#authentic

I've never... when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#anywhere #authentic #except #feel #felt

Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance. ↗

— Brené Brown

#belonging #self-acceptance #courage

Mass advertising can help build brands, but authenticity is what makes them last. If people believe they share values with a company, they will stay loyal to the brand. ↗

— Howard Schultz

#brand-loyalty #branding #advertising

Authentic brands don't emerge from marketing cubicles or advertising agencies. They emanate from everything the company does... ↗

— Howard Schultz

#branding #advertising

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world. ↗

— Angela Carter

#authentic #credit #gain #hoax #miracle

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#because #enlightenment #everything #goal #intimacy

In short, we cannot grow, we cannot achieve authentic discovery, and our eyes cannot be cleansed to the truly beautiful possibilities of life, if we simply live a neutral existence. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#authentic #beautiful #cannot #cleansed #discovery

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

#authentic self #become #being #could #done

To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#create #fiction #invented #language #need

I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#access #any #art #artist #authentic