Quotes about sincerity
page 8

“The human desire to be understood is never quite sincere. It is on our own terms that we desire to be understood, not on the terms of truth.”

Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984) English fiction writer

The Child from the Sea (1970), Book 2, Chapter 1.5

Truth

“People are aging with time.
Reflections on our contribution in this life is necessary.
Sincere words are precious.
For people can never have enough of pearls of wisdom.”

Deng Feng-Zhou (1949) Chinese poet, Local history writer, Taoist Neidan academics and Environmentalist.

(zh-TW) 日月催人老，今生有幾何？
真言誠可貴，感語不嫌多。

"Occasional thoughts" (偶感)

Source: Deng Feng-Zhou, "Deng Feng-Zhou Classical Chinese Poetry Anthology". Volume 6, Tainan, 2018: 88.

Time, People, Age, Life

“One of the most useful skills advocates can develop is a sincere satisfaction in changing their mind, putting the goal of effectiveness before the goal of having been correct.”

Jacy Reese (1992) American social scientist

The End of Animal Farming: How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System (2018)

Change

“I have but one sincere purpose in narrating the foregoing experience: my most urgent message and plea to every person who reads it is:”

George Adamski (1891–1965) American ufologist

Flying Saucers Have Landed

Personality, Reading

“In conclusion, let me emphasize one point: that we are determined, as a nation in 1961 that freedom shall survive and succeed--and whatever the peril and set-backs, we have some very large advantages. The first is the simple fact that we are on the side of liberty--and since the beginning of history, and particularly since the end of the Second World War, liberty has been winning out all over the globe. A second great asset is that we are not alone. We have friends and allies all over the world who share our devotion to freedom. [...] A third asset is our desire for peace. It is sincere, and I believe the world knows it. [...] Yet it is important to know that our patience at the bargaining table is nearly inexhaustible, though our credulity is limited-that our hopes for peace are unfailing, while our determination to protect our security is resolute.”

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

Source: 1961, Speech to Special Joint Session of Congress

Peace, History, Freedom, War

“The doctrine of unlimited passive obedience was first invented to support arbitrary power, but [was] of no use in her Majesty’s reign, where the law was the only measure of the regal power and people's obedience; and since it could be of no use or security to her Majesty there could be no other aim in it than to unhinge the government, and clear the way to the impostor's title. In fine, if the sin of resistance was damnable, there must a sincere repentance ensue to wash away the guilt, and this could not be done without restitution.”

Robert Walpole (1676–1745) British statesman

Source: Speech https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/walpole-robert-ii-1676-1745 at the trial of Dr Henry Sacheverell (28 February 1710)

Law, Support, People, Way

“True, sincere, intense and pure love is like a flower, the more you care for it the more it transmits deep emotions.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) L'amore vero, sincero, intenso e puro è come un fiore, più lo curi e più trasmette profonde emozioni.
Source: prevale.net

Flowers, Love, Making love

“The sincere alone can recognize sincerity. Not a Hero only is needed, but a world fit for him;”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero As King

World

“Crime and madness have some similarity. Seeing the prisoners of the Conciergerie in the courtyard, or seeing the mad in the garden of a nursing home, it's the same thing. Both walk around, avoiding each other, glancing at each other at least singularly, atrociously, according to their thoughts of the moment, never cheerful or serious; because they know each other or they fear each other. The expectation of a condemnation, remorse, anxieties give walkers in the courtyard a worried and a haggard look of madmen. Consummate criminals alone have an assurance which resembles the tranquility of an honest life, the sincerity of a pure conscience.”

Honoré de Balzac book Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes

et Misères des courtisanes (The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans) (1837-1847), part IV. La dernière Incarnation de Vautrin (The Last Incarnation of Vautrin) https://books.google.ca/books?id=ajtOAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Splendeurs+et+Mis%C3%A8res+des+Coutisanes+Sc%C3%A8nes+de+la+Vie+parisienne&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq69XJuJTvAhXrMlkFHcxvDVgQ6AEwCHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&f=falseSplendeurs, "Le Préau de la Conciergerie" ("The Courtyard of the Conciergerie") (chapter title). <br class="br">Original: (fr) Le crime et la folie ont quelque similitude. Voir les prisonniers de la Conciergerie au préau, ou voir des fous dans le jardin d'une maison de santé, c'est une même chose. Les uns et les autres se promènent en s'évitant, se jettent des regards au moins siguliers, atroces, selon leurs pensées du moment, jamais gais ni sérieux ; car ils se connaissent ou ils se craignent. L'attente d'une condamnation, les remords, les anxiétés donnent aux promeneurs du préau l'air inquiet et hagard des fous. Les criminels consommés ont seuls une assurance qui ressemble à la tranquillité d'une vie honnête, à la sincérité d'une conscience pure.

