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.
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.
"It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love."
anne brontë— Helen Graham (Ch. XXXI : Social Virtues)
I have done my best to fulfil my responsibility to him and to the party in circumstances which were difficult for everyone ... It has been an enormously difficult time and there have been huge conflicts of loyalty. We have to accept the sincerity of intention of people in what it was they tried to do.
menzies campbell— On Charles Kennedy, who resigned as Liberal Democrat leader after revealing his treatment for alcoholism.
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'
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
Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.
shams tabrizi— Me & Rumi translated by William C. Chittick from Maqalat-i Shams-i Tabrizi.
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.
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".
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.
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))
But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
george washington— Washington's formal acceptance of command of the Army (16 June 1775), quoted in The Writings of George Washington : Life of Washington (1837) edited by Jared Sparks, p. 141.
Such words as spontaneity, sincerity, gratuitousness, richness, enrichment words which imply an almost total indifference to contrasts of value have come more often from their [the surrealists’] pens than words which contain a reference to good and evil. Moreover, this latter class of words has become degraded, especially those which refer to the good, as Valéry remarked some years ago. Words like virtue , nobility , honor , honesty , generosity , have become almost impossible to use or else they have acquired bastard meanings; language is no longer equipped for legitimately praising a man’s character.
Simone Weil— “The responsibility of writers,” p. 168
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))
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.
Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity.
— Ayan al-Sh?‘ah, vol.1, p.316
But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent seduced Eve by its cunning, Your minds might be corrupted away from the sincerity and the chastity that are due the Christ.
— Paul of Tarsus; 2 Corinthians 11:3
The one who performs a deed and his heart does not believe in that deed, Allah will not accept any of his practices - but that it be along with the sincerity of intention.
— Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p.473
