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Quotes About Sincerity

We belittle God when we go through the outward motions of worship and take no pleasure in His person.
~ John Piper
You can't fake it when you're alone with God, you know.
~ Jim Bakker
Only God knows hearts, and so only He can say, in truth, "I know how you feel."
~ Henry B. Eyring
Prayer must mean something to us, if it is to mean anything to God.
~ Maltbie Davenport Babcock
God, I felt certain, did not mind that I didn't press my hands together to pray. I was casual, but I was sincere. I knew that God existed as the Correct Answer inside my chest.
~ Augusten Burroughs
Florence Farr once said to me, If we could say to ourselves, with sincerity, 'this passing moment is as good as any I shall ever know,' we could die upon the instant and be united with God.
~ William Butler Yeats
Sincerity is the prime requisite in every approach to the God who ... hates all hypocrisy, falsehood, and deceit.
~ Geoffrey B. Wilson
To God, thy country, and thy friend be true.
~ Henry Vaughan
Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
~ Ignatius of Antioch
Let us be real, honest, and sincere in our Christianity. We cannot deceive an all-seeing God.
~ J. C. Ryle
Whoever is a hypocrite in his religion mocks God, presenting to Him the outside and reserving the inward for his enemy.
~ Jeremy Taylor
Nothing is more dastardly than to act with bravado toward God.
~ Blaise Pascal
Just be honest with who you are. Don't pretend to be something you're not. Don't be a phony. Walk your talk. That's how God works, so doing it is emulating how Source works.
~ Wayne Dyer
However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.
~ Reverend Malcolm Boyd
It is not what you say that matters. It is what you are and how you live.
~ Eileen Caddy
I told her I loved her and all. It was a lie, of course, but the thing is, I meant it when I said it. I'm crazy. I swear to God I am.
~ J. D. Salinger
God, just shoot me the day I start making music you can just put on in the car and have a conversation over it.
~ Jack Antonoff
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, So I make an idle boast; Jesus of the twice-turned cheek Lamb of God, although I speak With my mouth thus, in my heart Do I play a double part.
~ Countee Cullen
God deceiveth thee not.
~ Thomas a Kempis
Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God?
~ J. C. Ryle
With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions.
~ Ramakrishna
One of the consistent themes you'll find throughout the Bible is that God will always provide the necessary information about Jesus Christ to someone who sincerely desires to receive that revelation.
~ Robert Jeffress
A gift without a heart behind it is a bribe. God asks for our heart, not our gifts.
~ Samuel Chadwick
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.
~ Seneca the Younger