With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
I have this wholesome disposition in a lot of my characters. A certain earnestness. — Matt Lauria Copy Share Image
“of his. The same earnestness that had stopped her from killing that insane Joruus C’baoth back on Jomark. ” — Timothy Zahn Copy Share Image
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In all earnestness I asked myself what kind of world I had stumbled into. — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
My God, help me always resolutely to strive, and, through life and death, to force my way unto Thee. — Christian Scriver Copy Share Image
Many of the white people [who] have been instruments in the hands of God for our good, even such as have held… — Richard Allen Copy Share Image
You're constantly, in human culture, trying to balance between uplifting, heartfelt, sincere, earnestness that empowers and enlightens people, and the sarcastic cynicism… — Seth Green Copy Share Image
The object of education is not merely to enable our children to gain their daily bread and to acquire pleasant means of… — Hermann Adler Copy Share Image
The most precious wine is produced upon the sides of volcanoes. Now bold and inspiring ideals are only born of a clear… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
I have long discovered that geologists never read each other's works, and that the only object in writing a book is a… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have a face like that,' proceeded the child, with a good deal of earnestness, 'not if you gave me a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“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.… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is the parent of enterprise. Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Patience is only one faculty; earnestness the devotion of all the faculties. Earnestness is the cause of patience; it gives endurance, overcomes… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
“A man may beat down the bitter fruit from an evil tree until he is weary; while the root abides in strength… — John Owen Copy Share Image
There's not a lot of room for un-ironic emotion in contemporary culture. I think that irony is an important tool in dealing… — John Green Copy Share Image
In prayer I was exceedingly enlarged, and my soul was as much drawn out as I ever remember it to have been… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
I feel like in American fiction we're moving out of a period of intense irony, and I'm very glad about that. I… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues the… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Lord, enable us to search our hearts and humble ourselves before Thee. Oh, for a closer walk with God, more faith, more… — Alexander Murdoch Mackay Copy Share Image
“Earnestness means willingness to live with energy, though energy bring pain. The pain may be pain to other people or pain to… — William James Copy Share Image
“I think of the way James proposed, at our favorite New York City restaurant. He'd tucked the ring in his pocket and… — Sarah Jio Copy Share Image
You still think I've gone cracked in the head," Ben said, amused. "Listen, if tomorrow we pulled into Biren and someone told… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Desire for goodness, Mister Reese, leads to earnestness. Earnestness in turn leads to sanctimonious self-righteousness, which breeds intolerance, upon which harsh judgment… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image