Quotes about Genuineness

The people who influence us the most are not those who detain us with their continual talk, but those who live their lives like the stars in the sky and "the lilies of the field"—simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mold and shape us.

My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life." Oswald Chambers

Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.

Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach.

No one will ever be moved to Spirit-led action without faith. One's faith is not genuine unless it moves him or her to action. Faith and works are necessary companions. The faith produces the works, while the works demonstrate the genuineness of the faith.

Leadership cannot be created synthetically. Men must be what they were made by the Almighty or the American people will find them out in time.

The only valid rule for a work of art is that it be true to itself.

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

The best way to be original is to be yourself.