1,114 Quotes About Authenticity

Be the rebel, the weirdo, the odd one out, the sore thumb. There is no prize for being just like everyone else. Strive to be fully and authentically yourself. Upside-- you will find your true gifts and so many others like yourself. Downside-- I haven't found one yet. :D

There's no lie in his smile,no veil 'cross his eyes.He breathes fire too hotfor a plastic disguise.

Being authentic begins with unconditional self acceptance - imperfections and all.

No matter how much you cry, the tears will dry. No matter how many nightmares, flashbacks, visions, or terrors you endure, they will pass. To weather these in order to find your true self and the happiness you deserve, that is not a risk. To waste the time you have in this body, never showing your soul to yourself or anyone else, living in fearful misery – that is really the most dangerous thing you can do.

Authenticity is not a metaphysically distinctive way of being human; it is just a way of taking responsibility for what one has already been given.

...I don't want you to live a miserable life, which you'll end up doing if you're constantly lying to yourself and everyone else about who you really are and what you really want.

True leadership can only be achieved when one looks within oneself and commits to authenticity. It gives us the courage to stand at the front and influence others to willingly follow; it gives us the courage to learn, inspire, demand the best and shape the future.

...the intellectual is a person who nurtures, preserves and propagates independent judgment, a person loyal exclusively to truth, a courageous and wrathful individual for whom no force of this world is too great or too frightening not to be subjected to scrutiny and called to account. ... A true intellectual, a genuine one, is always an outsider, …he is a person who lives in self-imposed exile on the margins of society.

Your message, your ministry, your influence is built from your flaws. People relate to HUMANITY...not perfection.