Quotes About Genuineness

I told him point-blank so there would be no mistake: This person he wanted to know better did not exist; I was who I seemed to be from the outside. That would never change.

A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. "Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a true master and a fake?" And the master of the good name said, "When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake.

He has never known a woman so free from conceit, vanity, ambition, pretense. He has never known a woman so willing to show the world that she is a human being.

Now there's some honest writing!

The older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I'm far more moved by authenticity.

the older I get, the less impressed I become with originality. These days, I'm far more moved by authenticity. Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me. Just say what you want to say, then, and say it with all your heart. Share whatever you are driven to share. If it's authentic enough, believe me—it will feel original. Motives

Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me. Just say what you want to say, then, and say it with all your heart. Share whatever you are driven to share. If it's authentic enough, believe me—it will feel original.

Attempts at originality can often feel forced and precious, but authenticity has quiet resonance that never fails to stir me.

You never stop being yourself on the inside, whatever age people think you are by looking at you from the outside.

Mark, shaken, realizes he has just made the terrible mistake of not just seeming to be but actually being sincere.

People who deal in truth themselves recognize it when they hear it, just as people who deal in diamonds recognize a real stone when they see it.

I have no desire ... to preach a high-minded and merely edifying version of love

What poor substitutes for real diversity are the wild rainbows of dyed hair and other external differences that tell the observer nothing about what is inside.

The truth may be inconvenient, but it's better than anything else.

Ahora sé cómo lucen las estrellas de verdad. Estoy harta de las imitaciones.

I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.

My main focus is to always try to be myself first, and then, hey, if I wear a cool jacket, that's a bonus.

There's an authenticity in just being who you are and not having an act about it or wear clothes you normally wouldn't wear. I'm just comfortable in my own skin.

Wear what feels nice to you, not to impress.

I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.

I'm no missionary, and I can't wear any armor, either. I just gotta be the way I am.

You don't wear all your jewellery at once. You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.

I am more off-the-cuff and wear my emotions on my sleeve more than I should.

I am known to wear my heart on my sleeves.