Authenticity Quotes

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.

Don’t try to please others at the expense of your values and your integrity. At the end of the day, you want to like yourself when you look in a mirror.

Within, you hold a tiny piece of eternity, a fraction of life, a mirror of the universe.

By no longer relying on approval from others for (false) reassurance or acceptance, you access a Divine channel of freedom.

Keep going even when the going is slow and uncertain.Make your dream your prayer and your service.Don’t wait for recognition. Let it find you working. Romanticize authenticity instead of perfection.

We should be authentic: the ‘real deal’. Neither a clone nor mimic be.

Ego is borne of the need to ‘prove’ oneself instead of making the choice to ‘be’ oneself. And so maybe we need to begin curbing the birthrate.

I'd rather be authentic than true.

We throw away real people searching for the "perfect" person the same way that we throw ourselves away searching for our "perfect" self.

I figure the more people think I'm just mildly weird, the less likely they are to know how weird I really am.

We all have an opportunity and responsibility to create a legacy. A legacy which is resilient, sustainable and authentic." - Jim Cookson, Doctoral Student, Ashridge Business School, UK, August 2014

As you become more aligned with the truth of who you are, the question of liking yourself goes away. It is a natural state of being.

Passion gives you direction. It serves as an inner compass that links you to action.

When you choose a career that is aligned with your passion, the work becomes irrelevant because anticipation and fulfillment can outweigh everything.

When employees lack passion, it is nearly impossible to deliver excellent customer service. Doesn’t it make you less inclined to want to do business with them as well?

When an employee, a team, or a company is passionate about their products and services, I am more inclined to bring them my business. Aren’t you?

It can't be taught to all, but people who deliver exceptional work, merely by relaying their passion through what they say and do in the workplace, are priceless.

When employees are motivated and love what they do you will see higher productivity, less turnover, healthier communication, increased loyalty, and a happier environment.

Put the right people in the right positions to ensure their personal strengths and talents are being utilized and appreciated.

If you want to improve performance and productivity, set a vision that inspires and delights.

I simply needed to excavate passion lost by being resilient, resolving the blockages, and healing. As soon as I did, the passion, and joy, burst forth.

Think about the things in life that elicit passion in you and make you happy.

Do you have a dream or desire that is burning a hole in your soul? Something that lights your fire and brings you simple pleasure?

Passion is at the heart of your motivation. Let it fuel your spirit and feed your joy. It is your catalyst for courageous pursuits—and it will provide you the stamina to stick with it.

Love is one of our most profound emotions and enduring qualities for living a life that matters.

You’ll never know who you are unless you shed who you pretend to be.

Do you to the best of your ability with love, passion and purpose. The right tribe of people will fall into your life.

Today is a good day to tackle a fear and make yourself proud.

My happiness will not be ruined by people who can not find their own.

Don't worry about the ones who don't recognize your worth. Not everyone has an eye for talent.

Because when you stop worrying about what anyone else things, life gets a whole lot easier".

Be real. Be authentic. Be yourself, whatever the emotional cost. Pain goes away, while regret over a life lived trying to be a plastic version of yourself does not.

We try so hard to make ourselves lovable, and yet each layer of this mask puts another wall around us – a wall that keeps love out.

When we become more self-aware of our needs, we become better-equipped to takecare of ourselves.

Who was I fooling, telling my heart to quiet its beautiful song so I could march in the parade of conformity? My biggest fool was me.

Nothing is more attractive than being your authentic self!

You want to be popular? It’s easy to do. Just be a total weirdo and love yourself for it.

Evolving increases our value, and when we know our value, we navigate toward those with whom we share a genuine interest and appreciation. The rest, in my estimation, is bondage.

Speak in your own voice about the things that matter to you.

Our work is not to become unique. We are unique. Our work is to unleash our sense of adventure and to allow the inner whisper that says “come hither” to be reason enough to go.

Try seeing, feeling, and tasting the water you swim in the way a land animal might perceive it. You may find the experience fascinating -- and mind-expanding.

When we make a habit of acting on the interests arising out of our authentic passions, our enthusiasm can open doors before we even realize the potential that lies beyond them.

God impressed me with this a long time ago: 'Roddy, I will never do anything through you until I have done it to you!'."~R. Alan Woods [1998]

Setting our living standards and expectations based on the status of others is like wishing that apples were onions.

Authenticity is a continual process of building self-awareness, a journey through which we acknowledge both our strengths and our limitations, and come to identify a noble purpose.

It is not until you learn to look at yourself, through the truth of who you are, that you can look at someone else.

Authentic leadership is at the root of cultures of great innovation, engagement, outstanding client experiences, and growth.

Mother Nature moves in sunshine and storms... I am her child.

Being the soothsayer of the tribe is a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

Communication works best when we combine appropriateness with authenticity, finding that sweet spot where opinions are not brutally honest but delicately honest.