Quotes about Genuineness

The ludicrous element in our feeling does not make them any less authentic.

Well, if you're true to yourself you're going to be true to everyone else.

Ring out the false, ring in the true.

People want to believe you are sincerely interested in them as a person, not just what they can do for you.

I'm not going to start churning out what you expect. If you want me to be a manufactured act, you can f*** off.

One of the worst things you can give to your people is someone you're not.

It's all about how you feel, not how you look

No one can wear a mask for very long.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity.

The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.

A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

We can "pose" and "put on" for a stranger or an associate. We can pretend. And for a while we can get by with it—at least in public. We might even deceive ourselves. Yet I believe that most of us know the truth of what we really are inside; and I think many of those we live with and work with do as well.