Quotes About Sincerity

I believe that God is more interested in the who. And that means walking the walk, not just talking the talk. Better: it means walking the walk when no words are left. That is trust.

There's not a single human being who doesn't find it a relief to be forced to tell the truth.

The reason people are so moved by art and why artists tend to take it all so seriously is that if they are real and true they come to the painting with everything they know and feel and live, and all the things they don't know, and some of the things they hope, and they are honest about them all and put them on the canvas. What can be more serious?

In a Godless universe, what is the difference between doing unto others that we would wish them to do unto us, and merely appearing to do unto others that we would wish them to do unto us? The answer, alas, is that if there is no God who knows the secrets of our hearts, it is all too easy to appear to be good, and even to do formally good deeds, all of which are empty of real goodness.

An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.

We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal.

I have not eaten any of the sacred portion while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean, or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.

Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.

Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:

yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”

For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.

Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.

would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him with my tongue.

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.

Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.

who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.