Home, Fear, Life, Madness

“In art, immorality cannot exist. Art is always sacred even when it takes for a subject the worst excesses of desire; since it has in view only the sincerity of observation, it cannot debase itself. A true work of art is always noble, even when it translates the stirrings of the brute, for at that moment, the artist who has produced it had as his only objective, the most conscientious rendering possible of the impression he has felt.”

Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) French sculptor

Albert Edward Elsen (1985). The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin. p. 131
1930s and later

Art

“To the corruptions of Christianity I am indeed opposed; but not to the genuine precepts of Jesus himself. I am a Christian, in the only sense he wished any one to be; sincerely attached to his doctrines, in preference to all others; ascribing to himself every human excellence; & believing he never claimed any other.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

Letter to Benjamin Rush (12 April 1803) https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-40-02-0178-0001 <br class="br">1800s, First Presidential Administration (1801&ndash;1805)

Sense

“The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

Friendship

“Being honest is difficult. Sincerity has its costs. This is why being honest, makes the difference.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Essere sinceri è difficile. La sincerità ha i suoi costi. Per questo, essere sinceri, fa la differenza.
Source: prevale.net

“Be correct, humble and sincere: you will amaze the world.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Siate corretti, umili e sinceri: stupirete il mondo.
Source: prevale.net

World

“True love consists in sharing responsibilities, listening, sincerity, respect, sex, care, empathy, patience, planning and uniqueness.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il vero amore consiste nella condivisione delle responsabilità, dell'ascolto, della sincerità, del rispetto, del sesso, della cura, dell'empatia, della pazienza, della progettualità e dell'unicità.
Source: prevale.net

Sex, Love, Patience

“I have always been and remain a sincere supporter of the well-known formula – "Economy first, then politics."”

Nursultan Nazarbayev (1940) first president of Kazakhstan

This principle is comprehensive, extending to both domestic and foreign policy of our country. This approach ensured consistency in all spheres of Kazakhstan's development, i.e. from economic reforms to building pragmatic relations with partners in the international arena. <br class="br"> "Speech At Moscow State University" https://www.akorda.kz/en/speeches/external_political_affairs/ext_speeches_and_addresses/speech-of-the-president-of-kazakhstan-nursultan-nazarbayev-at-the-lomonosov-moscow-state-university (2014)

Support

“He that is willing to tolerate any religion, or discrepant way of religion, besides his own, unless it be in matters merely indifferent, either doubts of his own, or is not sincere in it.”

Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652) Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts

In 1647, as quoted in "Free Speech and Its Present Crisis" https://www.city-journal.org/free-speech-crisis (2018), by Allen C. Guelzo, City Journal

Religion, Indifference, Way

“Don't speak about diversity and just have us there because you want to make it look like it's diverse. Meaningful representation, that's what it's all about, where the characters have real hopes and dreams and lives and it's very sincere to the culture.”

Michelle Yeoh (1962) Malaysian-born actress of Chinese ethnicity

"Michelle Yeoh Hopes Crazy Rich Asians Will Turn the Trickle of Diversity in Hollywood "Into a Stream" " in Harper's Bazaar (27 August 2018) https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a22794930/michelle-yeoh-crazy-rich-asians-interview/

Dreams, Hope

“With Puritanism as the constant check upon American life, neither truth nor sincerity is possible. Nothing but gloom and mediocrity to dictate human conduct, curtail natural expression, and stifle our best impulses.”

Emma Goldman book Anarchism and Other Essays

Anarchism and Other Essays (1910), The Hypocrisy of Puritanism

Truth, Nature, Life

“The more inwardly pure a man is, the higher his rank and the nobler his station, so much he assiduously labors with sincere performance and a great fear.”

