Sincerity Quotes
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It isn't necessary to be socialists in order to love Pertini. Whatever he says or does, smells of cleanliness, of loyalty and of sincerity.
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Many authors write like amateur blacksmiths making their first horseshoe; the clank of the anvil, the stench of the scorched leather apron, the sparks and the cursing are palpable, and this appeals to those who rank "sincerity" very high. Nabokov is more like a master swordsmith making a fine blade; nothing is amiss, nothing is too much, there is no fuss, and the finished product must be handled with great care, or it will cut you badly.
Robertson Davies— Review of Nabokov's Lolita (1958)
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.
jean giraudoux— As quoted in Murphy's Law Book Two : More Reasons Why Things Go Wrong (1980) by Arthur Bloch, p. 47; similar statements became a routine part of the comedic performances of George Burns.
A test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it.
(Enoch) Arnold Bennett— 1921Things That Have Interested Me,'Finishing Books'.
Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity.
fatimah— Ayan al-Sh?‘ah, vol.1, p.316
Expressions of sharp and even violent criticism of religion and the church have been welcomed, for they usually imply sincerity of thought. If caustic criticism of religious institutions and practices is irreligious, then Amos, Isaiah, and Jesus were very irreligious men. In fact, that is exactly what many of their contemporaries took them to be.
halford e. luccock— The Questing Spirit: Religion in the Literature of Our Time (1947), p. 42
He is the most gentle-looking and amiable of men. Every word and look indicate sincerity of heart, even to guilelessness.
william h. seward— Journal entry (27 February 1849) on President Zachary Taylor, published in The Autobiography of William H. Seward (1877).
I say, of the Congress, then, this that its aims are mistaken, that the spirit in which it proceeds towards their accomplishment is not a spirit of sincerity and whole-heartedness, and that the methods it has chosen are not the right methods, and the leaders in whom it trusts, not the right sort of men to be leaders; in brief, that we are at present the blind led, if not by the blind, at any rate by the one-eyed.
sri aurobindo— 28 August 1893
When the history of Oregon comes to be written the mind of the historian will be impressed by the earnestness and sincerity of character the unobtrusive, unostentatious conduct of those who formed its population from the first reclaiming of the wilderness the pioneer epoch to the more refined advancement into social and political existence.
— George Law Curry (December 7, 1857) "Governor George L. Curry Legislative Message, 1857", Oregon State Archives, Oregon Secretary of State, Oregon Provisional and Territorial Records, 1857, Calendar No. 9376.
When the history of Oregon comes to be written the mind of the historian will be impressed by the earnestness and sincerity of character the unobtrusive, unostentatious conduct of those who formed its population from the first reclaiming of the wilderness the pioneer epoch to the more refined advancement into social and political existence.
George Law Curry— "Governor George L. Curry Legislative Message, 1857", Oregon State Archives, Oregon Secretary of State, Oregon Provisional and Territorial Records, 1857, Calendar No. 9376.
For saints may do the same things by The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to.
— 1664 Hudibras, pt.2, canto 2, l.235-7.
Crystal sincerity hath found no shelter but in a fool's cap.
gerard manley hopkins— 1864 'Floris in Italy'. Collected in H House and G Storey (eds) The Journals and Papers of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1959), p.42.
Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity.
jean henri fabre— Writing about the horns of Onthophagus, in 'The Onthophagi'
What you learn from bad habits and in bad society, you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you. I tell you in all sincerity, not as in the excitement of speech, but as I would confess and have confessed before God, I would give my right hand if I could forget that which I have learned in bad society.
john bartholomew gough— P. 217. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
The confession of our failings is a thankless office. It savors less of sincerity or modesty than of ostentation. It seems as if we thought our weaknesses as good as other people's virtues.
william hazlitt— No. 43 (Lecture VIII, "On the Living Poets")
I often say after eight years in Washington, I longed for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
fred thompson— Associated Press (June 12, 2007). "Fred Thompson wants nation's top job". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
I still feel that sincerity and realism are avant-garde, or can be, just as I did when I started out.
Edmund White— Self-interview, Dalkey Archive Press (1994) [1]
I can only say with deeper sincerity and fuller significance what I have always said in theory Wait God's will.
charlotte brontë— (Referring to marriage). As quoted in Moglen, Helen (1984) Charlotte Brontë: the self conceived, University of Wisconsin Press, p. 235
I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.
samuel johnson— September 14, 1773.
As an intimate record of personal religious experience it has few equals. The marks of accuracy, sincerity, and reality are stamped on every page.
margery kempe— T. W. Coleman English Mystics of the Fourteenth Century (London: Epworth Press, 1938) p. 155.
I profoundly admire Aldous Huxley, both for his philosophy and uncompromising sincerity . But I disagree with his advocacy of 'the chemical opening of doors into the Other World', and with his belief that drugs can procure 'what Catholic theologians call a gratuitous grace'. Chemically induced hallucinations, delusions and raptures may be frightening or wonderfully gratifying; in either case they are in the nature of confidence tricks played on one's own nervous system.
Arthur Koestler— Return Trip to Nirvana from Sunday Telegraph (1967).
With all his sincerity and devotion, the authentic, absolute atheist is after all only an abortive saint, and at the same time, a mistaken revolutionist.
jacques maritain— The Range of Reason (1952), p. 113.
What you learn from bad habits and in bad society, you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you. I tell you in all sincerity, not as in the excitement of speech, but as I would confess and have confessed before God, I would give my right hand if I could forget that which I have learned in bad society.
— John Bartholomew Gough, p. 217. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
Statesmen of dedication and sincerity, many of them in this hall, have done their utmost to arrest this development. Yet the arms race goes on. It is as if the arms race had escaped rational human control.
— Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland. The Second Special Session on Disarmament met June 7 to July 9, 1982. Quoted in Disarmament or Delusion?, Awake! magazine, January 8, 1983.
No one who has not examined patiently and honestly the other religions of the world can know what Christianity really is, or can join with such truth and sincerity in the words of St. Paul, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ."
— Max Müller, p. 288. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
Everybody Draw Mohammed Day is a chance to reinstate offense and sincerity to their proper place, freed from terror or silence.
— Jordan Manalastas (May 17, 2010). "Cartoonist criticized for creating ‘Everybody Draw Mohammed Day’ should have defended her right to First Amendment". Daily Bruin (www.dailybruin.com, University of California, Los Angeles).
I never tempted her with word too large; But, as a brother to his sister, show’d Bashful sincerity and comely love.
— Claudio, scene i
True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.
garth brooks— As quoted in Diary of a Player: How My Musical Heroes Made a Guitar Man Out of Me by Brad Paisley and David Wild
To practice sincerity is to burden everyone else with believing you.
james richardson— #170 (Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001))
sincerity is the surest road to confidence.
david lloyd george— Speech at Aberystwyth (3 August 1928)
