Quotes About Authenticity

I would tell 17-year-olds to be proud of who you are. Don't try to change yourself for others. Focus on school and your future. Boys and friends will come and go, just focus on you and your future.

I had a goal, I had a dream... and at the end of the day no matter what people say to you as long as YOU know who you are as a person NOTHING else in the world matters.

My goal now is to remember every place I've been, only do things I love, and not say yes when I don't mean it.

It has always been my goal to believe in what I do and love what I do and be true to that.

Leaders goal: Don't be afraid of vulnerability & transparency, (without being pitiful). People respond to authenticity.

When the artist ... intends from the beginning to be obscure and take obscurity as his objective or goal for its own sake and wishes to astonish, shock, and seem mysterious, that is a swindle.

I make movies for my needs. My goal has never, never, never been to make shocking movie.

Your goal is to launch an imperfect product and let people laugh at you.

Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.

Set the goal to harvest what's in you rather than having a car, house or a relationship.

Just be yourself. Be honest, work towards a goal, and you'll achieve it.

If your goals aren't synced with the substance of your heart, then achieving them won't matter much.

My goal is to let people see who I am as a person, not just a basketball player. Many people see athletes in a certain way - flat and one dimensional. I want to change that view.

To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.

I simply find that as a songwriter, my goal is to try to move people. And I feel that before I can move other people, I have to genuinely be able to move myself.

If your main goal is to show that your heart is in the right place, then your heart is not in the right place.

I am not looking like Armani today and somebody else tomorrow. I look like Ralph Lauren. And my goal is to constantly move in fashion and move in style without giving up what I am.

I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.

I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.

My goal before I die is to get all of my thoughts out.

I don't want to be the cliche American Idol dude. I want to be different, you know - that's the whole goal, me and music. It's about being yourself and being unique.

When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal.

My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime

The goal of becoming more consistent with your core authentic self is a much stronger motivator than "I need to lose 30 pounds."