Top 100 Quotes About Authentic Love
#1. Authentic love must be founded on reciprocal recognition of two freedoms. For each of them, love would be the revelation of the self through the gift of the self and the enrichment of the universe.
Simone De Beauvoir
#2. Authentic love always assumes the mystery of modesty, even in its expression, because actions speak louder than words. Unlike a feigned love, it feels no need to set a conflagration.
Honore De Balzac
#3. To me, authentic love is a sacred encounter we all yearn for.
Michael Beckwith
#4. Real love doesn't die. It's the physical body that dies. Genuine, authentic love has no expectations whatsoever; it doesn't even need the physical presence of a person ... Even when he is dead and buried that part of you that loves the person will always live.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
#5. Authentic love is soft, smooth, easy, it's laughter to the soul, it's communication, it's respect, it's an unconditional love without envy or malice.
Colishia S. Benjamin
#6. We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.
Jean Vanier
#7. The authentic love of a man switches on the inner radiance of a woman, making her more attractive and noticed by other men.
C. Nzingha Smith
#8. The idea that it's unloving to defend truth or confront lies is one of the arrogant opinions of this postmodern age that needs to be torn down (2 Cor. 10:5). Authentic love "rejoices with the truth" (1 Cor. 13:6).
Anonymous
#9. God offers authentic LOVE. His devotion is the real deal. But He won't give you the genuine until you surrender the imitations.
Max Lucado
#10. People should see genuine, authentic love in the church
Sunday Adelaja
#11. At its strongest and wildest and most authentic, love is a demon. It is a religion, a high-risk adventure, an act of heroism. Love is ecstasy and injury, transcendence and danger, altruism and excess. In many ways, it is a divine madness.
Cristina Nehring
#12. Our life depends on others so much that at the root of our existence is a fundamental need for love. That is why it is good to cultivate an authentic sense of responsibility and concern for the welfare of others.
Dalai Lama
#13. When we learn to read the story of Jesus and see it as the story of the love of God, doing for us what we could not do for ourselves
that insight produces, again and again, a sense of astonished gratitude which is very near the heart of authentic Christian experience.
N. T. Wright
#14. The sharing of goods and resources, from which authentic development proceeds, is not guaranteed by merely technical progress and relationships of utility, but by the potential of love that overcomes evil with good.
Pope Benedict XVI
#15. Sometimes we are looked upon as people who speak only of prohibitions. Nothing could be further from the truth! Authentic Christian discipleship is marked by a sense of wonder. We stand before the God we know and love as a friend, the vastness of his creation, and the beauty of our Christian faith.
Pope Benedict XVI
#16. With so many people in the world i am confident in saying, if you connect with someone on a soul level you dont take them for granted.
Nikki Rowe
#17. Your words don't match your vibe,
& im trusting my gut this time.
Nikki Rowe
#18. The incentive to peacemaking is love, but it degenerates into appeasement whenever justice is ignored. To forgive and to ask for forgiveness are both costly exercises. All authentic Christian peacemaking exhibits the love and justice-and so the pain-of the cross.
John Stott
#19. What a rebellious act it is to love yourself naturally in a world of fake appearances.
Nikki Rowe
#20. And I hope above all you give your heart to someone again no matter how many broken promises you have recieved.
Nikki Rowe
#21. Without a safe haven, one of the most authentic parts of who you are, who you love, felt invisible to the world.
Matt Bomer
#22. If there is no friendship with them [the poor] and no sharing of the life of the poor, then there is no authentic commitment to liberation, because love exists only among equals.
Gustavo Gutierrez
#23. Virtue is a step toward cultivating authentic beauty, for the love and grace that is within a woman is what truly shines through to make her radiant. Grace illuminates the exterior.
Jenessa Terraccino
#25. Only someone authentic, with a deep love of art, will radiate the enthusiasm needed to keep them engaged
Lisa Desrochers
#26. What if the key to unlocking your true authentic power, to opening up your heart deeply to love, to finding the confidence to go after everything you want in your life lies hidden in your shadow?
Debbie Ford
#27. Eloquent and moving ... an extraordinary testament to the enduring power of love - beyond faith and dogma. It reminds us of why we are here: to love and live fully, to be curious about all things, and to live a compassionate - and passionate - authentic life.
Mira Bartok
#28. She was drawn to the wild warriors, they had to have a little gypsy in their veins.
Nikki Rowe
#29. The only authentic responsibility is towards your own potential. Values have not to be imposed on you. They should grow with your awareness, in you.
Rajneesh
#30. George Clooney's 'Ides of March' could be the most under-appreciated movie of the year. In 20 years they're gonna go back and say, 'Oh, that was American politics in that time period.' I follow politics, I love it, and that movie is so authentic.
Harvey Weinstein
#31. 'Free the Gang,' that's my favorite song because it's so real. All my music is real, it's authentic, but it's something about that song that I love.
Shy Glizzy
#32. Never settle on a life you don't want when God is trying to give you a better life.