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi Sufi Maturidi scholar and Hanafi jurist

of God
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 83

Fear

“If our petitions are sincere, we labor for what we ask; and our Father, who seeth in secret, will reward us openly.”

Mary Baker Eddy book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures

Source: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 13

Secret

“Writing is tiring and difficult, but I can sit at my desk for hours and hours, writing through the night to dawn. I never had any prior writing experience, but I learned that it’s not about using heavy vocabulary, and more about how I can express my sincerity.”

Brigitte Lin (1954) Taiwanese actress

As quoted in "Brigitte Lin, a timeless national treasure" in Taipei Times (15 May 2018) https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/05/15/2003693091

Night, Learning

“You’re sincere enough.”

Algis Budrys (1931–2008) American writer

She laughed shortly. “Heaven protect the human race from the sincere idealist!”
Source: Some Will Not Die (1961), Chapter 6 (p. 101)

“At my age one's got to be sincere. Lying's too much effort.”

Albert Camus book The Plague

The Plague (1947)

Lying, Age, Effort

“We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.”

Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) Indian politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949

Best Inspirational quotes by Sarojini Naidu, Happy Wishes https://happywishes20.com/quotes/best-inspirational-quotes-by-sarojini-naidu/,

Courage, Motivation

“While we are currently confronted with the unprecedented difficulties caused by the spread of the coronavirus disease. . . I sincerely hope that we all work together hand in hand to overcome this difficult situation and continue to seek happiness of the people and world peace.”

Naruhito (1960) Emperor of Japan since 2019

Source: "Emperor Naruhito Makes Reference to Pandemic in First Speech in Half-Year" in Nippon https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/d00612/ (1 October 2020)

Happiness, People, World, Disease

“I sincerely hope that our country, through our people’s wisdom and unceasing efforts, achieves further development and contributes to the friendship and peace of the international community and the welfare and prosperity of humankind.”

Naruhito (1960) Emperor of Japan since 2019

Source: "Naruhito: Japan’s emperor formally proclaims enthronement in centuries-old ceremony" in CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/21/asia/japan-enthronement-emperor-intl-hnk/index.html (22 October 2019)

Friendship, People, Communication, Peace

“Dear Mr. President:
It appears proper that I should bring to your notice the fact that the record shows that I shall attain the age of 64 years on November 23rd next- one month from today.
I am as always at your service.
Most sincerely yours,
Ernest J. King
Admiral, U.S. Navy”

Ernest King (1878–1956) United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations

Source: Letter from King to Franklin D. Roosevelt on 23 October 1942, notifying the President that King was about to reach mandatory retirement age, at which time he could only be kept in the Navy at the desire of the President. Roosevelt hand-wrote on the same letter "So what, old top? I may even send you a birthday present!" and had it sent back to King. As quoted in Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record (1952), by Ernest King and Walter M. Whitehill, p. 412

Appearance, Age

“Transparent people always stand out: they are terribly sincere.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Le persone trasparenti si distinguono sempre: sono terribilmente sincere.
Source: prevale.net

People

“A time came when the Catholics, having long relied on force, were compelled to appeal to opinion. That which had been defiantly acknowledged and defended required to be ingeniously explained away. The same motive which had justified the murder now prompted the lie. Men shrank from the conviction that the rulers and restorers of their Church had been murderers and abetters of murder, and that so much infamy had been coupled with so much zeal. They feared to say that the most monstrous of crimes had been solemnly approved at Rome, lest they should devote the Papacy to the execration of mankind. A swarm of facts were invented to meet the difficulty: The victims were insignificant in number; they were slain for no reason connected with religion; the Pope believed in the existence of the plot; the plot was a reality; the medal is fictitious; the massacre was a feint concerted with the Protestants themselves; the Pope rejoiced only when he heard that it was over. These things were repeated so often that they have been sometimes believed; and men have fallen into this way of speaking whose sincerity was unimpeachable, and who were not shaken in their religion by the errors or the vices of Popes. Möhler was pre-eminently such a man. In his lectures on the history of the Church, which were published only last year, he said that the Catholics, as such, took no part in the massacre; that no cardinal, bishop, or priest shared in the councils that prepared it; that Charles informed the Pope that a conspiracy had been discovered; and that Gregory made his thanksgiving only because the King's life was saved. Such things will cease to be written when men perceive that truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.”

