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Quotes About Sincerity

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.
~ Sarojini Naidu
Love is the virtue of the Heart, Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind, Decision is the virtue of the Will, Courage is the virtue of the Spirit.
~ Frank Lloyd Wright
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
~ Andre Gide
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Integrity is the core of our character.
~ L. Lionel Kendrick
Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.
~ Augustus Hare
Let us be very sincere in our dealings with each other and have the courage to accept each other as we are.
~ Mother Teresa
Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a kind that hypocrisy cannot imitate; they too have this quality in common, that they are expressed by the same color.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Revile those who flatter you.
~ Rumi
The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.
~ D. H. Lawrence
Meditation requires courage. It requires the basic integrity, sincerity, respect towards your own being. At least don't deceive yourself.
~ Rajneesh
I always had a standard of, back when I was doing the country music I always told people I would never record a song that I wouldn't sit down and sing in front of my mom and dad.
~ Ricky Skaggs
Only death does not lie.
~ Sadegh Hedayat
To me, it's the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as an actor. I just never liked it. I don't like it when we do monologues, looking into the character.
~ Thomas Jane
I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.
~ Jim Thompson
Death is so genuine a fact that it excludes falsehoods, or betrays its emptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Neither a philo- nor an anti-Semite be; / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man.
~ Philip Roth
Throughout the Bible, in fact, God shows a marked preference for "real" people over "good" people.
~ Philip Yancey
The Bible schools us to pray with blistering honesty.
~ Philip Yancey
She did not question God's supernatural power, but how to go about convincing God of her sincerity? Faith wasn't like a muscle that could be enlarged through rehabilitation exercises.
~ Philip Yancey
What would worship look like if we directed it more toward God than toward our own amusement?
~ Philip Yancey
I know of only two alternatives to hypocrisy: perfection or honesty.
~ Philip Yancey
True hope is honest.
~ Philip Yancey