Authenticity Quotes

"You were born as the one you are."

"I don't try to live up to nobody's expectations. I just try to be me, be the best version of myself that I can be."

"It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action."

"I hope my fans can learn who the real Zhao Wei is and get rid of all the misunderstandings there were before."

"If there's any definition to being perfect, you're perfect at being yourself."

"I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else."

“I don't care about image and all that nonsense. I'm in sweat pants every day. I don't play the game at all.”

"I am very different in real life as compared to whatever people have seen of me on the big screen."

"You might not be funny, but don't force it. Just be authentic because people are going to always appreciate that more."

"Being yourself, or being judged as yourself, is really scary."

"I've always been someone who believes in being real and embraced my imperfections with pride rather than covering it up."

“There's so much to be said for being open and being unapologetically you.”

“I've realised that my social media needs to be reflective of who I am.”

“We cannot be all the writers all the time. We can only be who we are.”

“We've never tried to write radio hits. If I hear our song on the radio, it's cool, and I'm proud, but it's never a goal.”

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

Steve Jobs

"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."

"Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."

James Baldwin

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature."

"No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself."

Virginia Woolf

"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

Charlotte Brontë

"Whoever lives true life will love true love."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."

Bernard Baruch

"This above all: to thine own self be true."