376 quotes found
“So many people hate me and love me for the exact same reasons. This is all the proof I need that my opinion about myself is the only opinion I should ever care about.”
“Authenticity is about what makes you, you. It is an expression of your beingness.”
“Authenticity was the key to any deception. Sometimes authenticity was disgusting.”
“There is something deeply attractive, at least to quite a lot of people, about squalor, misery, and vice. They are regarded as more authentic, and certainly more exciting, than cleanliness, happine...”
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.”
“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”
“Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free.”
“I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they're all so envious of it.”
“The more of me I be,The clearer I can see.”
“We are not here to fit in, be well balanced, or provide exempla for others. We are here to be eccentric, different, perhaps strange, perhaps merely to add our small piece, our little clunky, chunky...”
“In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart. They are real and sustainable. Their foundations are stronger because they are built with the strength...”
“Mass advertising can help build brands, but authenticity is what makes them last. If people believe they share values with a company, they will stay loyal to the brand.”
“I now inhabit a life I don't deserve, but we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon”
“Authentic brands don't emerge from marketing cubicles or advertising agencies. They emanate from everything the company does...”
“It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!”
“Often misconstrued, authenticity is not about being an open book, revealing every detail of yourself without rhyme or reason. It is simply the act of openly and courageously seeing what needs to be...”
“I don't rhyme about guns I ain't shotHoes I ain't caughtOr shit I ain't bought.”
“It's not odd these days to hear politicians trumpeting their own authenticity, a claim that an earlier day would have considered self-cancelling. But when Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, and Rick San...”
“The expression of your heart is beating beneath your fears”