Earnest Quotes
I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.
It is my earnest hope, and indeed the hope of all mankind, that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past...
Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.
Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made.
It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.
Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs.
Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none, although they give occasion.
Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.
Our prayers are heard, not because we are in earnest, not because we suffer, but because Jesus suffered.
True joy is the earnest which we have of heaven, it is the treasure of the soul, and therefore should be laid in a safe place, and nothing in this world is safe to place it in.
Let us begin in earnest to work out our salvation, for no one will do it for us, since even He Himself, Who made us without ourselves, will not save us without ourselves.
There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting.
There are many, and there will be many, who will gladly purchase eternal life for a small price, if they see that others are fighting for God in earnest, rather than pretending to do so.
I do not believe we accomplish very much in life unless we are enthusiastic, unless we are in earnest, and unless we practice what we preach.
God is the best helper, but He loves to be helped. Be earnest in prayer, but do not neglect human means. You must help yourself in all manner of ways, and then the Lord will be with you.
The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to deny.
It is my earnest desire that some of you should carry on this scientific work and keep for your ambition the determination to make a permanent contribution to science.
Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.
You take yourself to be limited, but you are not. Discover this. Stay silent and attentive. Be earnest about it. Just be aware of your being here and now. Reality will find you.
Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness, and peace to all our neighbors, and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of the earth
My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.
If we are in earnest about giving the Union energy and duration we must abandon the vain project of legislating upon the States in their collective capacities.
Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.
I believe it will only be known on the last day how much has been accomplished in overseas missions by the prayers of earnest believers at home.
Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men.
This man is frank and earnest with women. In Fresno, he's Frank and in Chicago he's Ernest.
I never want to listen to the songs in front of people close to me. There's an emotional honesty in that place where it's not earnest but it's vulnerable.
Taking fun as simply fun and earnestness in earnest shows how thoroughly thou none of the two discernest.
Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.
My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not
Methinks every true Christian should be exceedingly earnest in prayer concerning the souls of the ungodly; and when they are so, how abundantly God blesses them and how the church prospers!
I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness.
I have been urged by the earnest pleas of thousands of people to enter this race. Therefore, I hereby declare my candidacy for Mayor of Chicago.
Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been particularly inclined to abstain from animal food
No one thinks that they're a monster. No one thinks that of themselves. Everyone has an earnest belief that it would be better if they were in power.
I don't know. I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I don't see it as a handing down of answers.
My earnest hope is that what we started in terms of building partnerships with communities across America will continue, that we will continue our efforts to reduce crime and violence.
Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
I have always been very open and earnest about some things in my life, some things that are not directly in my life, but they're twirling around me at the time.
Much earnest philosphical thought is born of the life which springs from close association with nature.
