Quotes About Authenticity

Connect emotionally through facial expressions, laughter, and tears.

La integridad no es tanto lo que hacemos sino lo que somos. Y lo que somos, a su vez, determina lo que hacemos.

I've learned that if you want people to be impressed, you can talk about your successes; but if you want people to identify with you, it's better to talk about your failures.

Four Unpardonable Sins of a Communicator": being unprepared, uncommitted, uninteresting, or uncomfortable.

Muchos tienen éxito inmediato por lo que saben; Algunos tienen éxito temporal por lo que hacen; pero Pocos logran éxito permanente por lo que son.

You must think of people before you try to achieve progress. To do that as a permissional leader, you must exhibit a consistent mood, maintain an optimistic attitude, possess a listening ear, and present to others your authentic self.

Are you doing what you ask others to do?

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess.

Servant leaders should listen without judgment, be authentic, build community, share power, and develop people.6

Here's the bottom line on charisma. You don't have to be gorgeous, a genius, or a masterful orator to possess presence and to connect with others. You just need to be positive, believe in yourself, and focus on others.

To develop your integrity, make a commitment to yourself to be scrupulously honest. Don't shave the truth, don't tell white lies, and don't fudge numbers. Be truthful even when it hurts. To develop authenticity, be yourself with everyone. Don't play politics, role play, or pretend to be anything you're not. To strengthen your discipline, do the right things every day regardless of how you feel.

It may sound corny, but it's really true: people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Leaders are effective because of who they are on the inside—in the qualities that make them up as people. And to go to the highest level of leadership, people have to develop these traits from the inside out.

True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned.

People don't care what you know until they know you care.

La honestidad no es algo que haces; la honestidad es quién eres».

People naturally see themselves in the light of their intentions, but they measure others according to their actions.

No one can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself." —JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

You have to be yourself while speaking someone else's language.

Influence begins with who you are.

Isn't it strange how we must surrender being right in order to find what's right, how humility enables us to be authentic, vulnerable, trustworthy, and intimate with others? People are open to those who are open to them.

Howard Thurman: "No se pregunte lo que el mundo necesita. Pregúntese lo que hace que usted cobre vida y entonces hágalo. Porque lo que el mundo necesita son personas que cobren vida".

John C. Maxwell

Trust must be built day by day. It calls for consistency. Some of the ways a leader can betray trust include: breaking promises, gossiping, withholding information, and being two-faced. These actions destroy the environment of trust necessary for the growth of potential leaders. And when a leader breaks trust, he must work twice as hard to regain it.