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• I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.

  Abraham Lincoln

  War, Holiday, Wish

  Abraham Lincoln (2001). “Lincoln's Words: Sentiments from the 16th President of the United States”

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• We sincerely hope that south Asian countries will respect and live in amity with each other, and achieve common development, and that south Asia will enjoy peace, stability and prosperity.

  Li Peng

  Country, Asian, Development

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• I sincerely join you in abjuring all political connection with every foreign power; and tho I cordially wish well to the progress of liberty in all nations, and would forever give it the weight of our countenance, yet they are not to be touched without contamination from their other bad principles. Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Giving, Forever, Political

  Thomas Jefferson (1950). “The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 31: 1 February 1799 to 31 May 1800”, p.78, Princeton University Press

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• What we sincerely believe regarding ourselves is true for us.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Believe, Belief

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• A good practice is to ask yourself very sincerely, 'Why was I born?' Ask yourself this question in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night…every day.

  Ajahn Chah

  Morning, Night, Practice

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• If you sing honestly and sincerely to kids, they will respond with all their hearts.

  Susannah McCorkle

  Heart, Kids, Honest

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• (1) Be convinced that exactness in rising is one of the most important practices in the Company and that as the day begins so the rest of the day continues; (2) give yourselves sincerely to God on going to bed in the evening, asking Him for the strength to overcome yourselves in the morning and to obey His voice without delay.

  Vincent de Paul

  Faith, Morning, Practice

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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• God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.

  Alphonsus Liguori

  Self Love, Soul, Diffidence

  St. Alphonsus Liguori (2015). “How to Converse with God”, p.3, TAN Books

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• I really, sincerely believe that one should trust the work, and not the author.

  Peter Greenaway

  Believe, Should

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• Religion is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize humankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

  Thomas Paine

  Wickedness, Age Of Reason, Humankind

  Thomas Paine (1934). “The Works of Thomas Paine: His Epoch-making Writings in Religion, Government, Human Rights and International Relations”, New York : .H. Wise

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• Let us calmly and in a manly fashion go to work, instead of dissipating our energy in unnecessary frettings and fumings. I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything he really deserves. The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Fashion, Believe, Past

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.202, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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• Study and practice are both very important, but they must go hand in hand. Faith without knowledge is not sufficient. Faith needs to be supported by reason. However intellectual understanding that is not applied in practice is also of little use. Whatever we learn from study we need to apply sincerely in our daily lives.

  Dalai Lama

  Hands, Practice, Understanding

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• Whoever lives sincerely and encounters much trouble and disappointment without being bowed down is worth more than one who has always sailed before the wind and has only known prosperity.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Disappointment, Wind, Encounters

  Naomi E. Maurer, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin (1998). “The Pursuit of Spiritual Wisdom: The Thought and Art of Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin”, p.49, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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• Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; since he may be sincerely convinced of the advantages of conquering his passions without having yet obtained the victory as a man may be confident of the advantages of a voyage or a journey, without having courage or industry to undertake it, and may honestly recommend to others those attempts which he neglects himself.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Passion, Journey, Men

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• I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit.

  Wallace Shawn

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Believe

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• Take time to compliment people every day. Do it sincerely and with no desire to gain anything but a smile in return.

  Robert Cheeke

  Motivational, Bodybuilding, People

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• To be pure in heart is to take no delight in cunning, but converse sincerely with men, and express nothing, by word or look, which is not felt in the heart.

  John Calvin

  Heart, Men, Looks

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• For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by His fatherly care, that He is the Author of their every good, that they should seek nothing beyond Him - they will never yield Him willing service. Nay, unless they establish their complete happiness in Him, they will never give themselves truly and sincerely to Him.

  John Calvin

  Men, Yield, Giving

  John Calvin (1975). “John Calvin: Selections from His Writings”, p.324, Oxford University Press

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• Yes, I believe sincerely that every man has consummate genius within him. Some appear to have it more than others only because they are aware of it more than others are, and the awareness or unawareness of it is what makes each one of them into masters or holds them down to mediocrity.

  Glenn Clark

  Believe, Men, Genius

  Glenn Clark (2008). “The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe”, p.12, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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• Our willingness to acknowledge that we only see half the picture creates the conditions that make us more attractive to others. The more sincerely we acknowledge our need for their different insights and perspectives, the more they will be magnetized to join us.

  Margaret J. Wheatley

  Perspective, Different, Needs

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• I sincerely believe that energy grows from itself and the more energy you expand the more you create within yourself.

  Diana Vreeland

  Believe, Energy, Grows

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• The examination of conscience has an important educational value. it teaches us to look sincerely at our own lives, to compare them with the truth of the Gospel and to evaluate them with parameters that are not only human but drawn from divine Revelation. Comparison with the Commandments, with the Beatitudes, and above all with the Precept to love, represents the first great 'school of penance

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Educational, School, Important

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• Men who sincerely abhorred the word Communism in the pursuit of common ends found that they were unable to distinguish Communists from themselves…. For men who could not see that what they firmly believed was liberalism added up to socialism could scarcely be expected to see what added up to Communism. Any charge of Communism enraged them precisely because they could not grasp the differences between themselves and those against whom it was made.

  Whittaker Chambers

  Men, Differences, Common

  Whittaker Chambers (2014). “Witness”, p.16, Regnery Publishing

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• I express my profound thanks to a loving Heavenly Father who gives to you, to me, and to all who sincerely seek, the knowledge that death is not the end, that His Son--even our Savior Jesus Christ--died that we might live. Temples of the Lord dot the lands of many countries. Sacred covenants are made. Celestial glory awaits the obedient. Families can be together forever.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Country, Jesus, Father

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• How do you know if Allah has forgiven you? When someone sincerely asks for forgiveness, then there is no doubt they are forgiven. It is guaranteed. Never doubt if Allah forgave you. First of all be sincere and genuine, and if you meet that condition then there is no doubt.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Doubt, Firsts, Sincere

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