Quotes About Authenticity

in Woodhull's home state of Ohio, he came from the American heartland. The electorate had endowed him with an authenticity to which Woodhull could respond. She had paved her way to the White House

It is far better to know the painful truth than to live with a kindly falsehood.

Be careful who you pretend to be. You might become it.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

Désillusionnée avant l'âge, je dégueule sur la facticité des sentiments.

One cannot violate the promptings of one's nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.

In philosophy an individual is becoming himself.

Let whatever you do or whatever appears Just be in its natural state, without premeditation. That is true freedom.

I had such a reputation, and it was sad because I felt like it so didn't represent who I really was.

Tried to be someone I knew that I wasn't I thought I could make myself happy with you

You like the way I dress The way I wear my hair Show me off to all your friends Baby, I don't care Just as long as you tell them who I am Tell them I'm the one that made you give a damn

You don't change what you love or you never loved it to begin with.

My poetry is a game. My life is a game. But I am not a game.

History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.

Never to talk to ones self is a form of hypocrisy

Ridicule is the best test of truth.

Secret thoughts and an open countenance will take you safely the world over

A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.

Amplified authentic opinions can be driven with passion while still anchored in respect for those that have a different view.

Anyone can publish a book. Anyone can be an author. But, not everyone has the authority, authenticity or expertise.

Are the ingredients of your story coming from an all natural narrative? Or is the majority of your story packed with artificial fillers of false hype, excessive claims, other peoples authority and copycat marketing? Consider giving your audience and potential audience something authentic and natural to digest.

Are they as clean as they claim? Or are they only presenting a very neat and falsely polished front?