Authenticity calls for realness. Being authentic means letting go of what others have to say and choosing to live your truth instead. Therefore, continue to keep it real with yourself and the people around you with these 118 authenticity quotes.
Authenticity Quotes
1. We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity. – Barbara De Angelis
2. Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can’t be faked. – Peter Guber
3. Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are. – Brené Brown
4. That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something. – Meredith Monk
5. I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are. – Charles R. Swindoll
6. Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet – thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing – consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust. – Lance Secretan
7. Authenticity is about imperfection. And authenticity is a very human quality. To be authentic is to be at peace with your imperfections. The great leaders are not the strongest, they are the ones who are honest about their weaknesses. The great leaders are not the smartest; they are the ones who admit how much they don’t know The great leaders can’t do everything; they are the ones who look to others to help them. Great leaders don’t see themselves as great; they see themselves as human. – Simon Sinek
8. Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. – Coco Chanel
9. Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity. – Marianne Williamson
10. I think that’s because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I’m using for their setting. – Sidney Sheldon
11. The accusation that we’ve lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity. – Patricia Hewitt
12. The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability. – Simon Mainwaring
13. Select only things to steal that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. – Jim Jarmusch
14. There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history. – Isaac Newton
15. The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That’s how I feel now, no matter what you’re doing. – David O. Russell
16. You can’t fake authenticity. – Mark Schaefer
17. If we attach more importance to what other people believe than to what we know to be true – if we value belonging over being – we will not attain authenticity. – Nathaniel Branden
18. Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader. – Marcus Buckingham
19. Authenticity is fundamental, more fundamental than spiritual enlightenment. Without authenticity, no genuine spiritual enlightenment is possible. Authenticity is the state of being committed to truth. Truth is simple. And no matter how simply a truth is stated, only those who have walked the path of understanding and evolution on their own can know and understand it authentically. The path of truth is the path least traveled. Authenticity is the clarity of being in which there is no self-deceit. – Yasuhiko Kimura
20. Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time. – Craig Groeschel
21. Authenticity requires a certain measure of vulnerability, transparency, and integrity. – Janet Louise Stephenson
22. You can’t try to be authentic. You either are or you aren’t. – Oscar Isaac
23. Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you around and telling you who you’re supposed to be. Your fictional self is who you are when you have a social mask on to please everyone else. Give yourself permission to be your authentic self. – Dr. Phil
24. How would your life be different if…You approached all relationships with authenticity and honesty? Let today be the day…You dedicate yourself to building relationships on the solid foundation of truth and authenticity. – Steve Maraboli
25. When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were ‘somebody’. – Criss Jami
26. Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy. – Rick Warren
27. Often misconstrued, authenticity is not about being an open book, revealing every detail of yourself without rhyme or reason. It is simply the act of openly and courageously seeing what needs to be seen, saying what needs to be said, doing what needs to be done, and becoming that which you are intent on being. – Scott Edmund Miller
28. Life isn’t about being strong or pretending we are strong to impress others. It takes courage to be authentic with our feelings and acknowledge that real strength comes from recognizing our moments of weakness. – Yong Kang Chan
29. Authenticity is using your moment’s strengths to become stronger and your moment’s weaknesses to become more balanced through the gifts of one’s awareness along with the commitment of your hard work. – H.L. Balcomb
