimension of our lives into art and theater.

  Gabrielle Roth

  Art, Mean, Opportunity

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• Self-esteem is reliance on one's power to think... The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind.

  Ayn Rand

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Men

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• Dare yourself to believe in your creativity, wherever it may lead you. Trust that where it leads, is exactly where you're supposed to be. Your authentic self knows where you're headed. Don't wrestle with Spirit, collaborate with it.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Believe, Creativity, Self

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• Our self-respect tracks our choices. Every time we act in harmony with our authentic self and our heart, we earn our respect. It is that simple. Every choice matters.

  Don Coppersmith

  Self Esteem, Heart, Self Confidence

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• Your experiences are not limited to what you have created in the past

  Gary Zukav

  Past, Follow Your Dreams

  Gary Zukav (2012). “Self-Empowerment Journal”, p.199, Simon and Schuster

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• When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.

  Steven Pressfield

  Crazy, Self, Ifs

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• To get past your ego and its defenses you need to get quiet, be brave, and listen to your inner voices....When you embrace the messages of each aspect of your shadow, you begin to take back the power you’ve given to others and form a bond of trust with your authentic self. The voices of your unembraced qualities, when allowed into your consciousness, will bring you back into balance and harmony with your natural rhythms.

  Debbie Ford

  Past, Self, Voice

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• You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn't try to be a tiger, and you shouldn't try to be something you aren't. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature. You still won't be perfect, but success isn't about perfection-it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self.

  Bernie Siegel

  Success, Being Yourself, Jobs

  Bernie Siegel (2013). “Prescriptions For Living: Inspirational Lessons for a Joyful, Loving Life”, p.92, Random House

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• When you suppress your true feelings or follow a path that isn’t really yours, you aren’t living your authentic self. Your soul made a plan for this life before you incarnated, and that plan is your true life purpose. Acting in line with your life purpose is one way to live in the light, another step on the path toward expanded consciousness.

  Deborah King

  Light, Self, Soul

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• Passion will always move you in the direction of your authentic self.

  Danielle LaPorte

  Moving, Passion, Self

  Danielle LaPorte (2012). “The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms”, p.31, Harmony

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• The liberating encounter with God/ess is always an encounter with our authentic selves resurrected from underneath the alienated self. It is not experienced against, but in and through relationships, healing our broken relations with our bodies, with other people, with nature.

  Rosemary Radford Ruether

  God, Healing, Self

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• Authenticity is an alignment between your beliefs, your desires and your choices in the world. Desires that are in alignment with core beliefs generate powerful actions. Like a wave that draws from the depths of the ocean, actions connected to your authentic self are more likely to manifest your intentions.

  David Simon

  Powerful, Ocean, Self

  David Simon, M.D. (2010). “The Ten Commitments: Translating Good Intentions into Great Choices”, p.33, Health Communications, Inc.

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• I'm the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens.

  Donald Miller

  Self, World, Lines

  Donald Miller (2015). “Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy”, p.2, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I have - often say to people that you really don't get to decide your own legacy. I mean, what you do is, you try to be your own authentic self. And then people decide how they're going to interpret that and what it means to them.

  Anita Hill

  Mean, Self, People

  "Anita Hill Reflects on 20 Years Since Clarence Thomas Hearings". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. October 10, 2011.

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• Many of us have unconsciously erected barriers to protect ourselves from failing or succeeding. We may think we're protecting ourselves by denying our creative impulses, but all we're doing is burying our authentic selves alive.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Thinking, Self, Creative

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• Become aware of your beliefs and automatic default settings. Bring them into the light of your present, adult knowledge. Gently acknowledge that they are what they are. Then accept that they constitute what you've believed until now, and that you can transform them into beliefs that allow you to fully express who you really are. Without judgment, patiently begin working to change subconscious and limiting beliefs into true expressions of your authentic self.

  Sue Thoele

  Light, Self, Expression

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