Shannon L. Alder
#33. Your words don't match your vibe,
& im trusting my gut this time.
Nikki Rowe
#34. I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
L'Wren Scott
#35. If you must have a rule to follow, I would suggest cultivating a dialogue with your inner voice ... If you listen to the clues your own images offer, the resulting work will be fresh, and authentic. Fall in love with your world ...
Jane Fulton Alt
#36. Love is authentic only when it gives freedom. Love is true only when it respects the other person's individuality, his privacy.
Rajneesh
#37. When wholeheartedly we help someone, when in a natural and spontaneous way we care for the tree and water the flowers in the garden even though no one required us, there is authentic generosity, genuine sympathy, true love.
Samael Aun Weor
#38. So release yourself from that. Don't be strategic or coy. Strategic and coy are for jackasses. Be brave. Be authentic. Practice saying the word 'love' to the people you love so when it matters the most to say it, you will.
Cheryl Strayed
#39. Authentic Christianity should lead to maturity, personality, and reality. It should fashion whole men and women living lives of love and communion
Brennan Manning
#40. But since you're asking me, I'll tell you my opinion: all cornbread is authentic, as long as it's good, hot, and made with love and fresh ingredients.
Jeremy Jackson
#41. In love, there is no need to choose between self and other, because self is other.
Vironika Tugaleva
#42. If only we all knew! By understanding the personalities, we are able to give words of encouragement to others that are sincere and authentic. We can get to know others, love them in the way they need to be loved, and help bring out their very best, at home, or at work.
Rose Sweet
#44. I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a man to like me for me - I want him to be authentic.
Emma Watson
#45. When it comes to loving people, let's not allow it to be something we do on the side. Let's make it a lifestyle. Whether we are at the gas station, picking up groceries, even waiting to get our car repaired, there is always an open opportunity to love someone in need.
Jarrid Wilson
#46. If I'm cooking dinner for my hubby or designing a line or selling on QVC, I try to do it in an authentic way. To speak to people like I want to be spoken to, to be a voice for people who don't have one and to give them things they need and love.
Khloe Kardashian
#47. The ultimate barrier against love is the barrier of the constructed self.
Vironika Tugaleva
#48. Authentic kindness has a power greater than rock, paper and scissors combined.
Toni Sorenson
#49. Every decision that you make either moves you toward your personality, or toward your soul. Each decision you make is an answer to the question, 'How do you choose to learn love?', 'How do you choose to learn authentic empowerment-through doubt and fear, or through wisdom?'
Gary Zukav
#50. When our focus is on seeking, perfecting, or clinging to romance, the charge is often generated by instability, rather than by an authentic connection with another person.
Sharon Salzberg
#51. We are born perfect, full of love, potential, self-faith and brilliance. But from the moment we are born, we begin to walk away from our authentic nature and take on the false beliefs, limiting assumptions and fears of the world around us.
Robin S. Sharma
#52. Authentic power is the energy that Is formed by the intentions of the Soul. It is the light shaped by the intentions of love and compassion guided by wisdom
Gary Zukav
#53. I love eating shabu-shabu in Japan - a kind of beef hotpot. But if you're talking about authentic, traditional food, then Italian cooking is one of the best in the world.
Andrea Bocelli
#54. Anyone who really loves you wants you to be authentic. And anyone who doesn't want you to be authentic doesn't really love you.
Nathaniel Branden
#55. You want to reach people, but you also want to reach them in the most authentic way. You now have a mass market and an audience that's listening, but they're in love with a song that means absolutely nothing to you.
K'naan
#56. I give my heart in every single session I've done, and I get into the music. I love all kinds of music, and I try and really be as authentic as possible and give from my heart.
Harvey Mason Jr.
#57. We make authentic Maharashtrian food at home. My mother supervises the preparation and the menu every day. She has been doing this since before I was born. I absolutely love the mutton sukka that she makes.
Riteish Deshmukh
#58. Give up being perfect for being authentic. Be who you are. Love who you are. Others will too.
Hal Elrod
#59. I love Memphis, I guess you could say, in the way that you love a brother even if he does sometimes puzzle and sadden and frustrate you. Say what you want about it, it's an authentic place. I was born and raised in Memphis, and no matter where I go, Memphis belongs to me, and I to it.
Hampton Sides
#60. The thought of never crossing your path again is to enormous to bare, so for now I'll make dreams in my heart and remind myself to go and sit & remember them every once in a while.
Nikki Rowe
#61. It doesn't really matter whether we reflect the light through our authentic gifts or whether our authentic calling is to spread it. What matters is that tonight is that the world is dark, cold, and bleak. Your flame burns so brightly. Share your Love and warmth with others. Watch the Light return.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
#62. Don't be afraid to be authentic, show up in the world as you truly are.
Be as you mean to be, but be light with it. Love it, give it, share it, laugh at it, walk everywhere with it.
Be in the world but not OF it.
Jay Woodman
#63. In your heart, you have a song that will change the world, once you give yourself permission to sing.
