Authenticity Quotes

The stories that grow up around a king are strong vines with a fierce grip.

~ Geraldine Brooks

It follows from Schopenhauer’s analysis that evert genuine work of art must have its origin in direct perception; that is to say it does not originate in concepts, and concepts are not what it communicates. This is what more than anything else differentiates good art from bad, or more accurately authentic from inauthentic art. The latter often originates in a desire on the part of the artist to meet some demand external to himself – to win approval, say, or be in the fashion, or supply a market – or else to put over a message of some sort. Such an artist starts by trying to thin what it would be a good idea to do – in other words, the starting point of the process for him is something that exists in terms of concepts. The inevitable result is dead art, of whatever kind, whether imitative, academic, commercial, didactic or fashion-conscious. It may be successful in its day because it meets the demands of its day, but once that day is over it has no inner life of its own with which to outlive it.

~ Bryan Magee

In the end the soul is itself the longing of the soulless for salvation.

~ Theodor W. Adorno

Your sweet-toting and sugarcoating is of no service to anyone! Do not sugarcoat reality; it only gives the people in your life a sweet-tooth that then makes it more challenging for them to later bite down on the hardness of life. Do not tote and tout sweets either – you’re malnourishing people! Instead give them the truth. What is the truth you may ask? Authentic expression of who you really are, how you really feel, without projecting the labels of right or wrong.

~ Alaric Hutchinson

Most of us think that being authentic is about being true to what we want and who we are, without regard for the impact it has on others. On the contrary, the authentic self is an intelligence at the core of who we are that is inspired, centered, and connected to those we lead. When we are in this centered place of being we are able to choose behavior that serves the greatest good.

~ Henna Inam

So, how close are love and genius, really? We know that they are both mentioned far more than lived.

~ Criss Jami

Gold authenticity can only be tested under maximum fire. The same holds true with regard to manhood.

~ Moutasem Algharati

There is a difference between working hard to create a life that truly serves you and working hard to create a life that you’ve been told you should want.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

I have finally come to realize that it’s being forced to be honest with myself that’s made my pain painful all along.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

It is in the deconstruction of ourselves that we begin to build our lives.

~ Delora Argiro O'brien

To truly motivate others 1) discover what their motives, desires & drivers are 2) genuinely connect with and support them from the heart.

~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Let's burn our masks at midnightand as flickering flames ascend,under the witness of star-clouds,let us vow to reclaim our true selves.Done with hiding and weary of lying,we'll reconcile without and within.Then, like naked squint-eyed newborns,we'll greet the glorious birth of dawn;blinking at the blazing, wondrous colorswe somehow failed to notice before.

~ John Mark Green

You will not lift the veil of my body until you lift the veil over my face.

~ Jason Evert

Love actually is a great act of the will. It's when I say, I desire your good, not for my sake but for yours. To love is to break out of the black hole of the ego and say, My life is about you.

~ Robert E. Barron

Girls...only lift the veil over your body to the spouse who is worthy to see the glory of that unveiled mystery.

~ Jason Evert

You don't have to change yourself to meet the expectations of others. CIOs who not only accept you, but celebrate you for who you are. Give your time and energy to the ones committed to truth, the brave souls working toward a life of authenticity. Let that be your tribe, and you their family. Open yourself to connections formed from a pledge to be real.

~ Scott Stabile

Adoption is outside. You act out what it feels like to be the one who doesn't belong. And you act it out by trying to do to others what has been done to you. It is impossible to believe anyone loves you for yourself.I never believed that my parents loved me. I tried to love them but it didn't work. It has taken me a long time to learn how to love - both the giving and the receiving. I have written about love obsessively, forensically, and I know/knew it as the highest value.I loved God of course, in the early days, and God loved me. That was something. And I loved animals and nature. And poetry. People were the problem. How do you love another person? How do you trust another person to love you? I had no idea. I thought that love was loss. Why is the measure of love loss?

~ Jeanette Winterson

If my children think I'm genuine, no one else's opinion matters to me.