John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902) British politician and historian

Source: 1860s, The Massacre Of St. Bartholomew (1869)

Life, Men, Truth, Lie

“You are the excellence of charm: strong and fragile, cheerful and melancholy, innocent and perverse, selfish and altruistic, sociable and asocial, simple and complicated, sensitive and impassive, elegant and trendy, sweet and bitchy, true, concrete… authentic and sincere. You are a condemnation for the one who hosanna you. Your essence is a masterpiece of woman.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Tu sei l'eccellenza del fascino: forte e fragile, allegra e malinconica, innocente e perversa, egoista e altruista, socievole e asociale, semplice e complicata, sensibile e impassibile, elegante e trendy, dolce e stronza, vera, concreta... autentica e sincera. Sei una condanna per chi ti osanna. La tua essenza è un capolavoro di donna.
Source: prevale.net

Strong, Selfishness

“Deep feeling sounded in her voice. I had no doubt that the feeling was partly sincere. Still, there was something unreal about it. I suspected that she'd been playing tricks with her emotions for a long time, until none of them was quite valid.”

Ross Macdonald book The Galton Case

The Galton Case (1959)

Time, Feeling

“The beauty of our religion is that the reward is dependent on the sincerity of trying and not the attainment of the result.”

Yasir Qadhi (1975) Pakistani-American preacher and imam

Religion, Dependency, Beauty

“Be constantly on the lookout for people with a noble soul, extreme emotions, spontaneous smiles and sincere looks. People to write your future with.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: (it) Siate costantemente alla ricerca di persone con un animo nobile, emozioni estreme, sorrisi spontanei e sguardi sinceri. Persone con le quali scrivere il vostro futuro.
Source: prevale.net

Soul, Smile, Future, People

“I do not question the sincerity or the good intentions of those who feel that way.”

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887–1952) British politician, agriculturalist and colonial administrator (1887-1952)

10 January 1940, Speech at Orient Club, Bombay, also quoted in Speeches and Statements of the Marquess of Linlithgow, p. 229.

Question, Way, Feeling

“Sincerity is my favorite form of belligerence.”

Samuel R. Delany (1942) American author, professor and literary critic

Source: Lines of Power (1968), p. 31

“Your animal is able to show you unconditional, spontaneous and sincere love every day. It is a great example of life.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Il vostro animale è in grado di dimostrarvi ogni giorno un amore incondizionato, spontaneo e sincero. È un grande esempio di vita.
Source: prevale.net

Animals, Love, Life

“Someone's life, you make happy by telling them sincerely "I love you", "I miss you", dedicating attention to them and transmitting to them the joy that you feel everyday… for their existence.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La vita di qualcuno, la rendi felice dicendogli sinceramente "ti amo", "mi manchi", dedicandogli attenzioni e trasmettendogli la gioia che provi ogni giorno... per la sua esistenza.
Source: prevale.net

Happiness, Joy, Love, Life

“Only those who realize their own capacities and qualities are not affected by the opinions of others. Be careful, because those who praise are not entirely sincere. Those who criticize are mostly out of envy, jealousy and malice.”

Titon Rahmawan

Envy, Jealousy

“Good intentions based on sincerity are definitely a noble thing. But the irony is, good intentions alone are never enough.”

Titon Rahmawan

“Sincerity is far more valuable than any deed or gesture done for the sake of gaining respect for what we have done for others.”

Titon Rahmawan

“Love should never demand that someone change against their will. The sincerity of love should come from an awareness of the noble values of sacrifice and hope to create harmony and happiness together.”

Titon Rahmawan

Happiness, Hope, Love, Change

“There is no parting of ways for those who hold sincere feelings in their hearts. Either as friends or as lovers.”

Titon Rahmawan

Heart, Lovers, Way, Feeling

“Love should not be built on compulsion, but on the freedom to answer the call of the heart. Love should give us the freedom to choose, bind ourselves to a commitment and carry it out with full awareness and sincerity.”

