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If thou dost love, proclaim it faithfully. — William Shakespeare

A Russian imbues his polite things with a heartiness, both of phrase and expression, that compels belief in their sincerity. — Mark Twain

It is not the amount of friends that is important, but the amount of integrity, sincerity, and love in your friends — Charles F. Glassman

You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place. — Criss Jami

An insincere critic of a sincere person never wins. — Criss Jami

Sincerity is the way to Heaven. — Mencius

Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it. — Paramahansa Yogananda

As everything in this world is but a sham. Death is the only sincerity. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. — Douglas Coupland

Do not be misled by a person's prayers and fasting. [Instead] look [at their] sincerity and wisdom. — Umar

It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed. — Idries Shah

Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself — Friedrich Nietzsche

You're a poster boy for sincerity. You have all the guile of a lamb. — Dean Koontz

Fasting (is) for the maintainance and firmness of your sincerity. — Fatima Bint Muhammad

The classical artist can be recognized by his sincerity, the romantic by his laborious insincerity. — Charles Peguy

The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere. — Confucius

If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. — George Eliot

If you see me standing on my head, I'm trying to cheer you up with my frown. I need my honesty, you my pleasantry. — Brian Spellman

The young do not demand omniscience. They know it is unattainable. They do demand sincerity. — Gilbert Highet

I don't think anyone who genuinely embraced sincerity, charity and modesty could be intolerant or divisive. — Julian Baggini

Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. — Oscar Wilde

The property that grounded the self in Romanticism was sincerity, and in modernism was authenticity, then in postmod ernism it is visibility.10 — Chris Hedges

Great advertising is the expression of deep emotional sincerity. — Storm Jameson

The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

People trust me. I sell sincerity. — George Foreman

The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man. — Thomas Carlyle

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

People shouldn't call for demons unless they really mean what they say. — C.S. Lewis

peace is not about the absence of conflict but it is about the presence of sincerity. — Toge Aprilianto

However we distrust the sincerity of those whom we talk with, we always believe them more sincere with us than with others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. — Ramakrishna

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness. — Walter Savage Landor

Levity and sincerity are not antonyms. We take pleasure in playing chess, but that does not mean we make wasteful moves. You — Claire North

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood. — Martin Farquhar Tupper

Private sincerity is a public welfare. — C. A. Bartol

Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience. — Swami Vivekananda

There is something so pure and frank and noble about Him that to doubt His sincerity would be like doubting the brightness of the sun. — Charles Edward Jefferson

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. — William C. Menninger

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. — Douglas Adams

Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers. — Luc De Clapiers

Live beyond your capability, be an eccentric with focused sincerity. — Debasish Mridha

The sincerity of feeling that is possible between a writer and a reader is one of the finest things I know. — Willa Cather

Whatever you do well in the darkness tells more about who you are than what you do best in light. Watch out! — Israelmore Ayivor

The hole on the face of an acoustic guitar is called the sound hole. The one of the face of its player is called the sincerity hole. — Dana Gould

The efficacy of a prayer depends not on the words but on the sincerity of intention. — Umar

Who you are in public is a test of your conviction; who you are in private, integrity. — Criss Jami

O what will she do, a soul bitten into with wrong? — Euripides

Sincerity is never having an idea of oneself. — Nadine Gordimer

If physical fasting is not accompanied by mental fasting it is bound to end in hypocrisy and disaster. — Mahatma Gandhi

When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large. — Juvenal

I expect he did it awkwardly, but awkwardness in men was a sign of sincerity then. — Margaret Atwood

However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Sincerity in personal advertisements is a code word for commitment, used by women to screen out men seeking casual sex without any commitment. — David M. Buss

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. — Albert Camus

The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity. — Oscar Wilde

For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity. — George Orwell

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America. — Theodore Roosevelt

God doesn't want meerly action but hearts driving action. — Matt Chandler

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism. — George Henry Lewes

Doing or not doing something - they are similar. Both involve an action and sincerity. — CLAMP

Crystal sincerity hath found no shelter but in a fool's cap. — Gerard Manley Hopkins

Sincerity is almost love. — Jose Eduardo Agualusa

Sincerity' and 'morality' is the basement of this world. — Dada Bhagwan

With uncontrived sincerity he said, "I want to know you." That was one of the nicest things anyone had ever said to me. — Dan Harris

The qualities in music which I considered most important - and still do - were beauty, simplicity, originality, discrimination, and sincerity. — Paul Desmond

All I can do is engage with complete sincerity. Then whatever happens, there is no regret. — Dalai Lama

When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it. That's what I think. It's just a form of sincerity. — Haruki Murakami

Love would never b a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with a light of faith, water of sincerity, and an art of passion. — Jack Canfield

What we had actually demonstrated was our cowardice, but there is fellowship in that too. — Clifford Geertz

I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious. — Criss Jami

The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity. — Friedrich Nietzsche

By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action. — Mahavira

To practice Sincerity is to burden everyone else with believing you. — James Richardson

When perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed. — Tacitus

I am always insincere, as always knowing there are other moods. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. — George Oppen

According to our purpose, motivation and sincerity, which compose our devotion, Krishna reveals Himself to us. — Radhanath Swami

There is a real danger when caring begins to lose its emotional dimension and becomes nothing but a verb. — Joyce Rachelle

It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion. — Dalai Lama

Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man. — Mencius

If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says. — Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston - The Last Emperor

Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous. — Corita Kent

Faithfulness and sincerity first of all. — Confucius

I believe that which you study is only matched in importance by the sincerity with which you approach it. — Chris Matakas

The more lies you tell the more stories you have to remember. — Katie Klein

We will make every effort with utmost sincerity to achieve a peaceful reunification of the country. — Hu Jintao

I'm telling you lady I'm only human, not looking for impossibility. Just a genuine woman with sincerity. — Buju Banton

It is important to explain fully to the local areas with sincerity. We will also think, of course, about the development promotion of the communities. — Shinzo Abe

The secret of success is sincerity. — Jean Giraudoux

Genuine sincerity opens people's hearts, while manipulation causes them to close. — Daisaku Ikeda

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. — Jean Rostand

Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things. — Confucius

There are moments of sincerity. Those moments float away like bubbles but he takes the trouble to dip the wand in the soap and blow them through. — Carole Radziwill

The denials, if they need be given, could better be given with sincerity, and they could only be feigned if you didn't know them at all. — Kenneth Eade

Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity. — Kate Smith

Wherever there is sincerity & talent, people do recognize them. It may take some time but we should have some patience and hold on to our passion. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Sincerity: that's the hard part. If you can fake that, the rest is easy. — Steve Krug