Quotes about Genuineness
Truth does not blush.
— Tertullian
Simplicity ought to be in the intention, purity in the affection.
— Thomas a Kempis
Be truthful, one would say, and the result is bound to be amazingly interesting.
— Virginia Woolf
It was as true… as turnips is. It was as true… as taxes is. And nothing's truer than them.
— Charles Dickens
No varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself.
— Charles Dickens
When you see a man with a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend upon it, he keeps a very small stock of it within
— Charles Spurgeon
Live truth instead of professing it.
— Elbert Hubbard
I'm in this effort to unify my life and to live day to day in a disciplined way, to be real at all times, not just in front of people, or not just in a synagogue.
— Ezra Furman
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
— George Bernard Shaw
This is not a showman's job. I will not step out of character.
— Herbert Hoover
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real
— Thomas Merton
The secret is authenticity. The reason people fail is because they're pretending to be something they're not.
— Oprah Winfrey