Quotes About Sincerity

I not only understood her, but it was just that inner, spiritual force, that sincerity, that frankness of soul—that very soul of hers which seemed to be fettered by her body—it was that soul I loved in her.

She was so plain that neither of them could think of her as a rival, so they began dressing her with perfect sincerity, and with the naive and firm conviction women have that dress can make a face pretty.

All over?' he repeated. 'If I were not myself, but the handsomest, cleverest, and best man in the world, and were free, I would this moment ask on my knees for your hand and your love!

The men of this party had both the quality and the defect of frankness in their opinions.

I have often remarked that it is hardest of all to live with people who are untruthful and insincere. I can endure anything except that.

Stepan Arkadyevitch, like all unfaithful husbands indeed, was very solicitous for his wife's comfort

I don't want to play at life" I said, "But to live.

She had wit, she had grace, she had beauty; But above all, she had truth.

Mentir ha llegado a ser una forma de espíritu. El honor ha perdido todo sentido, el honor del juramento, el honor a servir, el honor de morir. Se ríen de quienes se aferran todavía a esos viejos ritos. La virtud ha perdido su dulce canto de fuente. Las sonrisas no son ya los sentimientos del corazón, sino suspiros, estafas o rictus. Las almas se asfixian, el aire es pesado, cargado de todos los renunciamientos espirituales

I told the truth, I didn't come to fool you

Dear Reader, please forgive me if I have wasted your time.

I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the lord of song With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah

You can't live wrong and pray right.

Darling stop being philosophical, it doesn't suit you, it makes your nose red.

Darling stop being philosophical it doesn't suit you, it makes your nose red.

I've yet to meet the person who aspires to be phony or invisible in her closest relationships.

Psychologically healthy people generally seek to be genuine, which involves a commitment to internal and external consistency. Simply put, genuineness means that someone's behavior can be trusted as an accurate reflection of that person's inner beliefs and priorities.

She said that in writing anything, you must be perfectly honest.

God cannot honor anything, no matter its degree of sincerity, if it is contrary to His Word.

When I see a cheerful young man shrieking about how full of life he is, banging on a drum, and blowing on a tin trumpet, and speaking of his good spirits, it depresses me, since naturally it gives the contrary impression. It can't be real. It ought to be but it isn't. If the noisy person meant what he said, he wouldn't say it.

All really frank people are amusing, and would remain so if they could remember that other people may sometimes want to be frank and amusing too.

There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

What seem our worst prayers may really be, in God's eyes, our best. Those, I mean, which are least supported by devotional feeling. For these may come from a deeper level than feeling. God sometimes seems to speak to us most intimately when he catches us, as it were, off our guard.