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Earnest Person Quotes

8 quotes from 5 authors

If you’ve ever admired someone who wears honesty like a badge, this modest set of eight quotes offers a quick look at how different thinkers describe that earnest spirit. It’s a brief, yet thoughtful, snapshot of what makes a person truly genuine.

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Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance.

Herman Melville

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“I’LL TAKE an earnest person over a hip person every time, because hip is short-term. Earnest is long-term. Earnestness is highly underestimated.…

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Personally, if I like someone I'm pretty earnest with that one person. So I've dated only a few over the years.

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“I'll take an earnest person over a hip person any time, because hip is short-term. Earnest is long-term.”

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If an earnest person has roused himself, if he is not forgetful, if his deeds are pure, if he acts with consideration,…

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“I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every time, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.”

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Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.

America Ferrera

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I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.

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