Quotes about Genuineness

that the most important point is to be yourself and not try to become anything that you are not already.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

It is one of the biggest blessing that you can be stupid with your true friends and behave like you shame to do elsewhere

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep.

I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.

Leaders goal: Don't be afraid of vulnerability & transparency, (without being pitiful). People respond to authenticity.

Your original self is worth more than your imitation of someone else.

May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to. —C. S. Lewis

In the same way, metrics can record the frequency of our church attendance, the regularity of our Bible reading and the exact amount of our tithing, but they can never gauge the genuineness of any of them, or whether they are any better than "the noise of the solemn assemblies" against which the prophets fulminated.

The people who influence us most are not those who buttonhole us and talk to us, but those who live their lives like the stars in heaven and the lilies in the field, perfectly simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mould

Drudgery is the test of genuine character. The greatest hindrance in our spiritual life is that we will only look for big things to do. Yet, "Jesus . . . took a towel and . . . began to wash the disciples' feet . . ." (John 13:3—5).

renounce it as soon as it comes to mind—renounce everything in its entirety until there is no hidden dishonesty or craftiness about you at all.