Sincerity Quotes - Page 11

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

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Talking, Mind, Desire

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• There are few things on which we can pass a sincere judgement, because there are few things in which we have not, in one way or another, a particular interest.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Judgement, Way, Judgment

  Michel de Montaigne (1946). “The essays”

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• With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. The Vaishnavas will realize God, and so will the Saktas, the Vedantists, and the Brahmos. The Mussalmans and Christians will realize Him too. All will certainly realize God if they are earnest and sincere.

  Ramakrishna

  Christian, Realizing, Sincere

  Ramakrishna, Mahendra Nath Gupta (1942). “The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna”, Ramakrishna Vivekanada Center

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• I have a question for Republicans running for the House and the Senate. I'm asking this question with genuine sincerity: Why should people vote for you? It's clear that you don't want to stop Hillary Clinton.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Running, People, House

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• 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.

  Patricia Piccinini

  People, Irony, Sometimes

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• 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.

  Tenzin Palmo

  Heart, Worry, Depth

  Source: fpmt.org

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• 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.

  Erich Fromm

  Ideas, Vitality, Depth

  Source: www.hrc.utexas.edu

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• An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Betrayal, Artist, Betray

  "The Dagger with Wings". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1926.

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

  Oscar W. Firkins

  Peace, Men, Dinner

  Oscar W. Firkins (1934). “Memoirs and Letters”, p.94, U of Minnesota Press

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

  Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi

  Heart, Sea, Land

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

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Sweet, Romantic Love, Valentine's Day

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• 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.

  Jack Canfield

  Inspirational, Mean, Heart

  Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt (2012). “The Power of Focus Tenth Anniversary Edition: How to Hit Your Business, Personal and Financial Targets with Absolute Confidence and Certainty”, p.206, Health Communications, Inc.

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

  Sydney J. Harris

  Thinking, Hypocrisy, Sin

  Sydney J. Harris (1986). “Clearing the ground”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Integrity is crucial for business success - once you can fake that, you've got it made.

  Henry Ford

  Integrity, Fake, Honor

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• 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.

  Bernard Crick

  Men, What Matters, Acting

  Bernard Crick (2013). “In Defence of Politics”, p.129, A&C Black

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• Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end coming to despise truth itself as something too cold, too blunt for his purpose -- as, in fact, not good enough for his insistent emotion. From laughter and tears the descent is easy to sniveling and giggles.

  Joseph Conrad

  Laughter, Lying, Exaggeration Is

  Joseph Conrad (2015). “The Napoleonic Novels: The Rover & Suspense: From the Renowned Author of The Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes (Including Author’s Memoirs, Letters & Critical Essays)”, p.400, e-artnow

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• The young do not demand omniscience. They know it is unattainable. They do demand sincerity.

  Gilbert Highet

  Demand, Unattainable, Young

  GILBERT HIGHET (1950). “THE ART OF TEACHING”

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• The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention.

  Ugo Betti

  Spontaneity, Conventions, Caress

  Ugo Betti (1968). “Three Plays”

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• I think it matters almost infinitely that we practice one of the authentic religions. But if you mean does it make any difference which. The answer is no, as long as each is followed with equal intensity, sincerity, dedication.

  Huston Smith

  Mean, Thinking, Dedication

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• The classical artist can be recognized by his sincerity, the romantic by his laborious insincerity.

  Charles Peguy

  Artist, Insincerity

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

  Kristen Stewart

  People, Today, Fool

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• As a military man who has given half a century of active service I say in all sincerity that the nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils because of the illusions they have generated. There are powerful voices around the world who still give credence to the old Roman precept - if you desire peace, prepare for war. This is absolute nuclear nonsense.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Powerful, Military, War

  Speech at Strasbourg, 11 May 1979, in P. Ziegler 'Mountbatten' (1985) ch. 52

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

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Eye, Order, Damage

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• Candor is the brightest gem of criticism.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Criticism, Candor, Gems

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• It's nice to hear when someone gets something and the sincerity is enough to tickle you. They can have the wrong notes but the essence of it is there, so it makes you laugh, because even when Frank [Zappa]'s music is sad, it makes me laugh.

  Gail Zappa

  Nice, Essence, Laughing

  Source: therumpus.net

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