Sincerity Quotes

The sincere alone can recognize sincerity.

I should say sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first characteristic of all men in any way heroic.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.

Flattery is a juggler, and no kin unto sincerity.

What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate.

Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay

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

A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.

Sincerity is never having an idea of oneself.

In her presence I could dare everything: sincerity, emotion, pathos.

There is no passion so much transports the sincerity of judgment as doth anger

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.

Teach French and unteach sincerity.

When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.

Be suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends.

When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise.

With all his sincerity and devotion, the authentic, absolute atheist is after all only an abortive saint, and at the same time, a mistaken revolutionist.

Love would never b a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with a light of faith, water of sincerity, and an art of passion.

[Hollywood] is obviously so fake, but then comedy is this little carve-out of sincerity. I love it. I get to be funny and do this.

Sincerity is the prime requisite in every approach to the God who ... hates all hypocrisy, falsehood, and deceit.

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others.

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.

Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value.

All I can do is engage with complete sincerity. Then whatever happens, there is no regret.

Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous.

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

Faithfulness and sincerity first of all.

The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it.

The effect of sincerity is to give one's work the character of a protest. The painter, being concerned only with conveying his impression, simply seeks to be himself and no one else.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.

Who wants a bag of bones?” he said, with absolute sincerity. “I don’t want to hurt myself on the sharp edges of the woman I’m bedding.

Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.

An insincere critic of a sincere person never wins.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

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?

Crystal sincerity hath found no shelter but in a fool's cap.

To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them.

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.

Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding.

Just play with sincerity, give the performance of your life with everything you've got.

To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone - but that is all it means.

I really strongly feel that when you approach a drama, you have to approach it with energy, honesty, sincerity, and absolute commitment, or don't do it.

When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable.

Genuine sincerity opens people's hearts, while manipulation causes them to close.

The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.

I don't doubt the sincerity of my Democratic friends. And they should not doubt ours.

What good is there in being blind, you ask? Well, maybe it's to see the beauty on the inside without being vainly distracted, or superficially blinded, by the ugly on the outside.