Welcome to<a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/dailyquote">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the Daily Quote⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>, the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, and this episode is brought to you by <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/podcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the Great News podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>. Because great news should be heard, and the link is <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/podcast">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠right here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> in the show notes.Support the show <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/support">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee ⁠</a>Today’s quote is from André Gide He lived from 1869 to 1951 and was a French novelist, essayist, and literary critic who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947. His writing explored individuality, morality, personal freedom, and the struggle between social expectations and authentic self-expression. His notable works include The Immoralist, The Counterfeiters, and Strait Is the Gate.André Gide once said… “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” The quote is widely attributed to André Gide and is associated with his novel Autumn Leaves (Les Feuillets d'automne, 1949). The English wording varies across sources and translations.It is a normal human desire to be liked, to fit in and to seek approval. The danger is that sometimes this desire to be accepted can lead to hiding parts of ourselves and adopt beliefs we don’t really believe. Or we may pretend to enjoy something just to go along with the cool crowd.If you make a habit of pretending to be someone else then when someone likes the pretend version of you it kind of feels inauthentic. Like you tricked them or something.Sure you might be surrounded by people who like you but if what they like isn’t even you then you end up feeling alone.Maybe it would be better to be your authentic self and let the world see who you really are. But that doesn’t mean refusing to compromise because sometimes that is the right thing to do. You can be honest and still be kind, respectful and willing to listen.Genuine relationships are possible when people get to know the real you.We can’t control whether every

André Gide - “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

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