Sincerity Quotes

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.

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

Not less strong than the will to truth must be the will to sincerity. Only an age, which can show the courage of sincerity, can possess truth, which works as a spiritual force within it.

Sincerity and the correct use of the voice are the greatest things in the art of acting.

There is no sincerity like a woman telling a lie.

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

Real affection comes from the face. Those political leaders, when they meet, they are always hugging, but not very genuine. Deep, sincerity comes from face and eye.

...but I should say that kindliness, and sincerity, and if I may say so--modesty--are worth far more to a man, to a husband, than all the wit and beauty in the world.

The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other side.

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others.

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

It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen.

The Two Most Important Words In The World Are Honesty And Sincerity, If You Can Fake These You've Got It Made.

The more ridiculous the character is, the more sincerity you have to bring to it.

It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.

In times of upheaval, people wish for nothing more than composure and sincerity.

Intelligence makes sincerity difficult.

In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential.

With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions.

Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves.

You don't have to be sincere yourself to recognize sincerity when you see it. Any more than you have to be insane to recognize insanity.

Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.

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

The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know.

As everything in this world is but a sham, Death is the only sincerity.

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?

A sign of a lover of wisdom is his delight in not running his mouth about things he doesn't know.

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

You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.

When it comes to world news, attitude is what marks the distinction between justice and vengeance. Justice is pure, but vengeance brings more ruin.

Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling.

An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

True kindness ennobles the giver

If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany.

A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all - but loving only himself.

I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious.

People shouldn't call for demons unless they really mean what they say.

Sincerity is moral truth.

RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.

The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody

Most of us start from that position of irony now and what I wanted to do - really felt like I had to do if I was going to write another novel - was move towards something like sincerity.

The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity.

Concerned we're in a time where politicians can't even fake sincerity. Aren't they supposed to be good at that?

However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.

I come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don't have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.

Private sincerity is a public welfare.

I can only say with deeper sincerity and fuller significance what I have always said in theory - Wait God's will.

Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.

I never find sincerity offensive... so, be sincere.