Quotes About Sincerity

Jules could have sworn there was a devilish glint in the shopkeepers eye. 'I find today I am in need of a bonnet.' Mr. Postlethwaite was silent. And then his eyes crept toward the marquess's hairline. 'It will be a gift for a woman, Mr. Postlethwaite.' 'Of course, sir.' The marquess wished the 'of course' sounded a bit more sincere. He'd scarcely been in the shop for more than three minutes and already his dignity was fraying.

I hated lying, though. That's probably why I was so bad at it.

I might ask the Lord to please help me not to be a certain way, but not to forgive me. Pointless.

Love had to be given freely. No conditions.

No matter how badly you want to please someone, you can only put up a false front for so long.

I like the truth, even when it does trouble me.

Sie zogen sich an] und stießen sich ab, wie es sein soll, wenn die Liebe nicht als Kitschbild oder als Romanze ohne Worte enden soll.

Chantajes no», pensaba. «Lloremos cara a cara, pero no ese hipo barato que se aprende en el cine.»

How much easier it is to be generous than just Men are sometimes bountiful who are not honest.

Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own.

Our relationship wasn't the sun, the moon, and the stars, but it wasn't bullshit, either.

Honesty is praised and starves.

Nature never says one thing and wisdom another.

Nature never says one thing, Wisdom another.

It suits here now to forget last year, but she'll never make me forget last year, not if I live to be a hundred. I didn't know much then. I know now that there's people like her who want to be friendly for what you do, not what you are.

The Kazi is searching the words of the Koran, and instructing others: but if his heart be not steeped in that love, what does it avail, though he be a teacher of men?

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Mohammed's son pores over words, and points out this and that, but if his chest is not soaked dark with love, then what? The Yogi comes along in his famous orange, but if inside he is colorless, then what?

Whatever we do for the love of God benefits our souls and our lives in a way that ego-motivated actions never can. Whatever we do for the love of God is done with sincerity because it is not motivated by self-interest. We leave our concern for gain and loss, success and failure, in the hands of God. We stop considering ourselves as the sole cause of our actions and their results. Consequently, we become the instruments of a deep wisdom and love.

Your heart knows not how to lie. It is great that it lays deep in your chest and not in your mouth.

For life is an expression, our unconscious actions the constant betrayal of our innermost thought.

Forcing oneself is short-lived. As all things that are insincere are short-lived. If one is honest and sincere about his motivations, he will move with himself, instead of against himself.

Not through fame and accomplishment. But through Uncompromising Sincerity. Be not a pretender, my dear student. Be Uncompromising. For the man who refuses to compromise holds The Universe in his hands.

If you are true, your words will be true. An untrue person cannot say true words.

I have to be natural and not doing anything fake, not lying on social media, in interviews and life.