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No one thinks that they're a monster. No one thinks that of themselves. Everyone has an earnest belief that it would be better if they were in power. — Natalie Dormer

No-one wants to hear anything spoken in earnest anymore, unless it happens to involve unrequited, teenage love. — Colin Meloy

Jesus Christ opposed with earnest eloquence the panic fears and hateful superstitions which have enslaved mankind for ages. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers
the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons. — P.G. Wodehouse

I feel an earnest and humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerfulness. — Charles Dickens

All you earnest young men out to save the world ... please, have a laugh. — Reinhold Niebuhr

A question asked in earnest deserves an earnest answer. — Christopher Moore

I opened my eyes and met his dark, earnest gaze. "It's okay," I said. "It's okay now. I'm here I'll always be here for you. — Richelle Mead

I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'. — Walton Goggins

I enter a most earnest plea that in our hurried and rather bustling life of today we do not lose the hold that our forefathers had on the Bible. — Theodore Roosevelt

Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest. — Bion Of Borysthenes

Just because he was pretty didn't mean he couldn't be improved by a smack upside the head with a piece of earnest hickory — Christopher Moore

We have raised significant concerns about the way that China and individuals acting on behalf of the state of China have acted in cyberspace. — Josh Earnest

The pig was so earnest. So sincere. So very "there." The pig brought gravity and mythic import to this well-worn fairy tale. — Robert Fulghum

Importunate praying is the earnest inward movement of the heart toward God. — Edward McKendree Bounds

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

In life's earnest battle they only prevail Who daily march onward and never say fail. — Joseph Devlin

My earnest request is that you practice love and kindness whether you believe in a religion or not. — Dalai Lama XIV

The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense. — Benjamin Disraeli

We hunger in earnest for that which we cannot consume. — Nenia Campbell

I just really like it when things are earnest. — Jenny Slate

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian. — Robert E.Lee

Much earnest philosphical thought is born of the life which springs from close association with nature. — Laura Gilpin

It is true not all has been accomplished that the earnest advocates would desire, but a start has been made. — Frank B. Kellogg

Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent? — Dave Barry

No one can define success for you, but you. — Earnest Robinson Jr.

I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. — Confucius

In the life of earnest Christians who pursue and profess holiness, humility ought to be the chief mark of their uprightness. — Andrew Murray

Earnest young knights are my favorite. I love the looks on their faces when they realize that they're being slow-cooked in their own armor. — Jessica Day George

I am in earnest
I will not equivocate
I will not excuse
I will not retreat a single inch
And I will be heard.
— William Lloyd Garrison

A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy. — Noam Chomsky

I started doing regional theater. My first job was 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Dallas Theater Center. — Anna Camp

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose. — Joaquin Phoenix

The ladies are sweet and earnest and eager enough to make my dick hurt. — Kit Rocha

Grace is the seed of glory, the dawning of glory in the heart, and therefore grace is the earnest of the future inheritance. — Jonathan Edwards

By definition, I believe I am unapologetically optimistic and I am unapologetically earnest. — Emilio Estevez

Kami has to give him points for being mature. He looked at her, blue eyes earnest, and she had to give him many more points for being charming. — Sarah Rees Brennan

For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror. — Barbara Demick

History is principally the inaccurate narration of events which ought not to have happened. — Earnest Hooton

When I wake up every morning, I think to myself, Today my life will begin in earnest. — Gaito Gazdanov

This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come. — Frederick William Robertson

Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can. — John Milton

TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person. — Daniel Quinn

Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good. — William McDonough

I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest. — Oscar Wilde

My chief concern is to try to be a humble, earnest Christian. — J. Steven Wilkins

A man who desires to get married should know everything or nothing. — George Bernard Shaw

The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest. — Henry David Thoreau

Theur is no friend as loyal as a book. — Earnest

I believe it will only be known on the last day how much has been accomplished in overseas missions by the prayers of earnest believers at home. — James O. Fraser

Tall oaks branch charmed by the earnest stars Dream and so dream all night without a stir. — John Keats