30. And that’s what authenticity is: it’s a choice to be real.
We have that choice every moment of our lives. We can choose to be real and authentic, or we can choose to be inauthentic and to live a lie. – Ora Nadrich
31. You can buy momentary fame with money, but not authenticity that lasts for thousands of years. – Abhijit Naskar
32. Once you stand in your own authenticity, you release the flow of sensuality that frees you to be who you were meant to be. – Lebo Grand
33. Being authentically you is an act of social justice. – Kierra C.T. Banks
34. People seek authenticity not perfection. – Jeffrey G. Duarte
35. As your vibration increases, the more you grow spiritually, and become attracted to authenticity and less attracted to illusion. – Dee Waldeck
36. Authenticity comes from being true to the moment, in the moment. – Michelle Tillis Lederman
37. Authenticity is the language of visionaries. – Andrena Sawyer
38. When we can authentically be truly who we are, and be honest with ourselves and our feelings – not making decisions out of past hurts and future fears – then we are truly free. – Tyler Henry
39. Authenticity is the sine qua non of everything that matters. When you encounter someone unguarded, without artifice or pretense–Mon Dieu!–you know it. I compare it to being at the top of the mountain: the air is clearer, there’s nothing to muddy the senses. It’s bracingly refreshing. – Ellen Lubin-Sherman
40. Authenticity is about being true to who you are. – Michael Jordan
41. Talent is part of the equation, but when you combine talent with accountability and authenticity, it is tough to beat. – David Ross
42. Have the courage to contribute imperfectly and authentically in a world that is quick to criticize. – Silvica Rosca
43. Being authentic isn’t about making yourself a certain way. It’s not even about finding out what you “really” enjoy as opposed to what other people enjoy, or who you “really” are as opposed to who other people are. Authenticity is allowing your likes, dislikes, personality, appearance, hobbies, and beliefs to be fluid, to change, to evolve as you learn, grow, and experience the world. – Vironika Tugaleva
44. We should be authentic: the ‘real deal’. Neither a clone nor mimic be. – Fennel Hudson
45. Let authenticity ignite your brilliance and dignify your craft. – Sravani Saha Nakhro
46. We long for authenticity, yet spend much time comparing and contrasting ourselves to others. We are each one special, unique and authentic in our own right. The only way to measure yourself is not against another, but by the Creators divine blueprint of you and you alone. Be yourself~ you are divinely different and unique! – Mishi McCoy
47. Authenticity inspires. Just be real. – Renae A. Sauter
48. Authenticity is a powerful force. Don’t ruin it with an illusion. – K. Melissa Kennedy
49. What is most lacking in the modern world of duplications and facsimiles, of endless information and intentional misinformation, is the authenticity that makes life truly meaningful and spiritually rewarding. – Michael Meade
50. one of the central themes associated with developing a sense of authenticity involves inventing plausible narratives of self. For instance, Charles Taylor (1992) argues that the modern desire for authenticity is often prompted by a feeling that our life is shattered and it is difficult, if not impossible, to piece our life together in a meaningful way. He suggests that reclaiming authenticity would entail the provision of a space where we can once again craft coherent narratives that bind our life together. – André Spicer
51. Being authentic means to be who you are, discover your strength and uniqueness, be yourself, even if you are not perfect, and nobody is. – Pearl Zhu
52. Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who’s looking back at you. And you can only do that if you’re being honest with yourself and being a person of high character. You have an opportunity every single day to write that story of your life. – Aaron Rodgers
53. If you consider the definition of authenticity, it’s saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It’s all authentic. – Lana Del Rey
54. Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world. – Adam Grant
55. Authenticity, living your truth, kindness – these are necessary virtues. – Merle Dandridge
56. Authenticity doesn’t just mean you’re not filtering what you’re saying, it’s about being able to know and access the best parts of yourself and bring them forward. – Amy Cuddy
57. Authenticity is the most important thing. You have to know where it all comes from, study who pioneered it. – Savion Glover
58. I think if you put 100% into anything and you do it with authenticity and enthusiasm, then it really shines through. – Robert Rinder
59. I find more of an authenticity in people who are a little strange – so I really like characters who are just the tiniest bit weird. I find enormous comfort in that – someone who’s kind of normal just doesn’t feel as true. – Missi Pyle
60. Authenticity, to me, is something that you feel, and if it doesn’t feel authentic, you pick up on it right away. – Rachel Morrison
