[…]to be real–to become fluent, natural, to cut out the detour that sweeps us around what’s fundamental to events, preventing us from touching their core: the detour that makes us all second-hand and second-rate.

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

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.

When you honor your most authentic self-—your Spirit—you are allowing your Light to shine and touch the world. Living authentically, in its simplest terms, is living your Truth, the truth in your heart and soul. It’s allowing yourself to be guided by Divine Truth and Wisdom, each and every day, and doing your Highest, most...

We all have an inner intuition for authenticity, for matched up internal and external truth. When we detect this, we feel immediate comfort. We know truth when we hear it.

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

In your heart, you have a song that will change the world, once you give yourself permission to sing.

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

Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn’t what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You…Be Free…Share.

Following all the rules leaves a completed checklist. Following your heart achieves a completed you.

Telle une pierre philosophale, l’authenticité semble ainsi avoir le pouvoir de transformer en or l’assemblage de toile et de pigments que constitue un tableau.

Don’t just be a consumer, be a creator. Somewhere inside you is a masterpiece waiting to be exposed.

The one thing I have that nobody else has or can duplicate is my sound. The sound of my voice. The sound of my life. Others may say similar things but they can’t say them like I do.

If it took your authentic voice to get you there, it will take your authentic voice to keep you there. Your job is to keep listening.

Authenticity is what makes a relatable person believable. It is what makes the relatability sustainable. Anyone can fake relatability for a time, but authenticity is what makes it real.

Keep it real … wear the “no photoshop seal

It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.”[MovieMaker Magazine #53 – Winter, January 22, 2004 ]

Only fake tears last forever.

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

I have never seen a heavyweight champion apologize for a knockout

The ludicrous element in our feeling does not make them any less authentic.

No matter how you define success, you will need to be resilient, empowered, authentic, and limber to get there.

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

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

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

So many people hate me and love me for the exact same reasons. This is all the proof I need that my opinion about myself is the only opinion I should ever care about.

You don’t have to go on a quest to “find” silence-it’s a matter of uncovering it right where you are. Think about it: if all external and internal sounds were eliminated, only silence would remain. The question is, how much silence can you bear? How deep are you willing to go below surface living to...

Many of us live in denial of who we truly are because we fear losing someone or something-and there are times that if we don’t rock the boat, too often the one we lose is ourselves…It feels good to be accepted, loved, and approved of by others, but often the membership fee to belong to...

The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men faux spirituality.

I don’t rhyme about guns I ain’t shotHoes I ain’t caughtOr shit I ain’t bought.

Authentic leadership is about leading from the core of who we are to inspire each of us to our best contribution toward a shared mission.

Authenticity is imperative, it brings forth respect,trust, love and confidence. This simply means you’ll be respected, trusted, loved by many people and you’ll be confident enough to take a first step towards your dreams. It also gives you independent thinking and understanding of things in general. Just be you, live original and you’ll benefit great...

What ever we desire to do should start with authenticity and end with authenticity. This simply means we should be ourselves in every step we take to pursue our dreams. Authenticity is the back bone of every dream that lives inside of us.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor within; the former raged against him.

Be fearlessly authentic.

Too often we think sharing our weaknesses will cause us to lose respect. We think making our weaknesses know will cause us to lose the honour to be able to proclaim the Word of God in our congregations or our businesses. I know longer believe that is true. Not today, in our post modern culture....

Like a Columbus of the heart, mind and soul I have hurled myself off the shores of my own fears and limiting beliefs to venture far out into the uncharted territories of my inner truth, in search of what it means to be genuine and at peace with who I really am. I have abandoned...

ideal image” of who we should be in order to feel safe misdirects and depletes our energy.

Being true to ourselves is about having courage to define our own version of what it is to live a successful life.

Confused? Confusion is good. It’s an excellent place to learn something new from.

The fastest way to die is to live a lie

He was the only authentic German. You might like him. Being a police officer, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the need to put an end to the lives of the perverse when sex crimes go too far. Now just generalize that necessity to every human being.

The total destruction of falsehood allows authentic creative flow to happen.

They all believed in him because of the authenticity of his musical talent and his faith in it.

When the author admits to Christians that he was not a Christian himself, he says their dialogue became “distant and rehearsed, like a pitch for Ginsu knives.

A man could not be prevented from making himself a big wax doll, and kissing it. But if the man were to come with the doll and sit before a man in love, and begin caressing his doll as the lover caressed the woman he loved, it would be distastefulto the lover. Just such a...

Historically, my lack of success; had a direct correlation with me silencing my authenticity. Summon the strength to stand in your truth.

While many of us admire nice things, materialism and suffering may share a connection. When we place a great deal of our happiness in material things, we run the great risk of losing our happiness when our material things become lost, old, or damaged. Toys break. Cars get dents. Clothes get ripped. Jewels get lost...

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