Authenticity Quotes

“I think true freedom is being yourself no matter what. True freedom is living authentically. As if there are no spectators. You are the subject, and you are the object under observation. Only you exist. Only you! And no one else. You live the way you live when you are alone in your room. You behave the way you behave when you are alone in your room. You are under the spotlight. It is you who switched it on. And it is you who is focusing the same on yourself.”
― Abhaidev, The Meaninglessness of Meaning

“Renowned professor and mythologist Joseph Campbell said:

"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an *experience of being alive*, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance on our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”
― Scott Erickson, Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream

“Being pious is not the same as being true.”
― Dr Aisling O'Donnell, THE MAP: Archetypes of the Major Arcana

“Discover how to cultivate a relationship with your authentic self and harness the power of who you are, right where you are.”
― Kristen Butler, The Comfort Zone: Create a Life You Really Love with Less Stress and More Flow

“Living inside our Comfort Zone frees us and allows us to stay in the flow. By giving ourselves permission to be who we are, we gain the freedom to make choices that are rooted in our purpose.”
― Kristen Butler, The Comfort Zone: Create a Life You Really Love with Less Stress and More Flow

“O, never will I trust to speeches penn'd,
Nor to the motion of a schoolboy's tongue,
Nor never come in vizard to my friend,
Nor woo in rhyme, like a blind harper's song!
Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise,
Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affectation,
Figures pedantical; these summer-flies
Have blown me full of maggot ostentation:
I do forswear them; and I here protest,
By this white glove;--how white the hand, God knows!--
Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd
In russet yeas and honest kersey noes:

Love’s Labour’s Lost Act V, Scene II”
― William Shakespeare, The Complete Works of Shakespeare

“Becoming one with the wave is about as authentic and personally harmonizing an experience as you can get in these phony days of Auto-Tune.”
― Sol Luckman, Musings from a Small Island: Everything under the Sun

“Authenticity is a critical aspect of leadership. It’s about being your true self, and all of your self with the people you are leading.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Business Leadership: The Key Elements

“When I water myself down, the opportunities pause. But when I step fully into who I am, a floodgate of blessings comes rushing in. Let this be a lesson for you while navigating your own path. Be authentic and be yourself regardless of how uncomfortable it initially feels.”
― Robin S. Baker

“I value authenticity, and I choose love, not attachment”
― Leo Lourdes, A World of Yoga: 700 Asanas for Mindfulness and Well-Being

“Parteneriatul non-judicativ reprezentat de relația de coaching devine, astfel, un teren de antrenament al autenticității.”
― Iulia Dobre-Trifan, Provocări și echilibru în coaching executiv pragmatic

“It's time to stop caring about what other people think and start living for ourselves. We should never dull our shine for somebody else.”
― Sam Izad, Snackable Existentialism: Small Portions, Big Ideas

“Why study authenticity if not to seek it? Try to ring some last truth from that word before it's so leeched of meaning that becomes a word casing, a shell without a bullet. A term that can be used only inside quotation marks.”
― Jennifer Egan, The Candy House

“To the one that receives through the ear from the beholder, has no eyes or mind to heart the frequencies of the waves in tides, vibrations and energies. Only a segment of the accent, not the language of the intent.”
― Goitsemang Mvula

“I realized the true beauty of companionship lies in finding those souls who effortlessly embrace my authentic self, creating a haven where I need not strive to be anything but who I truly am.”
― Sreena K.S., The Unapologetical Abyss

“Step into all of you.”
― Robin S. Baker

“I live my life authentically and freely.”
― Robin S. Baker

“There is no revolution.
There is no shallow fame.

There is only being true to
Yourself & your art.

To write or create
You must be a real human being
Or it's garbage”
― R.M. Engelhardt, R A W POEMS R.M. ENGELHARDT

“An important note: imitation does not mean lack of authenticity, for the individual cannot do otherwise than imitate what has already happened, sincere as he may be, he is only a reincarnation, truthful as he may be, he is only a sum of the suggestions and requirements that emanate from the well of the past.”
― Milan Kundera, Testaments Betrayed: An Essay in Nine Parts

“The mind that is not baffled
is not employed.
The impeded stream
is the one that sings.”
― Wendell Berry, Standing by Words

“If we can explain something easily, it’s because we understand it through and through. We struggle to explain when we don’t know what is important and what is not.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“Some people believe that arrogance is a forgivable sign of confidence. They do not understand that arrogance makes them unteachable. It comes from fear. Fear of not knowing. Fear of being stupid. Fear of being wrong. Arrogance is a protection—a faulty one.”
― Donna Goddard, Geboor: Spiritual Fiction

“Anyone can be polite and good. The vaulable achievement is to learn how to be different, authentic and 'bad' - that is, to allow ourselves to be known.”
― The School of Life, How Ready Are You For Love?: A path to more fulfilling and joyful relationships

“When you have the courage to shape your life from the essence of who you are, you ignite, becoming truly alive. This requires letting go of everything that is inauthentic. When the inner walls to your soul are graffitied with advertisements, commercials, and the opinions of everyone who has ever known and labeled you, turning inward requires nothing less than a major clean-up.”
― Dawna Markova, I Will Not Die an Unlived Life: Reclaiming Purpose and Passion

“Authenticity goes deeper than telling the truth. It means sticking to your ideals and keeping relevant to what made you successful and different in the first place.”
― Jeff Swystun, Why Marketing Works: 7 Time-Tested, Brand-Building Principles

“Every demeaning and blatantly false thing said about me has objectively been proven false”
― Lashon Byrd, Dy-nami

“I would much rather be rejected for who I am than accepted for who I am not.”
― Sam Hope, Person-Centred Counselling for Trans and Gender Diverse People: A Practical Guide

“Let your thoughts mirror the authenticity within you, not the shadows of those around you. Be original in everything you do.”
― Hagir Elsheikh

“The manuscript seemed to shout less now; it was less stridently flag-wavingly English. As Stella had reinstated the Spanish oranges, the Dutch salad gardens and the Jewish fried fish, the accent of the text had changed. Instead of a clipped BBC English, it now spoke with a hotchpotch voice. Stella felt it more authentic for that, though, and her confidence in it began to return. It might no longer have a lion's roar, but this was a story of a trading and a hospitable nation, turned outward, not inward.”
― Caroline Scott, Good Taste

“Du är som fyrverkerier en sommarkväll. Och låt aldrig någon säga annat.”
― Callum Bloodworth, Berätta tre saker