"Be Yourself" * Today's Quote

  "Be yourself - not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be."--Henry David Thoreau 

"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." -William Shakespeare

“What it means to be authentic:

• - to be more concerned with truth than opinions
• - to be sincere and not pretend
• - to be free from hypocrisy: "walk your talk"
• - to know who you are and to be that person
• - to not fear others seeing your vulnerabilities
• - being confident to walk away from situations where you can't be yourself
• - being awake to your own feelings
• - being free from others' opinions of you
• - accepting and loving yourself” 

― Sue Fitzmaurice

5 Favorite Quotes on Commitment

"You never hear Jesus say in Pilate's judgement hall one word that would let you imagine that He was sorry that He had undertaken so costly a sacrifice for us. When His hands are pierced, when He is parched with fever, His tongue dried up like a shard of pottery, when His whole body is dissolved into the dust of death, you never hear a groan or a shriek that looks like Jesus is going back on His commitment." ~Charles Spurgeon 

"If you do not plan to live the Christian life totally committed to knowing your God and to walking in obedience to Him, then don't begin, for this is what Christianity is all about. It is a change of citizenship, a change of governments, a change of allegiance. If you have no intention of letting Christ rule your life, then forget Christianity; it is not for you." ~Kay Arthur

"More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks." ~Chuck Swindoll

"Your commitments can develop you or destroy you, but either way, they will define you." ~Rick Warren

"Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed." ~David Jeremiah

Speaking of Character

"The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions." -Junius (1740-1818)

"A man never shows his own character so plainly as by his manner of portraying another's." -Richter (1763-1825)

"The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out." -Macaulay (1800-1859)

"Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking." -Chinese Proverb

"Character is not cut in marble; it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing..." -George Eliot (1819-1880)