Quotes About Sincerity

Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.

Pure love is in the will alone; it is no sentimental love, for the imagination has no part in it; it loves, if we may so express it, without feeling, as faith believes without seeing.

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

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

I'd be conceited if I said I could, but I'd be lying if I said I couldn't.

People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.

Truthfulness is the main element of character.

Talk is cheap. Words are plentiful. Deeds are precious.

Beauty appears when something is completely and absolutely and openly itself.

You don't have to be fearless. Just be sincere.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Whatever you do, you should do it with feeling.

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.

a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

There is flattery in friendship.

Whatever your hands find to do, you must do with all your heart.

I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.

Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.

Speak from your mind and people will hear you with their mind. Speak from your heart and people will hear you with their heart.

I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.