Quotes on Sincerity

The Devil hinders me. You know I say _x000D_ Just what I think, and nothing more nor less, _x000D_ And, when I pray, my heart is in my prayer. _x000D_ I cannot say one thing and mean another. _x000D_ If I can't pray, I will not make believe!

Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together; then you leave an exit through which both the captor and the captive can walk with sincerity and dignity.

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.

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

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

Technique is the test of sincerity. If a thing isn't worth getting the technique to say, it is of inferior value.

Sincerity does not only complete the self; it is the means by which all things are completed. As the self is completed, there is human-heartedness; as things are completed, there is wisdom. This is the virtue of one’s character, and the Way of joining the internal and external. Thus, when we use this, everything is correct.

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

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.

Perfect wisdom, Perfect tranquility,Perfect compassion,arise fromOur love,Our sincerity.Our understanding.

What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life.

No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichés that make you laugh, the hackneyed characters, the well-worn situations, the commonplace story that excites your derision, seem neither hackneyed, well worn nor commonplace to him. ... The conclusion is obvious: you cannot write anything that will convince unless you are yourself convinced. The best seller sells because he writes with his heart's blood.

The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.

Sorrow makes for sincerity, I think.

Sincerity is always subject to proof.

Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.