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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
Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity. -- Eric Cantona
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity. -- Coco Chanel
Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can't be faked. -- Peter Guber
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. -- W. H. Auden
The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity. -- Norman Ralph Augustine
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
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
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
There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra,' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave. -- John Milius
Authenticity is the best route -- Joel Comm
Authenticity is hard to fake -- Rasheed Ogunlaru
Authenticity is essential to the soul! -- Brian Houston
Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time. -- Craig Groeschel
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. -- Janis Joplin
We are constantly invited to be who we are. -- Henry David Thoreau
Authenticity is absolutely the key to a great tweet. -- Dick Costolo
Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader. -- Marcus Buckingham
Authenticity means to be the author of your own life. -- Tom Shadyac
Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self. -- Laila Ali
The younger generation can smell fakes - Authenticity trumps cool. -- Craig Groeschel
Authenticity is really important, and sometimes thats really hard to get. -- Tom Freston
Authenticity pushes us past our comfort zone - it's meant to. -- Sarah Ban Breathnach
Authenticity inspire respect because it takes courage to own who you really are. -- Arlene Dickinson
Authenticity is about where it comes from; validity is about whether it works. -- John Michael Greer
Only the truth of who you are, if realized, will set you free. -- Eckhart Tolle
When do you feel most authentic? Authenticity feels so natural, so why isn't it easy? -- Robert Holden
The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity. -- Patricia Hewitt
Authenticity and knowing who you are is fundamental to being an effective and long-standing leader. -- Ann M. Fudge
When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity. -- Wynonna Judd
Authenticity is too big a subject to just toss in with the question about the photographs! -- Rachel Kushner
Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God's work, peacefully and harmoniously. -- Wayne Dyer
We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be. -- May Sarton
I honestly believe that people of my generation despise authenticity, mostly because they're all so envious of it. -- Chuck Klosterman
Authenticity is more than speaking; Authenticity is also about doing. Every decision we make says something about who we are. -- Simon Sinek
Authenticity is about being true to who you are, even when everyone around you wants you to be someone else -- Michael Jordan
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are. -- Bren? Brown
Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are. -- Bren? Brown
Authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy. -- Iyanla Vanzant
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief. -- BrenÃ© Brown
Authenticity is what I've always gone after in my work, and I understand what feels emotionally right, instinctively. Working with actors has just come with experience. -- Susanna White
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
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
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
Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance. -- Brene Brown
Authenticity is also about the courage and the vulnerability to say, "Yeah, I'll try it. I feel pretty uncomfortable and I feel a little vulnerable, but I'll try it!" -- BrenÃ© Brown
For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood -- Berenice Bejo
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don't bother concealing your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. -- Jim Jarmusch
Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.(page 49) -- BrenÃ© Brown
So as a founder, you have an authenticity and a human factor that is really special and that gives an enormous amount of energy and fuel. But as a founder, you're also not as cold, maybe, or as pragmatic. -- Diane von Furstenberg
The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views. -- Bob Woodward
Authenticity is an alignment between your beliefs, your desires and your choices in the world. Desires change throughout the course of a life, but agreement between ideals, aspirations and deeds is key to a life of peace, happiness and success. -- David Simon
The only thing more important than being good is being real. Authenticity is kinder than resignation without conviction. Truth leads to good faster than good leads to truth. Ultimately truth is good, but you have to live it from the inside out. -- Alan Cohen
"Authenticity" doesn't mean much to me. I just want "good", in the sense of well-designed, well-constructed, long-lasting garments. My interest in military clothing stems from that. It's not about macho, playing soldiers, anything militaristic. It's the functionality, the design-solutions, the durability. Likewise workwear. -- William Gibson
The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability. -- Simon Mainwaring
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history. -- Isaac Newton
I think the bar is higher these days in terms of audience expectations of authenticity. -- Shawn Ryan
Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure. -- John Legend
It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance. -- Brene Brown
My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me. -- John Hawkes
Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity. -- Marianne Williamson
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
My work is about the establishment of trust. For someone to share their authenticity with me is a soul-to-soul thing. It's not a lens-to-soul thing. -- Lisa Kristine
As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance. -- Jesse Eisenberg
