Sincerity Quotes - Page 21

• No one who has not examined patiently and honestly the other religions of the world can know what Christianity really is, or can join with such truth and sincerity in the words of St. Paul, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.

  Max Muller

  World, Christianity, Ashamed

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 288, 1895.

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• Great advertising is the expression of deep emotional sincerity.

  Storm Jameson

  Emotional, Expression, Advertising

  Storm Jameson (2011). “Company Parade”, p.5, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.

  Charlotte Lennox

  Sometimes, Taxes, Politeness

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• Human beings must love something, and, in the dearth of worthier objects of affection, I contrived to find a pleasure in loving and cherishing a faded graven image, shabby as a miniature scarecrow. It puzzles me now to remember with what absurd sincerity I doated on this little toy, half fancying it alive and capable of sensation. I could not sleep unless it was folded in my night-gown; and when it lay there safe and warm, I was comparatively happy, believing it to be happy likewise.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Believe, Sleep, Night

  Charlotte Bronte (2014). “The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor”, p.41, Harper Collins

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• 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.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Practice, Effort, Vain

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution”, p.195, Algora Publishing

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• If a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter (speaking as to the concernments of this world), if a man spent his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw; but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of conversation while he is in it, let him make use of truth and sincerity in all his words and actions; for nothing but this will last and hold out to the end.

  John Tillotson

  Men, Lasts, Needs

  John Tillotson (1748). “The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson ...”, p.18

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• Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have a right only to their skepticism.

  Albert Camus

  Death, Men, Long

  Albert Camus (1964). “The fall, & Exile and the kingdom”, Random House Inc

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• 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?

  Jane Austen

  Doe, Emma, Prove

  Jane Austen (2009). “Emma”, p.272, Wild Jot Press

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• There is only one way to salvation, and that is to make yourself responsible for all men's sins. As soon as you make yourself responsible in all sincerity for everything and for everyone, you will see at once that this is really so, and that you are in fact to blame for everyone and for all things.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Men, Way, Facts

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• Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I want to treat the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others. The words made me choke up again, and just as I was about to cry, the meaning of it suddenly became clear. God had finally answered me, and I suddenly knew what I had to do.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Age, Want

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• To cook is not just to prepare food for someone or to cook for yourself; it is to express your sincerity. So when you cook you should express yourself in your activity in the kitchen. You should allow yourself plenty of time.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Cooking, Kitchen, Express Yourself

  Shunryū Suzuki, Trudy Dixon, Richard Baker (2006). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.50, Shambhala Publications

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• That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power of those who are opposed to them. The friends of liberty trust to the professions of others because they are themselves sincere, and endeavour to secure the public good with the least possible hurt to its enemies, who have no regard to anything but their own unprincipled ends, and stick at nothing to accomplish them.

  William Hazlitt

  Hurt, Men, Humanity

  William Hazlitt (2016). “Characters of Shakespeare's Plays”, p.48, William Hazlitt

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• You changed the subject." "From what?" "The empty-headed girls who think you're sexy." "You know." "Know what?" "That I only have eyes for you." Laila swooned inside. She tried to read his face but was met by a look that was indecipherable: the cheerful, cretinous grin at odds with the narrow, half desperate look in his eyes. A clever look, calculated to fall precisely at the midpoint between mockery and sincerity

  Khaled Hosseini

  Girl, Sexy, Clever

  Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.278, A&C Black

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

  Emily Bronte

  Cat, Animal, Feelings

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

  Thornton Wilder

  Excellence, Technique, Occasions

  Thornton Wilder (1956). “A Thornton Wilder Trio: The Cabala, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Woman of Andros”

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• If we rely on anything else besides faith to maintain the practice of the presence of God, we will certainly fail, whether this is our feelings, or experiences, or sincerity, or good intentions, or reasonings, or plans. The reason these things will fail while faith will not fail is that all these things depend on us, while faith depends on God. It is a gift of God.

  Peter Kreeft

  Practice, Feelings, Good Intentions

  Peter Kreeft (2000). “Prayer for Beginners”, p.43, Ignatius Press

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• Films are subjective - what you like, what you don't like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film go up on-screen, I want to feel that the people who made that film think it's the best movie in the world, that they poured everything into it and they really love it. Whether or not I agree with what they've done, I want that effort there - I want that sincerity. And when you don't feel it, that's the only time I feel like I'm wasting my time at the movies.

  Christopher Nolan

  Motivational, Thinking, Ideas

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

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• Our path, our sense of spirituality demands great earnestness, dedication, sincerity & continuity.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Dedication, Demand, Path

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Apr 30, 2013

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• The way of the warrior is based on humanity, love and sincerity

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Warrior, Humanity, Way

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• 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.

  Mencius

  Moving, Able, Possessed

  Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.179

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• Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for his wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his skin and the blood of his body and the life of his heart, and placing her in the hands of the fruit of his toil and the revenue of his diligence; for when he slowly wakes up, he finds that the heart that he endeavored to buy is given away freely and in sincerity to another man for the enjoyment of its hidden secrets and deepest love.

  Khalil Gibran

  Heart, Men, Blood

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• I was born to fight devils and factions. It is my business to remove obstacles, to cut down thorns, to fill up quagmires and to open and make straight paths. If I must have some failing let me rather speak the truth with too great sincerity than once to act the hypocrite and conceal the truth.

  Martin Luther

  Hypocrite, Cutting, Fighting

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• Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.

  Confucius

  Faithfulness, Highest

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

  Franklin Graham

  Secure

  Franklin Graham, Ross S. Rhoads “All for Jesus: A Devotional”, Harper Collins

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• 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?

  Orhan Pamuk

  Memories, Museums, Individual Happiness

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “The Museum of Innocence”, p.462, Faber & Faber

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