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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More Sincerity Quotes
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.
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.
The French are polite, but it is often mere ceremonious politeness. A Russian imbues his polite things with a heartiness that compels belief in their sincerity.
— 1869 The Innocents Abroad.
All the sincerity in Hollywood you could stuff in a flea's navel and still have room left to conceal eight caraway seeds and an agent's heart.
fred allen— From a lost letter to Kenny Delmar quoted in Earl Wilson's syndicated column (May 1959)
Much brass has been sounded and many cymbals tinkled in the name of advertising; but the advertisements which persuade people to act are written by men who have an abiding respect for the intelligence of their readers, and a deep sincerity regarding the merits of the goods they have to sell.
bruce fairchild barton— Ch. 5 : His Advertisements
Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.
christian nestell bovee— "Sincerity", p. 153.
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")
We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.
jack kevorkian— Quoted in FoxNews article entitled "Kevorkian Plans Congressional Run" - [March 13, 2008]
I will repeat what I once said to Guillaume Apollinaire: "For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a lack of sincerity toward myself."
— Je vous répéterai ce que je disais naguère à Guillaume Apollinaire : "Je n'ai, pour ma part, jamais évité l'influence des autres, j'aurais considéré cela comme une lâcheté et un manque de sincérité vis-à-vis de moi-même."
— "Interview with Henri Matisse" by Jacques Guenne, L'Art Vivant (15 September 1925)
The way of truth is along the path of intellectual sincerity.
— Address to students, quoted in Abraham Flexner, Henry S. Pritchett: A Biography (Columbia University Press, 1943; University of Virginia digitization, May 2, 2008, 211 pages), p. 192
When a man talks with absolute sincerity and freedom he goes on a voyage of discovery. The whole company has shares in the enterprise.
john jay chapman— Society, Causes and Consequences (1898)
There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
Anton Chekhov— Letter to his brother, A.P. Chekhov (October 13, 1888)
On this hapless earth There ’s small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the heart.
hartley coleridge— "Address to certain Gold-fishes".
And a writer observed, "We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty and sincerity and dignity," and I know just the kind of people that writer had in mind when he praised Harry Truman.
sarah palin— Quoting Westbrook Pegler
Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood the virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
theodore roosevelt— Letter to S. Stanwood Menken, chairman, committee on Congress of Constructive Patriotism (January 10, 1917). Roosevelt’s sister, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, read the letter to a national meeting, January 26, 1917. Reported in Proceedings of the Congress of Constructive Patriotism, Washington, D.C., January 25–27, 1917 (1917), p. 172.
A man is morally free when... he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.
nassim nicholas taleb— p. 16 (Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012))
By saturating the public domain with false sincerity, advertising makes genuine sincerity more difficult
— Avner Offer, The Challenge of Affluence (2006), p. 359
The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew: The conscious stone to beauty grew.
ralph waldo emerson— "The Problem", st. 2, in Poems (1847)
To be able to practise five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
confucius— Confucius, Analects, fifth century B.C.
sincerity is the biggest part of selling anything -- including the Christian plan of salvation.
— Billy Graham, in Billy Graham: His Life and Influence (9 October 2007), p.37
A prudent and discreet Silence will be sometimes more to thy Advantage, than the most witty expression, or even the best contrived sincerity. A Man often repents that he has spoken, but seldom that he has held his Tongue.
thomas fuller— Thomas Fuller, Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II, 2593 (1727).
