Authenticity is critical to successful personal branding. This presentation shares quips and quotes on the topic of being yourself.

1. William Arruda
Be
Yourself!
Quips and quotes
on the theme of
authenticity

2.
Be
Yourself
“Be
Real
Deal.
Be
You.”
That’s
the
5tle
of
Chapter
2,
Snap
1
(a
snap
is
a
two-­‐page
vigneCe)
of
Ditch.
Dare.
Do!
3D
Personal
Branding
for
Execu9ves
All
strong
brands
are
founded
in
authen9city,
Branding
is
not
spin.
Successful
personal
branding
is
based
in
authen5city.
Done
right,
branding
is
genuine.
Unique.
Real.
It’s
not
packaging
or
crea5ng
a
false
image
for
the
outside
world.
Being
YOU
is
empowering,
energizing,
aCrac5ve,
and
sa5sfying.
It
is
the
driver
that
helps
you
deliver
value
to
your
employer.
It
is
the
key
to
success.
Here
are
some
quotes
about
Being
Yourself
to
inspire
you!
©Copyright
2013
William
Arruda.
All
rights
reserved.

3. William Arruda
“It
is
the
chiefest
point
of
happiness
that
a
man
is
willing
to
be
what
he
is.”
Desiderius
Erasmus

4. William Arruda
“The
keys
to
brand
success
are
self-­‐
defini9on,
transparency,
authen9city
and
accountability.”
Simon
Mainwaring

5. William Arruda
“Truth
is
a
point
of
view,
but
authen9city
can’t
be
faked.”
Peter
Gruber

6. William Arruda
“We
have
to
dare
to
be
ourselves,
however
frightening
or
strange
that
self
may
prove
to
be.”
Mary
Sarton

7. William Arruda
“Don’t
be
scared
to
present
the
real
you
to
the
world,
authen9city
is
at
the
heart
of
success.
”
unknown

8. William Arruda
“Live
authen9cally.
Why
would
you
con9nue
to
compromise
something
that's
beau9ful
to
create
something
that
is
fake.”
Steve
Maraboli

9. William Arruda
“Only
the
truth
of
who
you
are,
if
realized,
will
set
you
free.”
Eckhart
Tolle

10. William Arruda
“Authen9c
values
are
those
by
which
a
life
can
be
lived,
which
can
form
a
people
that
produces
great
deeds
and
thoughts.”
Allan
Bloom

11. William Arruda
“To
think
is
easy.
To
act
is
difficult.
To
act
as
one
thinks
is
the
most
difficult.”
Johann
Wolfgang
von
Goethe

12. William Arruda
“This
above
all:
to
thine
own
self
be
true,
and
it
must
follow,
as
the
night
of
the
day,
thou
canst
not
then
be
false
to
any
man.”
William
Shakespeare

13. William Arruda
“Don't
look
for
someone
in
whom
to
believe.
Believe
in
yourself.
The
only
authen9c
authority
is
your
own
original
nature.”
Vernon
Howard

14. William Arruda
“To
be
yourself
in
a
world
that
is
constantly
trying
to
make
you
something
else
is
the
greatest
accomplishment.”
Ralph
Waldo
Emerson

15. William Arruda
“To
find
yourself,
think
for
yourself.”
Socrates

16. William Arruda
“Hard
9mes
arouse
an
ins9nc9ve
desire
for
authen9city.”
Coco
Chanel

17. William Arruda
“Our
life
is
what
our
thoughts
make
it.
”
Marcus
Aurelius
Antoninus

18. William Arruda
“Learn
to
be
what
you
are,
and
learn
to
resign
with
a
good
grace
all
that
you
are
not.”
Henri
Frederic
Amiel

19. William Arruda
“Be
who
you
are
and
say
what
you
feel,
because
those
who
mind
don't
maTer
and
those
who
maTer
don't
mind.”
Dr.
Suess

20. William Arruda
“Be
what
you
are.
This
is
the
first
step
toward
becoming
beTer
than
you
are.
”
Julius
Charles
Hare

21. William Arruda
“Ride
the
energy
of
your
own
unique
spirit.”
Gabrielle
Roth

22. William Arruda
“Before
you
can
be
anything,
you
have
to
be
yourself.
That’s
the
hardest
thing
to
find.”
E.L.
Konigsburg

23. William Arruda
“Shine
bright,
be
yourself.”
Stephen
Richards

24. William Arruda
“In
a
world
where
you
can
be
anything,
be
yourself.”
ECa
Turner

25. William Arruda
“Whenever
you
find
yourself
on
the
side
of
the
majority,
it
is
9me
to
pause
and
reflect.”
Mark
Twain

26. William Arruda
“In
the
age
of
the
individual’s
liquida9on,
the
ques9on
of
individuality
must
be
raised
anew.”
Theodor
Adorno

27. William Arruda
“Be
yourself;
everyone
else
is
already
taken.
”
Oscar
Wilde

28. William Arruda
“We
are
so
accustomed
to
disguise
ourselves
to
others
that
in
the
end
we
become
disguised
to
ourselves.”
La
Rouchefoucauld