Sincere Quotes - Page 5

• Everything will come right if you are pure and sincere. We want hundreds like you bursting upon society and bringing new life and vigor of the spirit wherever they go.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, New Life, Vigor

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2794, Manonmani Publishers

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• The bottom line is not money but some sort of demonic compulsion that drives these people to lash out against Jesus Christ, against Christians, and against anyone who holds to a sincere belief in God, in spite of the fact that it is going to cost them tens of millions of dollars to do it. They are driven to 'make a statement' regardless of the consequences.

  Michael Medved

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

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• We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never lived. But I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after the Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, profoundly, with perfect honesty and nicely adjusted judgment- until they believed that without doubt or question they had found the Truth. That was the end of the search. The man spent the rest of his hunting up shingles wherewith to protect his Truth from the weather.

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Honesty, Men

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• Forgetting offences is a sign of sincere repentance. If you keep the memory of them, you may believe you have repented but you are like someone running in his sleep. Let no one consider it a minor defect, this darkness that often clouds the eyes even of spiritual people.

  John Climacus

  Forgiveness, Running, Spiritual

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• The music that I make is pretty sincere; it's from my heart and I love it, and what just happened is more people have started to connect with my heart, and I haven't followed some kind of marketing scheme.

  Esperanza Spalding

  Heart, People, Marketing

  "Esperanza Spalding: Grammy Award 2011 Winner For Best New Artist", www.huffingtonpost.com. February 14, 2011.

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• In one sphere above all others, Anne Boleyn still had the power to influence him, and that was in the case of church reform. Anne was a passionate and sincere evangelical, the owner of a library of controversial reformist literature, and she was sympathetic to radical and even Lutheran ideas.

  Alison Weir

  Ideas, Church, Library

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

  Emily Carr

  Religious, Artist, Thinking

  Emily Carr (2009). “Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr”, p.10, D & M Publishers

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• The more sincerity is developed, the greater share of truth you will have. And however much sincerity a person may have, there is always a gap to fill, for we live in the midst of falsehood, and we are always apt to be carried away by this world of falsehood. Therefore we must never think we are sincere enough, and we must always be on our guard against influences which may carry us away from that sincerity which is the bridge between ourselves and our ideal. No study, no meditation is more helpful than sincerity itself.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Thinking, Bridges, Meditation

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• Reading the very best writers—let us say Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy—is not going to make us better citizens. Art is perfectly useless, according to the sublime Oscar Wilde, who was right about everything. He also told us that all bad poetry is sincere. Had I the power to do so, I would command that these words be engraved above every gate at every university, so that each student might ponder the splendor of the insight.

  Harold Bloom

  Art, Reading, Sublime

  Harold Bloom (2014). “The Western Canon”, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives, the cumulative experience of many masters of craftsmanship. Quality also marks the search for an ideal after necessity has been satisfied and mere usefulness achieved.

  John Ruskin

  Wise, Intelligent, Choices

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• This is moral perfection: to live each day as though it were the last; to be tranquil, sincere, yet not indifferent to one's fate.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Fate, Perfection, Each Day

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• To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.

  Diogenes

  Friendship, Men, Should Have

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• Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition...The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern ... Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

  Lord Acton

  Mean, Men, Class

  "The History of Freedom in Antiquity". Book by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1907.

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• I promise you in [Jesus] name that if you pray with a sincere desire to hear your Heavenly Father's voice in the messages of this conference, you will discover that He has spoken to you to help you, to strengthen you, and to lead you home into His presence.

  Robert D. Hales

  Jesus, Father, Home

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• One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express.

  John Astin

  Appreciation, Giving, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't invent anything. I imagine everything... most of the time, I have drawn my images from the daily life around me. I think that it is by capturing reality in the humblest, most sincere, most everyday way I can, that I can penetrate to the extraordinary.

  Brassai

  Reality, Thinking, Everyday

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• Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God?

  J. C. Ryle

  Desire, Firsts, Honest

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.90, Editora Dracaena

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• And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty, and of doing good.

  John Tillotson

  World, Littles, Goodness

  "The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions".

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• Eisenhower's career demonstrated how it is possible to fool all the people all the time...'I may be stupid,' he once said at a press conference, 'but at least I'm sincere!' Actually, he was neither, but it suited his purpose to play the part of the bumbling man of good will who was 'not an expert in these matters' but somehow would do his best.

  Gore Vidal

  Stupid, Men, Play

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• The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural, true, and sincere way, without murmuring, complaining, or exaggerating them.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Men, Suffering, Desire

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• The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Foundation, Transition, Tools

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• I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It's more important to confirm the least sincere. The clouds get enough attention as it is.

  Frank O'Hara

  Regret, Clouds, People

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• Approach or come: refers not to the physical act of coming, but to the mental attitude; the heart is
  mentioned for sincerity. When they sincerely promise not to fight against you, do not pursue them.
  Remember that if they had fought against you, your difficulties would have been increased. Their
  neutrality itself may be a great advantage to you. So long as you are satisfied that they are sincere
  and their acts support their declarations of peace with you, you should not consider yourself justified
  in pursuing them and warring against them.

  Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  Attitude, Heart, Fighting

  Abdullah Yusuf Ali (2004). “The Meaning of the Holy Qu'ran”, Amana Pubns

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• What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.

  Max Jacob

  Reality, Giving, Illusion

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• Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

  Jean Racine

  Action

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