Quotes About Authenticity

Strength doesn't come from what you do, strength is from who you are.

Man is a real man, and can live and act manfully in this world, not in the strength of opinions, not according to what he thinks, but according to what he is .

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

Naturalness is the basis of effectiveness. If one poses to be something else, one loses the charm of naturalness. The result is that one accumulates stress.

It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off almost at once, and we are revealed in our true personalities.

The pressure we put on ourselves to produce this perfect... operatic... version of ourselves really puts an inordinate amount of stress and tension on us.

If you are doing that which is within you, what that part of you that is beyond body would like you to do, then you would not experience stress because you would be very fulfilled.

...the child trying not to appear as a child, of the strenuousness with which she tried to present the face of a convincing adult.

Because if I am living an honest life, and my eyes are open, and I'm trying my hardest to be good and kind, then anything I'm doing is fine to tell people.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Never be afraid to tread the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps.

Success is clarity of my intention....and reaching that intention while being true to myself and with joy.

Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Success lies in doing not what others consider to be great but what you consider to be right.

An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you.

The best thing you have to offer the world is yourself. You don't have to copy anyone else. If you do, you're second best. To achieve success is to be first, and that's being yourself.

Success is how well you do what you do when nobody else is looking.

Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.

Its kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.

The key to success is to be true to who you really are.