Quotes About Sincerity

Of all preaching in the world, (that speaks not stark lies,) I hate that preaching which tendeth to make the hearers laugh, or to move their mind with tickling levity, and affect them as stage-players use to do, instead of affecting them with a holy reverence of the name of God.

An ingenious man can hardly stay with a people against their will; and a sincere man can more hardly, for any interest of his own, remain in a place where he is likely to be unprofitable, to hinder the good which they might receive from another man, who hath the advantage of a greater interest in their estimation and affection.

I know it is not mere noise that will convert a soul: a bawling fervency, which the hearers may discern to be but histrionical and affected, and not to come from a serious heart, doth harden the auditors worst of all.

Hard studies, much knowledge, and excellent preaching are but a more glorious hypocritical sinning if the ends are not right.

Seriousness is the very thing wherein consisteth our sincerity. If thou art not serious, thou art not a Christian (279).

Desire a thousand times more to be godly, than to seem so.

Yeah, they told me, just be yourself ... so I did. Maybe that was the problem.

Honesty is a good thing, but it comes in different flavors. Honesty about our feelings is sincerity. Honesty about our intentions is candor. But suppose our feelings or intentions are childish or evil. What then do we gain by expressing or allowing them? The most important form of honesty, especially in a leader, is determining the right course of action and forthrightly pursuing it.

Integrity is the essence of everything successful.

Two went to pray? Oh, rather sayOne went to brag, the other to pray.

And sometimes, the "best" stories are the "true" ones!

The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.

Ahora qué dices si me das tu mano, te llevaré donde he querido llevarte desde que te conocí y no es precisamente a mi cama, es a un sitio donde el placer se vuelve algo secundario y llenarnos de amor es la prioridad por la cual ambos velamos.

What she likes and doesn't, when she isn't lying the lazy lie of decency.

Integrity largely has to do with purifying our intentions and a growing honesty about our actual motives.

Right words make all of us feel falsely important. Right action keeps all of us forever beginners.

His carefully calculated sincerity is almost entirely indistinguishable from the real thing.

Randall continued to hear the fundamental insincerity of the man, but also knew that the most effective lies were those liberally laced with truth. The lie could be ninety-nine parts truth to one part falsehood, the one tarnished part mingling with the pure until it was all tainted, more false than pure fabrication.

What does sincerity mean if it is chosen as deliberate strategy?

It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

I call it Andskoti, the Adversary. It is woven with the most powerful paradoxes in the Nine Worlds—Wi-Fi with no lag, a politician's sincerity, a printer that prints, healthy deep-fried food, and an interesting grammar lecture!

No, no, I never mess around.

It is woven with the most powerful paradoxes in the Nine Worlds—Wi-Fi with no lag, a politician's sincerity, a printer that prints, healthy deep-fried food, and an interesting grammar lecture!

Beautiful people never lie.