Quotes About Sincerity

The silence of the three of them had made a little kernel of sense in a world of boasting, self-excuse and rhetoric.

Buddhism is less interested in what you do than why you do it your motivation. The mental attitude behind an action is much more important than the action itself. You might appear to outside observers as humble, spiritual and sincere, but if what's pushing you from within is an impure mind, if you're acting out of ignorance of the nature of the path, all your so-called spiritual efforts will lead you nowhere and will be a complete waste of time.

duplicity, and deviousness—toward

Some people think art is pretending, but to me it's the opposite. It's the one place where you can't pretend.

That's the difference between the real stuff and the crap. I know which one you are and you know which one I am.

I can't lie I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not No matter how I try I'll never be able to give you something Something that I just haven't got

I always come from truth.

Professionalism is always the enemy of authentic gospel leadership. Leaders

I try to phrase criticism in the nicest possible way, but I also never lie. If people ask, I assume it's because they want to know. People are not dumb about these things; they can tell when a compliment isn't sincere.

I don't try to be completely calculating in everything I say and do, but there's no way I'm going to talk. There's no reason to. And that's why I'm such a boring interview, because I don't go for the shock value, or smartass answers.

I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a certain facade on or emphasize, 'Hey, I'm this. You need to believe it.' I just want to be the best that I can be, and if people like me, that's great, and if they don't, they don't.

I have no respect for acting where I'm concerned.

I think honesty is an important thing when writing a song. If you can't sing it with conviction, then no-one else is going to believe it.

I don't want to be responsible for messing up someone. I don't want to be responsible for that, because the things that happened in The Verve, it was heavy stuff. It was real. It wasn't just frivolous nonsense, you know what I mean? There was real people's lives.

I just don't stand for any nonsense.

Normally I tell the truth whether it's nice or not.

That's what us northern people do don't we? Don't mince our words, just say it how it is.

But I do always want to be honest, because if you have something in your head that you would like changed or that you think some way, then, I mean, I'm not going to sit up here and be a robot and lie to you. It's not fair to you, it's not fair to me.

I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy.

I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.

The externals are important but I'm not interested in superficiality.

I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being.

I told Birmingham I don't want nothing, I'm not interested in the money.

I'm not interested in story lines or trash-talk.