Quotes About Sincerity

All had suddenly lost their taste for vainglory and pride, they consigned these vices to the lowest circle of hell and would scarcely have believed even God had He assured them that just days before they themselves had ignominiously flaunted them; they were pious once more, wearing their meanest clothes and holding their old, despised rosaries in their hands, altogether convinced that they had always been like this, and if God Himself was not convinced, it was not for their want of trying.

Do we throw off the false 'cloak' at a party, or do we merely put on an untruthful yellow dress?

Whoever is a hypocrite in his religion mocks God, presenting to Him the outside and reserving the inward for his enemy.

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. Let those who will, allow gold to dazzle them and be borne along in splendor, their very baggage glittering with gold and silver. Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. The friendship which can cease has never been real.

It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar.

It is not enough to do good things and live a righteous life. God expects us to have pure motives and a sincere heart.

As the music began for the last song, tears swelled in Hannah's eyes. She dared to take a quick glance at Jake only to find tears streaking on his face too. Then he turned to her and smiled. And he wasn't a dream at all. He was very real.

That's sad. How plastic and artificial life has become. It gets harder and harder to find something…real." Nin interlocked his fingers, and stretched out his arms. Real love, real friends, real body parts…

I have done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

Nothing ruins a face so fast as double-dealing. Your face telling one story to the world. Your heart yanking your face to pieces, trying to let the truth be known.

Sunday was always the best of days for being the self you had intended to be, but were not, for one reason or another.

If you are honest with yourself, your life will be so much more pleasant.

ÇoÄŸumuz sevilmeyi ummuÅŸuzdur yaln?zca giydirilip beslenmeyi deÄŸil, anla??lmay?, dikkate al?nmay?, sayg? gösterilmeyi beklemiÅŸizdir. ÇoÄŸumuz inanabilmeyi ummuÅŸuzdur. Küçükken, o insan buluÅŸu olan yalan? henüz bilmiyorduk yaln?zca sözlerle söylenen yalan? deÄŸil, sesle, mimiklerle, gözlerle, yüzsel anlat?mla yalan söylemeyi de bilmiyorduk.

A person even if he is subjectively sincere, may frequently be driven unconsciously by a motive that is different from the one he believes himself to be driven by

To a woman flattery is not flattery.It is a compliment, which unfortunately in these miserable days has become all to rare. A woman is not a piece of steel furniture; she is a flower - she does not ask for reality; she wants the warm, gay sun of flattery.It is better to say something pretty to her every day, than to slave grimly for her all your life.

Hard... What does he mean by hard? And am I like that? Or is it only that I have no time for the fraud of so-called good manners, which strews a little glitter over black truths, and thinks that that has made them disappear.

Nobody can deceive a dying farmer!

There are thousands of Kantoreks, all of whom are convinced that they were acting for the best—in a way that cost them nothing.

Siromašni su ve?inom pošteni.

Izt?le nekad nepievi?.

Sve je krivo što govorim, postaje krivo dok govorim. Re?i su lažne i sentimentalne i ne izri?u pravi smisao i pretvaraju se u noževe, a ja te ne želim povrediti, ali svaka re? mora biti povreda ako ho?u da sam iskrena. A sve i kada verujem da sam iskrena, ja to ipak nisam.

As before, Dodd believed Hitler was "perfectly sincere" about wanting peace. Now, however, the ambassador had realized, as had Messersmith before him, that Hitler's real purpose was to buy time to allow Germany to rearm. Hitler wanted peace only to prepare for war. "In the back of his mind," Dodd wrote, "is the old German idea of dominating Europe through warfare.

Nonetheless the man (Hitler) had a remarkable ability to transform himself into something far more compelling, especially when speaking in public or during private meetings when some topic enraged him. He had a knack as well for projecting an aura of sincerity that blinded onlookers to his true motives and beliefs..

We must keep in mind, I believe, that when Hitler says anything he for the moment convinces himself that it is true. He is basically sincere; but he is at the same time a fanatic.