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Authenticity Quotes


"Be authentic, not a copycat."


"There is something original in every one of us."


"When I meet someone who is truly genuine, I am drawn to their personality and find them easier to approach, engage, and interact with. They have no hint of false pretense, nor do I worry about hidden agendas."


"Originality is the death of mediocrity."


"A 'biomass' man tries to look good on the outside but inside he is afraid of himself."


"A star would lose its value if it tried to be something else, just be yourself."


"Most people play someone else's role or wear mask of other people because they don't think about what they are created for."


"Don't be led by the opinions of others. Listen to your sacred voice."


"Truth speaks for itself if we'd just let it speak."



"We need to become sidha (straightforward), there is no need to become a sadhu (ascetic)."


"Who are you not to be yourself?"


"We must reject the artificial and embrace what is real and true: truth in food, community, relationships and self."


"Nothing could be more wrong than the old cliche that says any religion will do just as long as one is sincere. In no other area of life is there so much error, deception, and charlatanism as in religion."


"Finally, I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am."


"You like a person not because of what they have but for what they truly are."


"To win the heart of men, always be yourself."


"You must detach yourself from the stereotypical life to live an effective one."


"When we overemphasise miracles, we compromise the gospel we were asked to preach."


"A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket."


"The most important thing in life it to be true to ourselves, to never give up attempting to become the very finest version of what we wish to be, no matter how arduous that proves to be."


"A person lives a false life whenever they are afraid to make contact with his or her authentic self. A sensitive ego " one that protects a person from pain " can also prevent a person from maturing mentally and emotionally by causing a person to distort truths and refuse to admit unpleasant facts."


"How can one person be more real than any other? Well, some people do hide and others seek. Maybe those who are in hiding ... are simply inauthentic... But there are folks who know and aren't afraid to look and won't turn tail should they find it--and if they never do, they'll have a good time anyway because nothing, neither the terrible truth or the absence of it, is going to cheat them out of one honest breath of earth's sweet gas."


"Be yourself, don't try to be someone else. And the right people will love you for who you are."


"Be true to yourself to reveal your own unique beauties, feelings, and perceptions."


"For how long are you going to continue hiding your true original self because you are very afraid of what some people might say or think about you? Isn't it time for you to dare to never allow others to dictate the direction of your life?"


"Witnessing honesty frightens some people because they haven't known authenticity in their own life."


"A beautiful face cannot hide an ugly heart for long."


"If you want to lead people, but you have problems in being authentic, you ve lost."


"We are never truly ourselves as we are mid-roll."


"Maybe it's easier to conform, to stay in a job I hate to pay bills of the things I don't even enjoy and marry a man I'm not passionately in love with, whilst surrounded by those who have absolutely no life to their smile but I don't want easy. I never have. I want a life so fucking grande' I reach every little milestone in sweats or tears knowing I Followed what was true to my heart. I don't care if I walk alone for the rest of my days, if it means I get to stay true to myself."


"Nothing is sweeter than being unapologetically you. Don't live your life just to impress others. Reveal your truth, Express your love, Live your dreams."


"Do not prove but be yourself."


"Do what is best for you--no matter what others think."


"Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them."


"Interestingly, being yourself allows others to be themselves. Even with crazy imperfections, being a bona fide genuine person is the best any of us can be-messy flaws and all!"


"I like a look of agony, because I know it's true."


"We all just need to be real. That is what will save us."


"Try to be "good", you'll be judged. Try to be yourself, you'll be criticized. Therefore, choose the second option. Evil uses the "nice good people" as puppets. It appears dressed as a poor guy, telling them that he needs help...When these people realize they have been used, it is already too late."


"I take my cues from the world around me and carefully paint a self-portrait that the world can't help but accept. However, I would be much wiser to put down all such artistic notions and hold up the portrait of me painted by God simply because that is a picture at which the world can't help but marvel."


"I don't mind what you call yourself, so long as your heart is being true to you."


"To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself."


"I think people get lost in becoming someone other then themselves when they spend too much time in the presence of those who don't bring out the best in them."


"I have a fear of living a surface kind of life; barely existing, barely touching or tasting anything. That's why you'll always see me giving my all or walking away ~ I'm too full of depth to dance in the middle of anything."


"Being yourself in a world which wants you to be someone else is the highest possible attainment."


"Don't be afraid. You are never really alone. Just be yourself. You don't ever have to pretend you are someone else. If you try to do that, then you don't have anything to give the world. Accept and give your gifts with love."


"Everything comes by being! Be the love you seek. Be the friend you seek. Be the lover you seek. Be the honesty you seek. Be the integrity you seek."


"True creation requires authority and authenticity."
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