Be Sincere Quotes

Revenge is a debt, in the paying of which the greatest knave is honest and sincere, and, so far as he is able, punctual.

There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness.

Pardon ever follows sincere repentence.

It's fun to be sarcastic, but now I'm able to express myself in a way that's much more sincere.

In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.

I believe that constant effort, tireless effort, pursuing clear goals with sincere effort is the only way

Evangelical Christians are not sincere. It is all about making money.

You need have no dull hours if you are a sincere lover of books.

Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.

I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.

The more sincere we are in our belief, as a rule, the less demonstrative we are.

The way I see it, there is no greater spiritual beauty than fanaticism, of a sort so sincere it can only end in martyrdom.

Let us be real, honest, and sincere in our Christianity. We cannot deceive an all-seeing God.

No sincere desire of doing good need make an enemy of a single human being; that philanthropy has surely a flaw in it which cannot sympathize with the oppressor equally as with the oppressed.

Many Democrats are sincere in their desire to help others.

Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.

Pleasure never comes sincere to man; but lent by heaven upon hard usury.

Without a sincere and diligent effort in every area of obedience, there will be no sucessful mortification of any one besetting sin.

The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.

The sincere teachers of their youth should be met, not with an intention to dictate to them, but to give additional force to their well-meant endeavours, and raise them to public esteem.

Although North Korea's position differs (from Tokyo's), Japan's basic stance remains unchanged ? to seek sincere responses from the North Korean side to resolve the abduction and nuclear issues.

Sincere biblical repentance is as much a work of grace as not sinning in the first place. To err is human, to make progress is divine.

As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be Jazz.

Pablo Casals has this simple and sincere attitude of knowing where it's at - of saying, "This is the way it is." If I thought I could carry some of that into my life, I would be happy.

I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.

Everyone is born sincere and dies deceivers.

A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.

Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

One is neither too scrupulous nor too sincere nor too submissive to nature; but one is more or less master of one's model, and, above all, of the means of expression.

God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in love, which is a sincere gift of self.

Surely nobody would be a charlatan, who could afford to be sincere.

Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort.

The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely

I think we don't do a service to dialogue between science and faith to characterize sincere people by calling them names. That inspires an even more dug-in position.

Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy.

thought I was doing two things. One is inquiring into the phenomenon of revelation, if you are not a religious person. But, clearly, it's a sincere phenomenon.

A sincere seeker knows what his goal is: the highest Truth. He will not delay his journey. In spiritual life, we aspire for the highest Truth, for God, nothing else.

Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat.

If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.

If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?

The sincere alone can recognize sincerity.

I shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties.

I do not see any essential difference between abstract and primitive art. Both are simple and sincere. Naturally, we should not generalize in these matters: It is the individual artist that counts.

The sincere artist is usually his own best critic, but continuous and prolonged work on one painting will sometimes dull his judgment... The critic is in demand, but he must be competent.

What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.

I have grown to believe that there is no dangerous idea, which does not become less dangerous when written out in sincere and careful English.

I love the bicycle. I always have. I can think of no sincere, decent human being, male or female, young or old, saintly or sinful, who can resist the bicycle.

Love ye all religions and all races with a love that is true and sincere and show that love through deeds.

People can see it when you're honest and sincere.