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Quotes about Genuineness

It's all about how you feel, not how you look
— Sean Covey
No one can wear a mask for very long.
— Seneca
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.
— Stephen Covey
The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.
— Stephen Covey
A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
— Stephen Covey
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.
— Stephen Covey
Today we come across an individual who behaves like an automaton, who does not know or understand himself, and the only person that he knows is the person that he is supposed to be, whose meaningless chatter has replaced communicative speech, whose synthetic smile has replaced genuine laughter, and whose sense of dull despair has taken the place of genuine pain.
— Stephen Covey
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
— Stephen Covey
You can buy a person's hand, but you can not buy his heart.
— Stephen Covey
Today we come across an individual who behaves like an automaton, who does not know or understand himself, and the only person that he knows is the person that he is supposed to be, whose meaningless chatter has replaced communicative speech, whose
— Stephen Covey
The genuiness of our worship cannot be measured in decibels of sound, and although it is vital that we express our love for God vocally, He looks to see the evidence in our lives.
— Graham Kendrick
Give up being perfect for being authentic. Be who you are. Love who you are. Others will too.
— Hal Elrod