~ Beth Moore

By assembling in our mind all the consequential facts we have lived through and by reviewing, appraising or sometimes idealizing the numerous key points of the past, authenticity may gradually mutate and actuality decay at last. At that point in time we are to experience a maimed factuality. (Labyrinth of the mind)

~ Erik Pevernagie

We’re not broken. We’re not in the wrong bodies. We’re not inadequate. We’re not lesser. We’re not unwanted. We’re not fraudulent. We’re not undesirable. That’s all just a set of lies we tell to soothe the experience of the prisons we put ourselves in.

~ Agnostic Zetetic

Your true power is not in your difference, but in your consistency of being different. The world will always adjust to consistency, yet struggle with change.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Don’t believe everything you think. Our minds are thought-creating machines. Most of these thoughts are fear-based. Our authentic self has the power to pick the thoughts that best serve us and those we lead.

~ Henna Inam

In Zen, there is an old saying: The obstacle is the path. Know that a whole and happy life is not free of obstacles. Quite the contrary, a whole and happy life is riddled with obstacles-they simply become the very stepping-stones that help lift us to a new perspective. It is not what happens to us in this life that shapes us, it is how we choose to respond to what happens to us.

~ Dennis Merritt Jones

We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power.

~ Vironika Tugaleva

Every single person is gifted. Every single person has an amazing thing and an amazing perspective to offer life! It is inherent in every single person, in each and everyone of us! We ALL have GREATNESS within us! Greatness is every person's venue and birthright, and we have something amazing to offer the world and society. And that is our authentic awesome self. The world needs this now, more than ever!

~ Angie Karan

Want to help others? Be yourself. You’ll inspire others to muster the courage to be themselves as well.

~ Kamand Kojouri

Some people make you want to be a better person, and that, for me, is the purest form of love.

~ Charlotte Eriksson

When it comes to words, rather than using our own voice, authentic and unpracticed, we steal someone else's to shield our fear.

~ Terry Tempest Williams

Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Have the courage to contribute imperfectly and authentically in a world that is quick to criticize.

~ Silvica Rosca

The greatest act of courage is to be and to own all of who you are — without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are.

~ Debbie Ford

True courage comes not just from feeling confident and strong, but from being the honest, authentic expression of yourself. Think about how audacious it is to really believe in yourself. It tathat your presence on this earth matters.

~ Debbie Ford

It takes courage and resilience to be true to ourself. We have to know that we will be okay even if others reject or ridicule us. We have to know it won’t destroy us.

~ Jeanine Joy

It takes courage to dream, to face our futures and the limiting forces within us. It takes courage to be determined that, as we slow down physically, we are going to grow even more psychologically and spiritually. Courage, the philosopher Aristotle taught us, is the most important of all the virtues, because without it we can’t practice any of the others. Courage is the nearest star that can guide our growth. Maya Angelou said we must be courageous about facing and exploring our personal histories. We must find the courage to care and to create internally, as well as externally, and as she said, we need the courage “to create ourselves daily as Christians, as Jews, as Muslims, as thinking, caring, laughing, loving human beings.

~ Bud Harris

A true prophet would rather be believed false by many but actually true than believed true by many but actually false.

~ Criss Jami

Authenticity inspire respect because it takes courage to own who you really are.

~ Arlene Dickinson

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.

~ Sameh Elsayed

Family and friends become oppressors the moment they teach you that loyalty is more important than what is done to people outside your social circle. What they are really saying is this: Save yourself because God is more interested in an intact family or social circle that looks righteous, rather than you being a person of integrity that has compassion for others. It is this absurdity that teaches the wrong version of God and creates the next generation of me centered individuals.

~ Shannon L. Alder

The saying 'flattery gets you everywhere' appalls me. If you're going to pay someone a compliment make sure it's 100% genuine or not at all.-Flattery is deception and who wants to be lied to?

~ Miya Yamanouchi

What I do is the truest mirror of who I am.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough