Quotes About Sincerity

The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.

I don't think you want too much sincerity in society. It would be like an iron girder in a house of cards.

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It cannot, like adultery or gluttony, be practiced at spare moments; it is a whole-time job.

I) only write it now because I have grown to believe that there is no dangerous idea, which does not become less dangerous when written out in sincere and careful English. ("The Adoration of The Magi")

there is no truth Saving in thine own heart. -from "The Song of the Happy Shepherd

Why should the faithfullest heart most love The bitter sweetness of false faces?

When a reviewer describes a book as 'sincere,' one knows immediately that it is a) insincere (insincerely insincere) and b) badly written.

The great vice of our age […] is that we are all not only 'actors' but know that we are ('reduplicated Hamlets'), and that it is only at moments, in spite of ourselves, and when we least expect it, that our real feelings break through.

Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.

Words are the voice of the heart.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

He who has no confidence utters falsehoods, and he who utters falsehoods has no confidence.

Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.

Sincerity is the surest road to confidence.

To the pure all things are pure!

Be so true to thyself, as thou be not false to others.

Words only make sense when the person who says them means a lot.

I hate people who act too cool for school. Just own up to it, dude.

I don't hate Coldplay to be cool I genuinely hate Coldplay.

Look at Neil Diamond. Was he the cool guy? No, he was the housewives' guy. He didn't try to be what he wasn't. He just did what he did - made great music, was a good entertainer, nice-enough guy.

I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.

There's no point in swanning through and being cool as a breeze in every scene. It's not really that interesting. Even if you're a superhero.

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.