If God doesn't want people to lie, he shouldn't have given the best liars such earnest and innocent faces. — Sherry Thomas

Our prayers are heard, not because we are in earnest, not because we suffer, but because Jesus suffered. — Oswald Chambers

Satan is so much more in earnest than we are
he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost. — Amy Carmichael

Both sides of me were in dead earnest. — Robert Louis Stevenson

Here's a confession: I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive. — Bruce Feiler

As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frog in jest. But the frogs die in earnest. — Joanna Russ

Taking fun as simply fun and earnestness in earnest shows how thoroughly thou none of the two discernest. — Piet Pieterszoon Hein

I'm a comic writer, in some ways, and a comic person when I'm up at a podium, in order to disguise the fact that in my heart I'm disgustingly earnest. — Gregory Maguire

It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished. — Eisaku Sato

People sometimes actually get me to think I take things too seriously and maybe I'm too earnest and it's coming across like I'm better than them. — Kristen Stewart

The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while. — Christian Nestell Bovee

An earnest prayer is more powerful than a strong army. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I know of no greater work for humanity than in the cause of peace, which can only be achieved by the earnest efforts of nations and peoples. — Frank B. Kellogg

Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive. — Charles R. Swindoll

I wasn't a hippie and I wasn't even a bohemian. I was extremely earnest and serious. — Jane Fonda

It is a fine thing to see people in hot earnest about anything. — John Muir

My earnest wish is to paint in true colors the goodness of God to me, and the depth of my own ingratitude — Jeanne Marie Bouvier De La Motte Guyon

I'd sooner live among people who don't cheat at cards than among people who are earnest about not cheating at cards. — C.S. Lewis

The hope of all earnest souls must be realized. — John Greenleaf Whittier

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Whatever good work you begin to do, beg of God with most earnest prayer to perfect it. — Benedict Of Nursia

Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation. — Susan B. Anthony

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure. — Robert South

Apart from new dreams, opportunities, love and blessings in new places, it's God's most earnest desire to give you a new life. — Jamie Larbi

It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest. — Chuck Berry

See you on the other side of the screen, if you make it, earnest cyberspace cadet. — CrimethInc.

I will take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long-term. — Randy Pausch

Deemest thou laborOnly is earnest?Grave is all beauty,Solemn is joy. — William Watson

Women without prospect, who lead dull earnest lives and rejoice in their petty little pseudo-pleasures, I find quite depressing and despicable. — Sei Shonagon

I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors. — Henry David Thoreau

Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Your love should be so far reaching, earnest, biblical, Christ-centered, pure, and self-sacrificing that the world may hate you for it. — Kevin DeYoung

Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves. — William Hazlitt

May your convictions be deep, your love real, and your desires earnest — Charles Spurgeon

Before building any relationship, think on how your partner could be the best companion to you in achieving your life's earnest goals — Rajasaraswathii

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. — Winston Churchill

Truly, matters in the world are in a bad state; but if you and I begin in earnest to reform ourselves, a really good beginning will have been made. — Peter Of Alcantara

My dear fellow, the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful. It is almost as disgraceful as the way Gwendolen flirts with you. — Oscar Wilde

If there is something I will always carry in my heart it is this earnest unwillingness to be part of the bunch, — Eileen Myles

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth. — Benjamin Disraeli

The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. James 5:16 NLT — Dianne Neal Matthews

In Los Angeles, people dress with the deep and earnest hope that people will do nothing but stare at them. — Ellie Kemper

[E]very comfort that the saints have in this world is an earnest penny to them of those eternal mercies that the Lord has provided for them. — Jeremiah Burroughs

My non-co-operation is a token of my earnest longing for real heart co-operation in the place of co-operation falsely so called. — Mahatma Gandhi

Intimacy with God is not experienced through monolog prayers but through reflective listening as well as earnest petitioning. — Gary Rohrmayer

To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view. — James Whistler

The weirdest thing in the world is to see some guy who is just super earnest. — Johnny Depp