Quotes About Sincerity

Like Spinoza, he has a certain kind of moral purity and loftiness, which is very impressive. He is always sincere, never shrill or censorious, invariably concerned to tell the reader, as simply as he can, what he believes to be important. Whatever one may think of him as a theoretical philosopher, it is impossible not to love him as a man. The life of Plotinus is known

Regardless of the popular literary trend of the times, write the thing which lies close to your heart.

Authentic faith cannot help but act.

To extend hands of service without hearts of love is virtually meaningless.

Rid yourselves of all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. 1 Peter 2:1

We have renounced shameful secret things, not walking in deceit or distorting God's message. 2 Corinthians 4:2

Father, so often I feel like the boy's father who first exclaimed, "I do believe!" then in a flood of sincerity cried out, "Help me overcome my unbelief!" (Mark 9:24) Please help me to overcome my own unbelief, Lord, so I can start taking You at Your Word.

I think Hollywood has this reputation of being fake, but there is real people, and you can choose and try and see.

I don't like overacting or putting in way too much in a role when it is not required. It takes away the natural performance which you can give.

Real worth requires no interpreter: its everyday deeds form its emblem.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

As parents know, little children are, by their nature, without guile. They speak the thoughts of their minds without reservation or hesitance as we have learned as parents when they embarrass us at times. They do not deceive. They set an example of being without guile.

I do not, as a rule, do encores. When I have finished playing, I have indeed finished playing. I have nothing left; there has been no reserve.

I just try to be authentic and speak from the heart. Sometimes it requires me to shut up and not say anything.

I'm a student of Eric Church, and I say that a lot... I was drawn to it because of the honesty and because it's got rough edges on it. He doesn't shy away from anything, and that's the way I wanted to be.

I am a man who is noble. I have a good heart, but at the same time, I'm a little malicioso. There's no way of hiding that side.

I have always tried to play significant characters and have never done cheap comedy.

My friends would probably describe me as silly. And honest. And that I think about things a bit too much.

There's a difference between delivering real funny and just silly funny.

When you say was it you being silly or letting yourself go, or is it you being intense? I would say it was me being me. I would say that me being me is probably yes to all of that. So having fun, playing with passion, it matters to me, competitive.

It's really deep to me. Although it seems to many people that I'm making silly music, I'm really serious.

If you write, write about what you do and who you are, and you can't be wrong. Don't lie about anything. You are very similar to everybody else in the world. You love, you hate, you have friends, you have enemies. Be who you are.

Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written.

I'm just a simple country girl.