Andre Maurois Quotes

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability.

Be real and be unashamed, even of your faults. I do truly know what my husband is made of and vice versa.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.

My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you.

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there.

It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.

If you have feelings for someone, be honest with yourself and the person you care about, but trust that there is someone out there who will love you for who you are and will stay by your side.

We all try to pretend we're the person we want to be when we're really not, and you've just gotta be willing to say, 'Here are all my flaws; here's who I am - take it or leave it. If you love me still, then let's do this.'

We can be shiny and perfect and admired, or we can be real and honest and vulnerable and loved. But we actually do have to choose.

I've become more comfortable with opening up.

I so desperately wanted to be honest, and I so desperately wanted to love myself and accept myself for who I was.

I learned that sometimes you should just tell people the ugliest things about you because those are the things that people trust the most.

Man, that's all I can do, just be myself.

You can't develop full relationships with anybody unless you're fully honest about who you are.

You can't be afraid to be honest and to be yourself. We all have imperfections and fall short at some point. Showing your human side creates a sensitivity, openness and trust. That's the beginning of the demise in a relationship - not being honest and not being you.

I'm very open with my life, and I don't regret it because it's what got me here.

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

True love brings up everything - you're allowing a mirror to be held up to you daily.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.