Titon Rahmawan

Freedom, Heart, Love

“When love is no longer burdened with the demand to control or possess, then love becomes a reflection of the sincerity of a sacrifice. Because love should not bind. Because love should liberate.”

Titon Rahmawan

Love

“The sincerity of love that is willing to sacrifice is the essence of noble love. Love that does not think of itself. Love that is willing to do anything for the happiness of the person it loves.”

Titon Rahmawan

Personality, Happiness, Thinking, Love

“Love is generally romantic only in the beginning, and it doesn't last forever. Love slowly falls into a dull routine and some even lose the romance that once made love feel beautiful. But couples who can maintain the romance are generally called by the cause of sincere love, sincere sacrifice and sincere appreciation and hope for their partner's happiness.”

Titon Rahmawan

Happiness, Beauty, Hope, Love

“Love without sincerity is just a form of manipulation.”

Titon Rahmawan

Love

“Being sincere for a few is a value, for many a flaw.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Essere sinceri per pochi è un pregio, per molti un difetto.
Source: prevale.net

“To be immediately inconvenients to most people, it is enough to be true, correct and sincere.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Per essere immediatamente scomodi alla maggior parte delle persone, è sufficiente essere veri, corretti e sinceri.
Source: prevale.net

People

“Rarities such as sincerity, respect, humility, character, loyalty, love and reciprocity belong to true souls.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Rarità come la sincerità, il rispetto, l'umiltà, il carattere, la lealtà, l'amore e la reciprocità appartengono alle anime vere.
Source: prevale.net

Soul, Love, Loyalty

“Be correct and sincere only with people who deserve it. The rest, treat them exactly as they treat you.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Siate corretti e sinceri solo con le persone che lo meritano. Il resto, trattatele esattamente come loro trattano voi.
Source: prevale.net

People

“In a world of false appearances, be rare: transparent, honest, true and sincere.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: In un mondo di false apparenze, siate rari: trasparenti, onesti, veri e sinceri.
Source: prevale.net

Falseness, Appearance, World

“True, rare and sincere people simply remain themselves, the rest becomes what is convenient.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Le persone vere, rare e sincere rimangono semplicemente se stesse, il resto diventa ciò che conviene.
Source: prevale.net

People

“Disrespect can forever break relationships of trust that even the most sincere apology could not recreate.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La mancanza di rispetto può interrompere per sempre rapporti di fiducia che neanche le scuse più sincere potrebbero ricreare.
Source: prevale.net

“Share your life with a special person, who knows how to love, choose and fight, with true and sincere values. A person who at the mere thought of him, makes your heart beat… simply: your love.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Condividete la vostra vita con una persona speciale, che sappia amare, scegliere e lottare, con dei valori veri e sinceri. Una persona che al solo suo pensiero, vi faccia battere il cuore... semplicemente: il vostro amore.
Source: prevale.net

Personality, Heart, Fight, Love

“Correctness is greatly feared, because it belongs to a true and sincere world.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: È molto temuta la correttezza, perché appartiene ad un mondo vero e sincero.
Source: prevale.net

World, Fear

“The importance, sincerity and authenticity of a compliment lie in its spontaneity.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: L'importanza, la sincerità e l'autenticità di un complimento risiedono nella sua spontaneità.
Source: prevale.net

Lie

“Bewary of anyone who tries to buy love. Without spontaneity and sincerity, love loses its value.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: Diffidate di chiunque cerchi di comprare l'amore. Senza spontaneità e sincerità, l'amore perde il suo valore.
Source: prevale.net

Love

“The only way to build valid, sincere, and meaningful bonds is to be authentic, even if this exposes you to the judgment and misunderstanding of many people.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: L'unico modo per instaurare relazioni autentiche, sincere e significative sarà mostrarsi per ciò che si è veramente, anche se ciò comporterà esporsi al giudizio e all'incomprensione di molte persone.
Source: prevale.net

People, Way

“Sincerity is often mistaken for arrogance, but in its purest form it's a virtue of transparency.”

Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer

Original: La sincerità viene spesso scambiata per arroganza, ma nella sua forma più pura è una virtù di trasparenza.
Source: prevale.net

Quotes about sincerity page 8

Quotes about sincerity
page 8