Quotes About Being Sincere

#1. I come from one of these hideous backgrounds where being sincere is like - ugh, you might as well kill yourself.

Christina Ricci

#2. Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end.

Daisaku Ikeda

#3. Mark, shaken, realizes he has just made the terrible mistake of not just seeming to be but actually being sincere.

Ali Smith

#4. You only get honest expression when I spit in your ear;
That means even when I'm dissing you I'm being sincere.

One Be Lo

#5. I was actually being sincere," Connor admits. "But I'm happy to insult you, if that's what you want.

Neal Shusterman

#6. Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.

Cesar Romero

#7. The primary condition for being sincere is the same as for being humble: not to boast about it, and probably not even to be aware of it.

Henri Peyre

#8. Because," I said, "the japanese were as responsible as the Germans for turning Americans into a bunch of bankrupt militaristic fuckups - after we'd done such a good job of being sincere war-haters after the First World War.

Kurt Vonnegut

#9. But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.

Ira Glass

#10. Empower the people around you, from the janitor to the athletic director. You do that by being sincere, caring about others, and then putting it into practice.

Sue Gunter

#11. I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would rather be paid the compliment of being believed sincere.

Jane Austen

#12. People would lambaste me or attack me, and I'd be like, "I'm being honest! I'm the one person that's being honest and sincere about what I'm doing." The rest of the world doesn't want to admit the fakery of entertainment on TV, but I love the fake. I think fake is beautiful.

Casey Spooner

#13. I'm not your father, you know."
It took me a moment to find words. "Excuse me?"
"I'm capable of giving you a compliment and being completely sincere about it.

Chloe Neill

#14. For religion to truly become an aid to humanity as a whole, every human being must make sincere efforts to break down the dogmatic barriers among different religions constructed by the pathologically ill and dangerous fundamentalists.

Abhijit Naskar

#15. A voice that signaled he was being kind but not sincere.

Maggie Shipstead

#16. Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are, and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.

Gretchen Rubin

#17. The whole faculties of man must be exerted in order to call forth noble energies; and he who is not earnestly sincere lives in but half his being, self-mutilated, self-paralyzed.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#18. [Washington, DC] feels like you're watching performance art. A lot of the time. I don't believe them, I don't believe what they say, I don't think they're being absolutely sincere. I think it's performance art. And most of them are bad actors.

Kevin Spacey

#19. Religious unity does not come so easily. It is not a piece of pie, which you can buy in the shop. It takes sincere efforts from every single human being on this planet.

Abhijit Naskar

#20. While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader.

Robert Teeter

#21. I believe that if we build sincere friendships, without being judgmental, the chances of our message being accepted are greater.

H.H. Fowler

#22. Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.

Imogen Poots

#23. By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.

Christian Dior

#24. I see what you mean. It must be a huge relief, and an easy way out, to think the devil is always outside of us. ( ... ) we would stop looking for Sheitan outside and instead focus on ourselves. What we need is sincere self-examination. Not being on the watch for the faults of others. (p. 257).

Elif Shafak

#25. I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

Moliere

#26. She was an auxiliary nurse but training to be a true nurse because that was her calling, to serve mankind. She was a Martha. There were Marys and Marthas, but Marys got all the limelight because of being Christ's handmaiden, but Marthas were far more sincere.

Edna O'Brien

#27. One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express.

John Astin

#28. A mind that is single and sincere is not interested in being good, in conducting relations with other people so as to live up to a rule. Nor, on the other hand, is it interested in being free, in acting perversely just to prove its independence.

Alan W. Watts

#29. I'm always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an active, churchgoing Christian.

Sara Zarr

#30. I'm at my best when I'm being genuine and sincere, and reading my material straight up to an audience that wants to listen.

James Bernard Frost

#31. Some people's theologies come across as blatantly wrong when weighed against what is revealed in Scripture. However God has mercy on those who may be wrong but genuinely seek understanding before seeking themselves.

Criss Jami

#32. We become so accustomed to meet with injustice, and, if we are at all sincere with our own hearts, are so conscious of being guity of it ourselves, that we learn to look upon it almost as a necessity.

Elizabeth Missing Sewell

#33. never, never, ever force the patient to eat, as it will do them more harm than good, even though your intentions for their well-being are sincere and honorable.

Bob Mcdowell

#34. I guess it's better to have a chalk smile, than an ink smile. Where chalk changes with the direction of wind, ink stays as a deep stain. Like rain, sun and hail against a fake plant.

Anthony Liccione

#35. He who is sincere hath the easiest task in the world, for, truth being always consistent with itself, he is put to no trouble about his words and actions; it is like traveling in a plain road, which is sure to bring you to your journey's end better than byways in which many lose themselves.

John Tillotson

#36. Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

Bruce Lee

#37. Only if I could be known for being one of the world's greatest and most sincere Christian Evangelists.

Gloria Gaynor

#38. I love the bicycle. I always have. I can think of no sincere, decent human being, male or female, young or old, saintly or sinful, who can resist the bicycle.

William, Saroyan

#39. The simplest way of becoming his light is by being kind and loving, thoughtful, and sincere with others: 'By this they will know that you are his disciples.'

Mother Teresa

#40. Telling lies and being deceitful takes so much more energy than being honest and sincere.

Steven Aitchison

#41. My dear friend, there are two things in this world about which no one can be sure: whether or not one is being deceived by a woman and whether or not a Communist is sincere.

Maurice Dekobra

#42. We are all born with infinite wisdom at our fingertips. All you have to do is approach every disagreement, debate, and alternative view of your core beliefs with the sincere and soul honest desire of being proved partially or completely incorrect

Carl Henegan

#43. I have the defect of being more
sincere than persons wish.

Moliere

#44. Striving to be good is the ultimate struggle of every man. Being bad is easy, but being good requires sincere commitment, discipline and strength. We have to work hard every day just to remain good.

Suzy Kassem

#45. Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

Jonathan Edwards

#46. Take sincere joy in the success of others. Being happy for them will make you feel incredible about YOU!

D. Denise Dianaty

#47. No sincere desire of doing good need make an enemy of a single human being; that philanthropy has surely a flaw in it which cannot sympathize with the oppressor equally as with the oppressed.

James Russell Lowell

#48. Being lonely does not mean that we are abnormal, love-starved, oversexed, or alienated. Perhaps all it means is that we are incurably human and sensitive to the fact that God made us for an ecstatic togetherness in a body with divine love and with all other persons of sincere will.

Ronald Rolheiser

#49. One of the privileges of being on our own is therefore the sincere impression that we are really quite easy to live with

Alain De Botton

#50. Luck and being honest and sincere about work has worked for me and helped me reach where I am.

Katrina Kaif

#51. A pure, sincere, and stable spirit is not distracted though it be employed in many works; for that it works all to the honor of God, and inwardly being still and quiet, seeks not itself in any thing it doth.

Thomas A Kempis

#52. But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.

Origen

#53. Make your employer feel truthfully that you are sincere with him; that you are going to promote his interest; that you are going to stand for the things which he represents; that you are proud of being a member of his staff, and there is nothing that will reap you a richer reward. Loyalty above all!

Charles M. Schwab