Quotes About Genuineness

they were nice in a useless sort of way, which is, after all, the only way to be truly nice.

Happy unions cannot take root under such a cloud of deception and artifice.

But you can't make someone be something they're not.

The thing was, being perfect didn't mean anything if it wasn't real.

The authentic self is the soul made visible.

Once you stay true to just having a good time and being honest to your fans and your audience, you can't go wrong.

What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona.

It sure is boring to be around people who are in character all the time. I always find it's closer to mental illness than acting excellence.

As we befriend our crush and get to know him better, make sure that you are honest and true all the time. Do not be someone you are not just to impress him.

You can't really just make someone into something and it works all the time; that person has to be a natural.

Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.

I'm a "what you see is what you get" kind of guy. I don't have any time to be showing anybody any bag of tricks.

The only thing worse than a coach or CEO who doesn't care about his people is one who pretends to care. People can spot a phony every time.

It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where Truth is not the bottom, Nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will peep and betray herself one time or other.

Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time.

People and dogs and cows are born to be what they are. They may cover it up for a long time, but it will come out sooner or later.

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.

I don't have the kinds of relationships that are built on any kind of false pretense, not to say that I haven't. I've had just as many as anybody else, but I haven't had them in a long time.

It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.

I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are.

It is a waste of time to see people who have only a social surface to show. I will make every effort to find out the real person, but if I can't, then I am upset and cross. Time wasted is poison.

To see a man as beautiful – means to make him really beautiful. There is no cunning, no deceit; this happens every time, everyone knows that.

because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.

O]nce you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. - The Skin Horse from The Velveteen Rabbit