61. When you get into comparisons in any way of, ‘we want it to be like this’ or ‘we don’t want it to be like this,’ it takes away from the authenticity of what you’re trying to say and what you’re trying to make. – Ari Graynor
62. I don’t think you can do something wrong with your identity if you’re living in your authenticity. – Rachel Dolezal
63. It’s not about just diversity; it’s about authenticity. Audiences are really excited to see more of themselves on the screen. – Channing Dungey
64. My experience is authenticity and honesty always works best with people my age and younger, and even older. Millennials specifically really respond to keeping it real about your opinions. – Meghan McCain
65. Authenticity is the ability to listen to what nature tells us. Listening isn’t the same thing as never making a mistake, but the important thing is to learn. – Gerard Depardieu
66. If I could say anything to anybody out there thinking of creating their own content is to always, always, come from a place of authenticity. – Donna Lynne Champlin
67. A lot of cinema is about the game of authenticity – do you feel it’s real? – David MacKenzie
68. I think, at the end of the day, it comes down to authenticity and creating what you love. – Megan Nicole
69. It’s incredible what we can do if we really want to do it. All we need is to be aware of what we are doing and to return to the authenticity we were born with. – Miguel Angel Ruiz
70. You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you. – Maya Angelou
71. The pleasure of authenticity exists only against the grain of society. – John Zerzan
72. Surrender is the path to freedom through our unique authenticity, where we experience the flow of life not through the narrow lens of the mind, but through the vast refuge of the heart. – Bryant H. McGill
73. Authenticity resonates with people. The industry can be very misleading and is built to make people believe what they see. But people aren’t dumb they can see through that and I think real music and real people resonate. – LeCrae
74. Ultimately, I think authenticity is always key, no matter what you do in life. It’s also key to the branding side of things. – Russell Wilson
75. I think that the intentions are genuine in the search for authenticity, but it can tip over into absurdity so quickly. I just start to wonder, like, what authenticity even is, and whether we can even start to define it in such a globalized world. – Carrie Brownstein
76. As a species, we’re always seeking out authenticity. We’re dying for authenticity. We smell it immediately, and we also smell even the slightest riff of somebody who’s not completely true to who they are. We have that ability because, as a species, we have organized around stories. We tell them and we subscribe to them. – Jonathan Tucker
77. Real artists offer authenticity, not just money. – Rhymefest
78. I think the most important thing is authenticity, just being as real as I can be. But also flexible and open to change and other ideas and thought processes. Back when you and I last talked, I was at a turning point in my life, and I was having a tough time. I was hiding it, but I had a really hard time just being me. So now it’s important that I’m just me. – Dwayne Johnson
79. Perfection is the antithesis of authenticity. – Willie Garson
80. Many roads open pathways to authenticity. For some it is disciplined practice, for others revelation, for others service. Regardless of how we get in touch with authenticity or how authenticity gets in touch with us, the engagement is ongoing and forever challenging. – Rob Terry
81. If we want authenticity, we have to initiate it. Self-discovery takes us to the wildest places on earth. – Travis Rice
82. It isn’t what he says that counts as a work of art, it’s what he makes with such intensity of perception that it lives with an intrinsic movement of its very own to verify the authenticity. – William Carlos Williams
83. The authentic self is soul made visible. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
84. The visionary is the one who brings his or her voice into the world and who refuses to edit, rehearse, perform, or hide. It is the visionary who knows that the power of creativity is aligned with authenticity. – Angeles Arrien
85. When well-being comes from engaging our strengths and virtues, our lives are imbued with authenticity. – Martin Seligman
86. Authenticity is about where it comes from; validity is about whether it works. – John Michael Greer
87. Authenticity is essential to the soul! – Brian Houston
88. We search our entire lives to create a genuine and reliable self that can relate with other people and faithfully express our artistic temperament. Our battle for personal authenticity requires us to penetrate layers of self deception, conquer ego defense mechanism, and destroy a false self that is intent upon meeting other people’s expectations. – Kilroy J. Oldster
89. Authenticity is about what makes you, you. It is an expression of your beingness. – Azim Jamal & Brian Tracy
