Sue Monk Kidd Quotes

Everybody is original, if he tells the truth, if he speaks from himself. But it must be from his *true* self and not from the self he thinks he *should* be.

I have to live in the truth that this is who I am. That's what I need to focus on.

I had a lot of conversations with my family, my close friends, with my pastor, with God, and kind of came to a revelation that maybe I should be honest with myself about who I am and let that person - this woman who has lived inside me for my entire life - finally have an opportunity to live.

I can only be who I am.

If you have to change something about you to be in a part, I don't think it's easy to do. You should just pick the part where you can just be yourself.

I've had. It's the real me. People don't deserve anything less.

Knowing yourself and expressing it is hip. I think knowing yourself is the real journey, for me anyway.

Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.

When who you are naturally is not only considered a sin, but you're reviled for being that human being and you don't have any control over it, there are lots of issues that come into play. And it takes a lot of presence, determination, courage and space to figure out how to land in that truth regardless of what anyone around you thinks about it.

Being yourself is one of the hardest things because it's scary. You always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are. I decided to call my record 'Inside Out' because that's my motto about life. I don't think you ever succeed at trying to be anyone else but who you truly are.

That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.

Argue with anything else, but don't argue with your own nature.

It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

Very seldom do we receive any support for trusting ourselves, listening to our own sense of inner truth, and expressing ourselves in a direct and honest way.

I want to inspire through example. I hope my books motivate others to open doors and windows that will help them to embrace their own truth, light and joy.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it.

I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.

I only give expression to the instincts from my soul.

Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.

Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you read 'The Four Agreements', you hear another voice beneath the story, the voice that comes from your integrity, your spirit.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

Be true to yourself, know that your are more than your face and body, and keep God first.