Perfection is the enemy of authenticity.

“the property that grounded the self in Romanticism was sincerity, and in modernism was authenticity, then in postmod ernism it is visibility.10”

— Chris Hedges

Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Real artists offer authenticity, not just money.

— Rhymefest

“I figure the more people think I'm just mildly weird, the less likely they are to know how weird I really am.”

— Melanie Hooyenga

I think people can read authenticity and they know when you're involved and when you're just slapping your name on something.

— La La Anthony

“I strive for authenticity even though it brings with it vulnerability and the inevitable judgment of others.”

— L.R.W. Lee

Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.

— Eric Cantona

Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor…

— Brennan Manning

“Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, focus your energy on what you can create.”

— Roy Bennett

Anything that I ever do is from the heart and authentic.

— Belinda Carlisle

What I love about Nivea is they're all about authenticity. The brand isn't pretending to be anything it isn't.

— Tessa Virtue

There is nothing which so certifies the genuineness of a man's faith as his patience and his patient endurance, his keeping on steadily in…

— Anonymous

When you're really famous, there's very little authenticity in people, so you prefer the company of children.

— Katherine Ryan

“We could not be fulfilled if we weren't inauthentic some of the time—inauthentic, that is, in relation to such things as our passing desires…

— Alain de Botton

No man knows the genuineness of his convictions until he has sacrificed something for them.

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin