Quotes about Sincerity

Sincerity is the way to heaven. Votes: 8

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite. Votes: 8

Sincerity is the way of heaven. Votes: 6

Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay Votes: 6

Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue. Votes: 6

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either. Votes: 6

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength. Votes: 6

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. Votes: 6

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character. Votes: 6

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. Votes: 6

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Votes: 6

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not. Votes: 4

Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate. Votes: 4

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins Votes: 4

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity. Votes: 4

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, youve got it made. Votes: 4

You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another. Votes: 4

The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity. Votes: 4

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. Votes: 4

It is important to explain fully to the local areas with sincerity. We will also think, of course, about the development promotion of the communities. Votes: 4

I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. Votes: 4

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love. Votes: 4

In theology, the state of a luckless mortal prenatally damned. The doctrine of reprobation was taught by Calvin, whose joy in it was somewhat marred by the sad sincerity of his conviction that although some are foredoomed to perdition, others are predestined to salvation. Votes: 4

I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything. Votes: 4

Sincerity is technique. Votes: 3

Sincerity is moral truth. Votes: 3

Sincerity guarantees nothing but itself. Votes: 3

Sincerity does not equal competence. Votes: 3

Sincerity? I can fake that. Votes: 3

Sincerity is always subject to proof. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the most compendious wisdom. Votes: 3

Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the surest road to confidence. Votes: 3

Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money. Votes: 3

Sincerity is never having an idea of oneself. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the foundation of the spiritual life. Votes: 3

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men. Votes: 3

Sincerity is romantic. I don't think you need gestures. Votes: 3

Sincerity: if you can fake it, you've got it made. Votes: 3

Sincerity causes the smallest of good deeds to become the largest. Votes: 3

To practice Sincerity is to burden everyone else with believing you. Votes: 3

Sincerity means that the appearance and the reality are exactly the same. Votes: 3

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything. Votes: 3

Sincerity carries the soul in all simplicity to open its heart to God. Votes: 3

Sincerity, even if it speaks with a stutter, will sound eloquent when inspired. Votes: 3

Sincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all conscientiousness, and by consequence of all heartfelt religion. Votes: 3

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. Votes: 3

‎"Sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation. Votes: 3

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed. Votes: 3

Sincerity in sadhna and eagerness to serve is the basis of one's relationship with the spiritual master. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the most important thing in acting. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. Votes: 3

Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ring Votes: 3

Sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the prime requisite in every approach to the God who ... hates all hypocrisy, falsehood, and deceit. Votes: 3

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself. Votes: 3

Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it. Votes: 3

Sincerity has to do with the connexion between our words and thoughts, and not between our beliefs and actions. Votes: 3

Sincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere. Votes: 3

Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people. Votes: 3

Sincerity is a great but rare virtue, and we pardon to it much complaining, and the betrayal of many weaknesses. Votes: 3

Sincerity that thinks it is the sole possessor of the truth is a deadlier sin than hypocrisy, which knows better. Votes: 3

Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through. Votes: 3

The Two Most Important Words In The World Are Honesty And Sincerity, If You Can Fake These You've Got It Made. Votes: 3

Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right. Votes: 3

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy and Serenity. Votes: 3

The attributes of a great lady may still be found in the rule of the four S's: Sincerity, Simplicity, Sympathy, and Serenity. Votes: 3

What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait Votes: 3

What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait. Votes: 3

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves. Votes: 3

Sincerity is not test of truth-no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison sincerely believing it the needed medicine, but will it save your life? Votes: 3

Love is the virtue of the Heart, Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind, Decision is the virtue of the Will, Courage is the virtue of the Spirit. Votes: 3

Sincerity of conviction and purity of motive will surely gain the day; and even a small minority, armed with these, is surely destined to prevail against all odds. Votes: 3

Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others. Votes: 3

Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity,Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practise daily these eighteen "ities" You will soon attain immortality. Votes: 3

However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake. Votes: 3

In fact, I am aware of the fake entities in my life. I know that I can clear them if I wanted to in a moment. But all this hollowness Needs my Sincerity. Votes: 3

Sincerity is a Christian virtue, as is honesty about our struggles. But my generation needs to realize that Christianity is more than chic fragility, endless self-revelation, and the coolness that comes with authenticity. Votes: 3

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be. Votes: 3

Never misunderstand seriousness for sincerity. Sincerity is very playful, never serious. It is true, authentic, but never serious. Sincerity does not have a long face, it is bubbling with joy, radiating with an inner joyousness. Votes: 3

Sincerity is a certain openness of heart. It is to be found in very few, and what we commonly look upon to be so is only a cunningsort of dissimulation, to insinuate ourselves into the confidence of others. Votes: 3

Sincerity is not a test of truth. We must not make this mistake: He must be right; he's so sincere. Because, it is possible to be sincerely wrong. We can only judge truth by truth and sincerity by sincerity. Votes: 3

Sincerity w the most compendious wisdom, an excellent instrument for the speedy despatch of business. It creates confidence in those we have to deal with, saves the labor of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in few words. Votes: 3

The iPod has taken away the whole platinum record sales prospect. Sincerity and specificity are going to be the hot commodities in music. Everybody can have anything that they want, so now it gets into what specifically you have to give. Votes: 3

Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little. Votes: 3

The secret of success is sincerity. Votes: 2

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. Votes: 2

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination. Votes: 2

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity. Votes: 2

I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours. Votes: 2

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. Votes: 2

The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists. Votes: 2

By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action. Votes: 2

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing. Votes: 2

I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity. Votes: 2

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that's the way I am. Votes: 2

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. Votes: 2

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit. Votes: 2

I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman. Votes: 2

I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust. Votes: 2

The only people who have doubts about the sincerity of my music are people who come to it relatively late, off the back of having seen me in a film. Acting is about being other people, and music is about being myself. Votes: 2

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it. Votes: 2

When you really need help, people will respond. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable. Tell it the way it is, lumps and all. Don't worry if your presentation isn't perfect; ask from your heart. Keep it simple, and people will open up to you. Votes: 2

There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism that for all its sincerity is nothing if not vague and sentimental; and he is the most acute and dispassionate of observers, the most profound and earnest student of character and emotion. Votes: 2

Intelligence makes sincerity difficult. Votes: 0

Holiness sincerity, and faith. Votes: 0

My sincerity is my credentials. Votes: 0

Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous. Votes: 0

Teach French and unteach sincerity. Votes: 0

Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers. Votes: 0

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity. Votes: 0

The sincere alone can recognize sincerity. Votes: 0

The truest politeness comes of sincerity. Votes: 0

Faithfulness and sincerity first of all. Votes: 0

People trust me. I sell sincerity. Votes: 0

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends Votes: 0

Private sincerity is a public welfare. Votes: 0

Technique is the test of sincerity. Votes: 0

Sorrow makes for sincerity, I think. Votes: 0

Manners without sincerity, is called polite society Votes: 0

Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things. Votes: 0

Psychosis is person less persona, raving sincerity. Votes: 0

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. Votes: 0

Believe in the character; animate with sincerity Votes: 0

Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity. Votes: 0

Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity. Votes: 0

I never find sincerity offensive... so, be sincere. Votes: 0

Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power. Votes: 0

Believe in your character. Animate (or write) with sincerity. Votes: 0

Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. Votes: 0

When sincerity fails, the offer of money usually works. Votes: 0

A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity. Votes: 0

Great advertising is the expression of deep emotional sincerity. Votes: 0

Greatness of spirit is accompanied by simplicity and sincerity. Votes: 0

Once you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything. Votes: 0

Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity. Votes: 0

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity Votes: 0

The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity. Votes: 0

In her presence I could dare everything: sincerity, emotion, pathos. Votes: 0

In art there is a need for truth, not sincerity. Votes: 0

Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity. Votes: 0

Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady, Votes: 0

There is no sincerity like a woman telling a lie. Votes: 0

Never be sincere - sincerity is the death of writing. Votes: 0

Few people would not be the worse for complete sincerity. Votes: 0

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. Votes: 0

An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity. Votes: 0

Unless you can fake sincerity, you'll get nowhere in this business. Votes: 0

Genuine sincerity opens people's hearts, while manipulation causes them to close. Votes: 0

There's nothing that can move a person's heart better than sincerity. Votes: 0

Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience. Votes: 0

It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love. Votes: 0

With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. Votes: 0

The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity. Votes: 0

Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character. Votes: 0

The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver. Votes: 0

Crystal sincerity hath found no shelter but in a fool's cap. Votes: 0

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt. Votes: 0

I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique." Votes: 0

We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington. Votes: 0

I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique Votes: 0

The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity. Votes: 0

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood. Votes: 0

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing. Votes: 0

Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity. Votes: 0

Only a spirit of artistic sincerity can console the souls of humankind. Votes: 0

The way of the warrior is based on humanity, love and sincerity Votes: 0

The sincerity with which you do things, that's what shapes your life. Votes: 0

I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique. Votes: 0

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it Votes: 0

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it Votes: 0

In times of upheaval, people wish for nothing more than composure and sincerity. Votes: 0

When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts. Votes: 0

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it. Votes: 0

Beauty is sincerity.There are so many different ways someone can be beautiful. Votes: 0

Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident. Votes: 0

The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity. Votes: 0

I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity. Votes: 0

Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding. Votes: 0

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. Votes: 0

It's a man's sincerity and depth of vision that makes him a poet. Votes: 0

The only thing I can really offer the Filipino people is my sincerity. Votes: 0

Just play with sincerity, give the performance of your life with everything you've got. Votes: 0

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. Votes: 0

The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention. Votes: 0

The most common lie uttered without thought, sincerity, resolve, or guilt: I love you. Votes: 0

You're a poster boy for sincerity. You have all the guile of a lamb. Votes: 0

Wearing love beads and touting our sincerity will not make this a safer world. Votes: 0

As everything in this world is but a sham. Death is the only sincerity. Votes: 0

Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amend Votes: 0

Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them Votes: 0

The first great requisite is absolute sincerity. Falsehood and disguise are miseries and misery-makers. Votes: 0

Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity. Votes: 0

There is no passion so much transports the sincerity of judgment as doth anger Votes: 0

The classical artist can be recognized by his sincerity, the romantic by his laborious insincerity. Votes: 0

Deep are the foundations of sincerity. Even stone walls have their foundation below the frost. Votes: 0

You are the architect of your own future, so design your future with uncompromising sincerity. Votes: 0

The young do not demand omniscience. They know it is unattainable. They do demand sincerity. Votes: 0

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity. Votes: 0

After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood Votes: 0

The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf. Votes: 0

The more ridiculous the character is, the more sincerity you have to bring to it. Votes: 0

God takes away the world, that the heart may cleave more to Him in sincerity. Votes: 0

The man grinned back at me with that perfect sincerity we fear and call simple-minded. Votes: 0

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them. Votes: 0

In painting, the key is not taking myself seriously to the point where it kills sincerity. Votes: 0

The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened. Votes: 0

We will make every effort with utmost sincerity to achieve a peaceful reunification of the country. Votes: 0

The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention. Votes: 0

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive. Votes: 0

In all of its vulnerability, profound sincerity does, in its relationship to knowledge, find its way. Votes: 0

He who with sincerity seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose. Votes: 0

According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us. Votes: 0

All I can do is engage with complete sincerity. Then whatever happens, there is no regret. Votes: 0

Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth. Votes: 0

The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. Votes: 0

Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds. Votes: 0

The only real and reliable guarantee for khadi would be honesty, truthfulness and sincerity of khadi workers. Votes: 0

I'm telling you lady I'm only human, not looking for impossibility. Just a genuine woman with sincerity. Votes: 0

Be suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends. Votes: 0

Very gratefully, with grateful appreciation, with sincere appreciative gratitude, in appreciatively grateful sincerity of regret, he declined. Votes: 0

God cannot honor anything, no matter its degree of sincerity, if it is contrary to His Word. Votes: 0

Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom. Votes: 0

We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it. Votes: 0

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. Votes: 0

The purpose of education is to create a purpose for life. Go for it with the utmost sincerity. Votes: 0

I believe in the importance of sincerity and emotion and honesty in TV, even when it's goofy comedy. Votes: 0

The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation. Votes: 0

I advocate speaking words of love with all the sincerity that can be mustered, as frequently as possible. Votes: 0

But in all the annals of human vice, no power is as destructive or demonic as perverted sincerity Votes: 0

My great panacea for making society at once better and more enjoyable would be to cultivate greater sincerity. Votes: 0

It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion. Votes: 0

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America. Votes: 0

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. Votes: 0

Meditation requires courage. It requires the basic integrity, sincerity, respect towards your own being. At least don't deceive yourself. Votes: 0

We should cultivate the serenity, because in the substance of sincerity germinate the most beautiful flowers of the Spirit. Votes: 0

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others. Votes: 0

Only dull and impotent artists screen their work with sincerity. In art there is need for truth, not sincerity. Votes: 0

Taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly afterwards, and the human being becomes a bore. Votes: 0

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large. Votes: 0

We can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith, "I am loved; I am called; I am secure." Votes: 0

Concerned we're in a time where politicians can't even fake sincerity. Aren't they supposed to be good at that? Votes: 0

The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. Votes: 0

Your words must match what you do. In so many words, you need to show sincerity with your words. Votes: 0

Krishna is present fully in His holy name and this is realized by the humility and sincerity in our chanting. Votes: 0

I’ll work my way from irony to sincerity in the sinking city, a would-be Whitman of the vulnerable grid. Votes: 0

I seek forgiveness from Allah for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the forgiveness of Allah Votes: 0

Thirteen virtues necessary for true success: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility. Votes: 0

Through love and sincerity continuously beautify your inner life in every way, by daily looking into the mirror of introspection. Votes: 0

In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. Votes: 0

When we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better. Votes: 0

I should say sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first characteristic of all men in any way heroic. Votes: 0

But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary. Votes: 0

Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself Votes: 0

Follow the sincerity of your heart, it will always lead you on the right path Cinderella in Focus: Cindy's Secret Votes: 0

The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. Votes: 0

I can only say with deeper sincerity and fuller significance what I have always said in theory Wait God's will. Votes: 0

I still feel that sincerity and realism are avant-garde, or can be, just as I did when I started out. Votes: 0

The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. Votes: 0

Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value. Votes: 0

The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity. Votes: 0

I'm not saying - in any way - that Donald Driver is lying or lacking sincerity. But I trust my reporting. Votes: 0

The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know. Votes: 0

I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity. Votes: 0

Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity. Votes: 0

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity. Votes: 0

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write. Votes: 0

We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others. Votes: 0

We must understand that our education now is going to be sincerity, to speak from your own heart and not from outside. Votes: 0

While sincerity is to carry the weight of knowledge in the self, it is also to be the lightness of being clean. Votes: 0

If you have any of these qualities... love, kindness, compassion, sincerity and truth in your heart.... you will always find your way home. Votes: 0

All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own. Votes: 0

The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody Votes: 0

The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime. Votes: 0

The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it. Votes: 0

I can say with sincerity that I like cats... A cat is an animal which has more human feelings than almost any other. Votes: 0

I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others. Votes: 0

I can say with full sincerity that I am happy. I'm happy because I'm doing what I love and I'm not selling out. Votes: 0

In contrast with the law, which imposed giving as a divine requirement, Christian giving is voluntary, and a test of sincerity and love. Votes: 0

At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming. Votes: 0

I do not think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards. Votes: 0

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it. Votes: 0

Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Votes: 0

I honestly think that my sincerity lies with my country and each and every individual who knows me will agree with this fact. Votes: 0

If you need help, look to clergy who do not spout their own beliefs but direct you in sincerity by using the Bible. Votes: 0

God's promises are always yes. It only takes faith and obedience to recognize them. When you do, claim them with sincerity in your heart. Votes: 0

It isn't necessary to be socialists in order to love Pertini. Whatever he says or does, smells of cleanliness, of loyalty and of sincerity. Votes: 0

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do. Votes: 0

I feel that there's hardly any irony in my work; if there's anything, there'll be sincerity, which people sometimes find hard to deal with. Votes: 0

We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity. Votes: 0

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. Votes: 0

Any person who, with all the sincerity of heart, is in search for God, on land or in the sea, is worthy of respect. Votes: 0

RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it. Votes: 0

When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise. Votes: 0

On this hapless earth There 's small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the heart. Votes: 0

For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself. Votes: 0

There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect Votes: 0

Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized. Votes: 0

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity. Votes: 0

It is undoubtedly true that some people mistake sycophancy for good nature, but it is equally true that many more mistake impertinence for sincerity. Votes: 0

With all his sincerity and devotion, the authentic, absolute atheist is after all only an abortive saint, and at the same time, a mistaken revolutionist. Votes: 0

It is proof of sincerity, which I value above all things; as, between those who practice it, falsehood and malice work their efforts in vain. Votes: 0

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness. Votes: 0

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites. Votes: 0

Our vitality, and the vitality of each nation, rests on the sincerity and depth of the faith in the ideas which it announces, or pronounces. Votes: 0

There is something so pure and frank and noble about Him that to doubt His sincerity would be like doubting the brightness of the sun. Votes: 0

My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other? Votes: 0

Never try to look into both eyes at the same time. Switch your gaze from one eye to the other. That signals warmth and sincerity. Votes: 0

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof Votes: 0

Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was a vain endeavor? Votes: 0

[Hollywood] is obviously so fake, but then comedy is this little carve-out of sincerity. I love it. I get to be funny and do this. Votes: 0

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else. Votes: 0

You don't have to be sincere yourself to recognize sincerity when you see it. Any more than you have to be insane to recognize insanity. Votes: 0

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them. Votes: 0

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question. Votes: 0

I believe everyone should have an opportunity to search for truth their own way. Humility, peace, child-like enthusiasm, acceptance, and sincerity is the true infinity engine! Votes: 0

Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted. Votes: 0

The way to test a man's sincerity is to serve him a bad cup of coffee. If he doesn't comment, he is not to be trusted. Votes: 0

Wherever there is sincerity & talent, people do recognize them. It may take some time but we should have some patience and hold on to our passion. Votes: 0

None will be able to resist truth and love and sincerity. Are you sincere? Unselfish even unto death, and loving? Then fear not, not even death. Votes: 0

Cultivate a sympathetic heart, humility in dealings, and selflessness in action. If these are practiced with earnestness and sincerity, then you will win the race of life. Votes: 0

Why movie and dance critics are taking 'The Company' seriously, I can't imagine. Are they impressed by Altman's reputation and naive sincerity? By the fluid semi-documentary approach? Votes: 0

Real affection comes from the face. Those political leaders, when they meet, they are always hugging, but not very genuine. Deep, sincerity comes from face and eye. Votes: 0

What matters in Politics is what men actually do - sincerity is no excuse for acting unpolitically, and insincerity may be channelled by politics into good results. Votes: 0

It is not for minds like ours to give or to receive flatter; yet the praises of sincerity have ever been permitted to the voice of friendship Votes: 0

Be guided by feelings alone. Abandon yourself to your first impression. If you really have been touched, you will convey to others the sincerity of your emotion. Votes: 0

What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator. Votes: 0

It is a very trying task for deceitful people, always to have to cover up their lack of sincerity and to repair the breaking of their word. Votes: 0

An inward sincerity will of course influence the outward deportment; but where the one is wanting, there is great reason to suspect the absence of the other. Votes: 0

It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love of God, sincerity, and simplicity. Votes: 0

There is no greater power and support you can give someone than to look them in the eye, and with sincerity/conviction say, 'I believe in you. Votes: 0

The hole on the face of an acoustic guitar is called the sound hole. The one of the face of its player is called the sincerity hole. Votes: 0

Love would never b a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with a light of faith, water of sincerity, and an art of passion. Votes: 0

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity. Votes: 0

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others. Votes: 0

If the North Korean side shows no sincerity in solving the nuclear weapon, abduction and missile issues, then the likelihood of normalization of diplomatic relations is very slim. Votes: 0

Inspire people very selectively with sincerity and with respect. You want to increase your energy? Then want, inside your heart, to inspire others. It will lift you tremendously. Votes: 0

Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and create the change desired. Votes: 0

The incredible brand awareness and bottom-line profits achievable through social media marketing require hustle, heart, sincerity, constant engagement, long-term commitment, and most of all, artful and strategic storytelling. Votes: 0

While sincerity and over-anxiety can spoil a picture, through superfluous elaboration and unnecessary correction, the carelessness that would leave it in an unfinished state is even more reprehensible. Votes: 0

With sincerity from the depths of your heart to do the best you can, just keep going and don't worry too much that you're not Milarepa or Rechungpa. Votes: 0

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another. Votes: 0

It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure. Votes: 0

Presence is to meet another person in meditation. Presence is to invite another person in meditation. It is a meeting in love, joy, acceptance, sincerity, truth, silence and oneness. Votes: 0

The one thing about 'Beautiful Creatures,' 'The Host' and 'The Mortal Instruments,' which are all well-made movies, is that they were all infected with a dreadful sincerity. Votes: 0

Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches. Votes: 0

Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others. Votes: 0

I did what I came here to do. What I've done I've done with sincerity and to the best of my ability. You can't expect much more from life. Votes: 0

Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms. Votes: 0

I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity. Votes: 0

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart. Votes: 0

I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naive hope. Votes: 0

God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and perseverance of our will to overcome them. Votes: 0

Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable. Votes: 0

Everyone who works with love and with intelligence finds in the very sincerity of his love for nature and art a kind of armor against the opinions of other people. Votes: 0

To claim that theft or adultery or lying are "evil" simply reflects our degraded idea of good-—that it has something to do with respect for property, respectability, and sincerity. Votes: 0

ADMIRABLY BOLD. There's something grand about the film's sincerity and the intensity of its emotions and something fresh and bold about the way director Gray uses the conventions of romantic melodrama. Votes: 0

So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship. Votes: 0

So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship. Votes: 0

We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery. Votes: 0

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood and place it in the navel of a fruit fly, and still have room left for three caraway seeds and an agent's heart Votes: 0

The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other side. Votes: 0

Lift your worship off the ground to a higher ground where love abounds. One thing that hinders sincerity in the worship of God among brethren is insincere love among one another! Votes: 0

How much rationality and higher protection there is in such self-deception, and how much falseness I still require in order to allow myself again and again the luxury of my sincerity. Votes: 0

I think about the sincerity of my writing. I try to be true, to pose questions. Shake people up a bit and make them look in a direction they wouldn't normally. Votes: 0

A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated. Votes: 0

Who wants a bag of bones?” he said, with absolute sincerity. “I don’t want to hurt myself on the sharp edges of the woman I’m bedding. Votes: 0

Gently eliminating all obstacles to his own understanding, he constantly maintains his unconditional sincerity. His humility, perseverance, and adaptability evoke the response of the universe and fill him with divine light. Votes: 0

I would replace the quality of sincerity with honesty, since one can hold a conviction sincerely without examining it, while honesty would require that one subject one's convictions to frequent scrutiny. Votes: 0

The man up there raged aloud in two languages, and with a sincerity in his fury that almost convinced me I had, in some way, sinned against the harmony of the universe Votes: 0

There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked. Votes: 0

The motivation of all religious practice is similar: love, sincerity, honesty. The way of life of practically all religious persons is consistent. The teachings of tolerance, love, and compassion are the same. Votes: 0

My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with. Votes: 0

True sincerity reveals a powerful form of clarity and discernment that is necessary in order to perceive yourself honestly without flinching or being held captive by your conditioned mind's judgments and defensiveness. Votes: 0

To maintain your integrity, just maintain your words in sanctity, and your works in sincerity. You can't be really trusted when your works of today are standing against your words of yesterday! Votes: 0

I have received delegations of working men who come, apparently speaking of the utmost sincerity, have declared that they would regard it as a genuine hardship to be deprived of their beer. Votes: 0

It may be that this autobiography [Aimee Semple McPherson's] is set down in sincerity, frankness, and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario. Votes: 0

The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else. Votes: 0

...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a husband, than all the wit and beauty in the world. Votes: 0

When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable. Votes: 0

This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them. Votes: 0

I spent a lot of time in India with my father. I don't know all about their religion. But I know they love God. And I don't know. I've seen their sincerity. Votes: 0

Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority. Votes: 0

How many people do you know believe they're going to heaven because, they're not trusting so much in Christ as they are the sincerity of the decision they made a long time ago? Votes: 0

I want them (the North Korean delegation) to understand that it would be difficult to see progress of the normalization talks unless we see their sincerity over the abduction, nuclear and missile issues. Votes: 0

We swim, day by day, on a river of delusions, and are effectually amused with houses and towns in the air, of which the men aboutus are dupes. But life is a sincerity. Votes: 0

And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my characterizations but about me personally, my private self. Votes: 0

To every Armageddonist, every earth lover must keep saying with all the sincerity and affection we can muster, May God make this world as beautiful to you as it has been to me. Votes: 0

The more projects you do, the more actors you meet, the more people you meet, it's harder and harder to give your heart and your complete attention or absolute sincerity to that person. Votes: 0

The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues. Votes: 0

After all, isn't the purpose of the novel, or of a museum, for that matter, to relate our memories with such sincerity as to transform individual happiness into a happiness all can share? Votes: 0

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity. Votes: 0

To every Armageddonist, every earth lover must keep saying with all the sincerity and affection we can muster, “May God make this world as beautiful to you as it has been to me. Votes: 0

Religion and science both profess peace (and the sincerity of the professors is not being doubted), but each always turns out to have a dominant part in any war that is going or contemplated. Votes: 0

Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity. Votes: 0

I believe that none can "save" his fellow man by making a choice for him. To help him, he can indicate the possible alternatives, with sincerity and love, without being sentimental and without illusion. Votes: 0

To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons. Votes: 0

The important thing is to use the role as a trampoline, a chance to study and play with what is behind our masks. Creativity, especially where acting is concerned, Is boundless sincerity, yet disciplined. Votes: 0

When you meet dishonest people, move them with sincerity. When you meet violent people, affect them with gentility. When you meet warped people, inspire them with justice. Then the whole world enters your forge. Votes: 0

Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our government, and their conduct in every particular manifested the sincerity of their declarations. Votes: 0

I can say with full sincerity that I am happy. I'm happy because I'm doing what I love and I'm not selling out. And I can sleep at night because I'm at peace with it. Votes: 0

I'm God's chosen child. I don't worry or carry anything extra to feel the strength. I've always felt the power of God beside me. Your strength lies in instilling honesty, truth, and sincerity in you. Votes: 0

If we make a great show of respect and love to God, in the outward actions, while there is no sincerity in the heart, it is but hypocrisy and practical lying unto the Holy One. Votes: 0

Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it. Votes: 0

Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it." Votes: 0

It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy. Votes: 0

Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it. Votes: 0

The practice of utter sincerity towards other men would avail to no good end, if they were incapable of practising it towards their own minds. In fact, truth cannot be communicated until it is perceived. Votes: 0