Vironika Tugaleva
#64. I don't think anyone's sexuality needs to be a public issue other than to give others the confidence to love themselves wholeheartedly and to be their true, authentic self without any shame.
Crystal Bowersox
#65. When you trust your own abilities and those of the people around you, you overcome fear. And when the people you lead trust themselves and you - that you have their best interests at heart and are authentic - is when you and they will achieve the most.
Phil Dourado
#66. Go deep and live life from your truth within, and watch your most authentic self, full of love, peace, and beauty manifest out into the world.
D.S. Clark
#67. When you feel physically vital, emotionally stable, and psychologically centered, your ability and desire to love and express authentic compassion expand.
Deepak Chopra
#68. You are here just to be, for no reason. You have no mission except to enjoy life, to be happy. The only thing you need is just to be the real you. Be authentic. Be the presence. Be happiness. Be love. Be joy. Be yourself; that's the main point. That's wisdom.
Miguel Ruiz
#69. You are here, alive and awake and for whatever reasons you have fought your battles, it's time to start focusing on what strengths pulled you up when the entire world had knocked you down.
That's where the virtue in self grows.
Nikki Rowe
#70. I am a wild woman.
it would take a warrior to tame my spirit.
Nikki Rowe
#71. Love is accepting your truest, most authentic expression of self, and allowing yourself to do the same with others.
Grace Gealey
#72. Evolve and see what comes with you anything that doesn't has taught you all you need to know.
Nikki Rowe
#73. I do not believe that to be religious in the best, authentic sense a man has to destroy his love life and mummify himself, body and soul.
Wilhelm Reich
#74. Authentic disciples love God, love people, and reproduce spiritually. These are the marks of Kingdom-minded men and women. They are consumed with love and purpose.
Bo Chancey
#75. Love looks to the eternal. Love is indeed "ecstasy," not in the sense of a moment of intoxication, but rather as a journey, an on-going exodus out of the closed inward-looking self toward its liberation through self-giving ... toward authentic self-discovery and indeed the discovery of God ...
Pope Benedict XVI
#76. The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.
Ben Okri
#77. It's better to risk being disliked for living your truth than to be loved for what you are pretending to be.
Dawn Gluskin
#78. Oh, the pain of it, thought Lee, thinking about his children, oh! the exquisite pain of unrequited love. The only authentic wound, the sweet curse they inflict on you, the revenge of heterosexuality.
Angela Carter
#79. I love my husband very much. I knew it was real true love because I felt like I could be myself around that person. Your true, true innermost authentic self, the stuff you don't let anyone else see, if you can be that way with that person, I think that that's real love.
Idina Menzel
#80. We are meant to do the work of angels for we are often disguised from ourSelves.
Paresh Shah
#81. It's ok to reinvent yourself as many times as it takes to live out your most authentic self.
Nikki Rowe
#82. If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness.
Pope Benedict XVI
#83. Fear is the most powerful adhesive we have. Fear unites, because if two people are afraid, then even as the authentic ties that may have once bound them disappear, the fear ties are as sticky as a spider's web.
Ramani Durvasula
#84. Nothing is more attractive than being your authentic self!
Dawn Gluskin
#85. I was starting to fall for him,
He didn't say it but the way
He looked at me,
Told me he felt the same.
Nikki Rowe
#86. I lost a lot of people when I found myself.
Nikki Rowe
#87. It's tough to have an authentic relationship with awe in the age of awesome, a word that has become so overused as to be drained of its meaning.
Sharon Salzberg
#88. Be real. Be authentic. Be yourself, whatever the emotional cost. Pain goes away, while regret over a life lived trying to be a plastic version of yourself does not.
Vironika Tugaleva
#89. You cannot experience the fullness of your authentic self or life when you live to avoid hurt. You will never know the joy of love or the peaceful satisfaction of being loved if you hide from hurt.
Iyanla Vanzant
#90. Today is a good day to tackle a fear and make yourself proud.
April WIlliams
#92. Re-programming your mind, body & spirit is like planting a garden, if the soil isn't right nothing will grow.
Nikki Rowe
#93. I think the most important thing in life is self-love, because if you don't have self-love, and respect for everything about your own body, your own soul, your own capsule, then how can you have an authentic relationship with anyone else?
Shailene Woodley
#94. Who was I fooling, telling my heart to quiet its beautiful song so I could march in the parade of conformity? My biggest fool was me.
Vironika Tugaleva
#95. Commitment to love - to growth, to authentic power is an everyday application of your will.
Gary Zukav
#96. There is a difference between working hard to create a life that truly serves you
and working hard to create a life that you've been told you should want.
Vironika Tugaleva
#97. A healing heart has no time frame.
Nikki Rowe
#98. She's a gypsy girl living in a materialistic world,
Unattached to most things but in love with life itself.
Nikki Rowe
#99. Don't suffocate your spirit for the lessons that were only passing through spring.
Nikki Rowe
#100. He was convinced that the best way to become acquainted with God is through love and that there is no authentic scientia Christi without falling in love with him.
Pope Benedict XVI
