Authenticity Quotes

"I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove." "I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labelled." "Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people – the ones who really belong in your life – will come to you. And stay." "We all know that distinctiveness – originality – is valuable. We are all taught to “be yourself. What I’m really asking you to do is to embrace and be realistic about how much energy it takes to maintain that distinctiveness. The world wants you to be typi" "You have to pay a price for your distinctiveness, and it’s worth it. The fairy tale version of ‘be yourself’ is that all the pain stops as soon as you allow your distinctiveness to shine. That version is misleading. Being yourself is worth it, but don’t ex" "If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor." "What you are will show in what you do." "The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud." "Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." "One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals." "Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find." "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." "You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level." "You are not the opinion of someone who doesn't know you" "Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."