90. Authenticity reduces stress and produces faith in oneself and in the potential to grow and learn. – Arthur P. Ciaramicoli
91. You were born with a song in the seat of your soul; let the life that you live be the singing of it. – LaShaun Middlebrooks Collier
92. Authenticity inspire respect because it takes courage to own who you really are. – Arlene Dickinson
93. Don’t walk through life stifling your authenticity, suppressing your uniqueness, hiding your truth out of fear of what others may think, Being someone other than you are only hampers your wellbeing and also wastes a whole lot of your energy. – Renee Cefalu
94. Authenticity requires us to slow down. Fast times require us to slow down. To be effective, we need to slow down our pace of thought and action and focus on managing our attention. To be authentic leaders we need to act from intention and choice rather than from habit and impulse. – Henna Inam
95. Inspiration is the most radiant and flourishing expression of our authenticity. – Elaina Marie
96. Authenticity is hard to fake. – Rasheed Ogunlaru
97. Authenticity is about returning and magnifying who you are, instead of trying to become someone who you think you should be. It’s about peeling off the false adornments and standing wholly, holy, and true. – Akosua Dardaine Edwards
98. 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 things from it. – Euginia Herlihy
99. Communication works best when we combine appropriateness with authenticity, finding that sweet spot where opinions are not brutally honest but delicately honest. – Sheryl Sandberg
100. Without authenticity, we are only a poor imitation of someone else. – Tom Hayes
101. 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. – Peter E. Gordon
102. When we connect with our personal authenticity and truth, the vitality that is triggered becomes an eternal spring of regenerative passion that continues to expand our experience. – Heidi Reagan
103. 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.
– G.G. Renee Hill
104. Always do your best to be yourself. Learn to listen to your inner-voice. This is your true authenticity; this is who you really are. Self-discovery of your inner-self is the path to your destiny… – James A. Murphy
105. 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. – Michele Jennae
106. Polarities of the ‘authentic’ vs. the ‘inauthentic’ are easily discernible in recreational modes. The criteria of authenticity are not necessarily objective but rather have to do with the rules by which the self allows or disallows its own experience. – Walker Percy
107. Live to start your stupid ideas, and start to live a life without regret–a life filled with meaning, freedom, happiness, fun, authenticity, and influence. – Richie Norton
108. I also came to understand that our authenticity (or lack thereof) is made evident by the fruit that our life is bearing. – Christine Caine
109. Authenticity empowers communication. – James L. Nicodem
110. When people come together around music, there’s something ancient going on. It has to come from a genuine place and that’s part of the challenge. You have to cultivate that authenticity everyday. – Stephan Jenkins
111. If you seek authenticity
for authenticity’s sake you
are no longer authentic.
– Jean-Paul Sartre
112. The more authentic you become, the more genuine in your expression, particularly regarding personal experiences and even self-doubts, the more people can relate to your expression and the safer it makes them feel to express themselves. That expression in turn feeds back on the other person’s spirit, and genuine creative empathy takes place, producing new insights and learnings. – Stephen Covey
113. You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn’t try to be a tiger, and you shouldn’t try to be something you aren’t. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature. You still won’t be perfect, but success isn’t about perfection–it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self. – Bernie Siegel
114. Do not carry the burden of the past; do not live in the future. The only important thing is that one lives in the present authentically and fully. Whatever your current life is, be the most you can be by living in the moment. – Chan Chih
115. Finally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy. There was a time I wanted to be like every famous writer that ever lived. I tried to copy styles, reframe information, use similar artwork. I almost drove myself crazy! Now I just do what I do. I have mentors. There are people whose work I admire, but I write the way I write. I eat the way I eat. I dress the way I dress. I can’t believe that God made us each so unique only to have us do everything the same way. – Iyanla Vanzant
116. To thine own self be true. – Shakespeare
117. If you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won’t like you. It may not be easy, but it’s essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs. – Cheryl Richardson
118. As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “authenticity”. – Charlie Chaplin