If you're trying to write something that you don't understand and embrace at the very core of you, it's not going to turn out with quite the authenticity and passion it should have. -- Terrence McNally
Jesus lived a life that was full of joy and contradictions and fights, you know? If they were to paint a picture of Jesus without contradictions, the gospels would be fake, but the contradictions are a sign of authenticity. -- Paulo Coelho
If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything. -- Brene Brown
It might kill you to say it, because the film really takes on the Catholic Church, but I do think there is a sort of affection for certain rituals, and an authenticity to the presentation of those rituals, in 'Mea Maxima Culpa.' -- Alex Gibney
The advent of Google+ and the emergence of the personalized web means this is more true than ever. Brands, and their advertising partners, must wake up to this challenge and define themselves with clarity, consistency and authenticity. Otherwise they just might find themselves shouting in a ghost town. -- Simon Mainwaring
Why, when we know that there's no such thing as perfect, do most of us spend an incredible amount of time and energy trying to be everything to everyone? Is it that we really admire perfection? No - the truth is that we are actually drawn to people who are real and down-to-earth. We love authenticity and we know that life is messy and imperfect. -- Brene Brown
You can't fake authenticity. -- Mark Schaefer
Abandon money for authenticity. -- Spencer Antle
Perfection is the antithesis of authenticity. -- Willie Garson
Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection. -- Sheryl Sandberg
Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity. -- Barbra Streisand
Supermarkets depict abundance; boutiques exclusiveness; roadside stands authenticity. -- Mason Cooley
People's passion and desire for authenticity is strong. -- Constance Wu
The 3 A's of awesome: attitude, awareness and authenticity. -- Neil Pasricha
Busyness is the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity. -- Bill Hybels
The currency of blogging is authenticity and trust. -- Jason Calacanis
If we want authenticity we have to initiate it. -- Travis Rice
Honesty and authenticity are a big deal for me. -- Scarlett Thomas
I believe in tradition and innovation, authenticity and passion. -- Jose Andres Puerta
I think preppy stands for optimism, confidence, energy and authenticity. -- Tommy Hilfiger
Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity. -- John C. Maxwell
What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection. -- Oprah Winfrey
The road to enlightenment is paved with authenticity, not imitation. -- Alan Cohen
The authenticity thing has never been an issue for me. -- Marcus Mumford
The pleasure of authenticity exists only against the grain of society. -- John Zerzan
Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy. -- Rick Warren
People think it's a betrayal of authenticity if you do something different. -- Ben Watt
If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
I always thought signing was an artist's honour and guarantee of authenticity. -- Robert Genn
Trust, in its most primitive form, is based on authenticity, not flawlessness. -- Todd Duncan
With any character, the main objective is to bring authenticity to the role. -- Jesse McCartney
I think the one thing for me that's been working is just authenticity. -- Eric Benet
Craigslist is about authenticity. Craig has paid his dues, and people respect him. -- Howard Rheingold
I relate to any prison movie, as long as it has some authenticity. -- Danny Trejo
Witnessing honesty frightens some people because they haven't known authenticity in their own life. -- Bryant McGill
The crucial ingredient in the success of any brand is its claim to authenticity. -- Al Ries
The beauty of personal authenticity can compensate for the lost beauty of our youth. -- Marianne Williamson
The jargon of authenticity ... is a trademark of societalized chosenness, ... sub-language as superior language. -- Theodor Adorno
When well-being comes from engaging our strengths and virtues, our lives are imbued with authenticity. -- Martin Seligman
Leaders goal: Don't be afraid of vulnerability & transparency, (without being pitiful). People respond to authenticity. -- Brian Houston
There's something about the authenticity that Hollywood is missing when it comes to urban culture. -- Russell Simmons
The [scouts] could lend an authenticity that's even beyond what we had on the page. -- Brad Pitt
She was privileged enough to feel at home anywhere, and to equate squalor with authenticity. -- Nick Laird
I did vote Obama. But I've never believed in the authenticity of the two-party system. -- Marilyn Manson
I came to let you know, God is not going to his authenticity be destroyed. -- Paula White
I see the task of architecture as the defense of the authenticity of human experience -- Juhani Pallasmaa
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history. -- Isaac Newton
The words "genius" and "genuine" derive from the same root. The core of genius is authenticity. -- Alan Cohen
Subtle, funny and touching, with a striking downbeat authenticity. Director Craig Zobel is the real thing. -- A. O. Scott
We're constantly changing and any practice meant to serve our authenticity should reflect our fluid nature. -- Gabrielle Roth
When we no longer are afraid of who we are we act from integrity and authenticity. -- Richard Strozzi-Heckler
There's nothing more beautiful than authenticity. There's nothing stronger than vulnerability. There's no better time than now. -- Vironika Tugaleva
The French have the reputation of being arrogant. I don't think it's arrogance but a certain authenticity. -- Simon Baker
I'm tired of watching attractive people trying to be ugly, struggling for authenticity. Why not be yourself? -- Bradford Cox
They all believed in him because of the authenticity of his musical talent and his faith in it. -- Amit Kalantri
Experiencing the world through Endless secondhand information isn't enough. If we want authenticity we have to initiate it. -- Travis Rice

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