Quotes About Genuineness

MY rule is never to be rude to anyone unless you mean it.

there is an early stage "holiness" that looks like the real thing, but it isn't.

His carefully calculated sincerity is almost entirely indistinguishable from the real thing.

What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.

Authenticity is the exact opposite of what you find in some churches.

I have said it before, but I don't think I have ever came so near meaning it.

She was a grown young woman when she was overtaken by what she supposed to be the climax of her fate. It was when the face and figure of a great tragedian began to haunt her imagination and stir her senses. The persistence of the infatuation lent it an aspect of genuineness. The hopelessness of it colored it with the lofty tones of a great passion.

The persistence of the infatuation lent it an aspect of genuineness. The hopelessness of it colored it with the lofty tones of a great passion

sitting in church doesn't make me a Christian any more than sitting in a garage makes me a car

One is what one is, and the dishonesty of hiding behind a degree, or a title, or any manner and collection of words, is still exactly that: dishonest.

Isn't it possible that I'm not feigning interest? That I really do want to know more about you? You've never been interested in me before. You've never been interesting before. -Cassandra and Paige

When people are perfectly polite, it usually means they don't really care. A little awkwardness is more sincere.

I'd think, That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me then; I was just being the way I looked, the way people wanted. It don't seem like I ever have been me.

But it's the truth even if it didn't happen.

But it's the truth even if it didn't happen

Do you want power over something? Be more nearly real than it.

Strip is the power. I'm ready to strip... I think everyone is. In that I'm saying I think everyone is ready to take off masks and pretentious costumes that don't represent who they truly are.

It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.

When I worship, I would rather my heart be without words than my words be without heart.

We may sing our hymns and psalms, and offer prayers, but they will be an abomination to God, unless we are willing to be thoroughly straightforward in our daily life.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

We must lay before him what is in us not what ought to be in us.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.