Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism. — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
Grief ennobles the commonest people because it has its own essential grandeur. To shine with the luster of grief, a person need… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful. — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The cynicism doesn't come across in the final; it can be taken as a very sincere plea for someone to not go… — Babatunde Adebimpe Copy Share Image
There are moments on most days when I feel a deep and sincere gratitude, when I sit at the open window, and… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
Revenge is a debt, in the paying of which the greatest knave is honest and sincere, and, so far as he is… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
But no thoughtful man's life is uninteresting or devoid of marvels. A sincere life cannot be empty of memorable occurrences. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
One's belief that one is sincere is not so dangerous as one's conviction that one is right. We all feel we are… — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha , Jesus , Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said… — Anthony de Mello 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
A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if… — Archibald Alexander Copy Share Image
Nothing is more abhorrent to me than sugary-sweet photography full of pretense, poses, and gimmickry. For this reason, I have allowed myself… — August Sander Copy Share Image
I wonder whether I should gain anything by the attempt to assume a character which is not mine. My wavering manner, born… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
All that is needed is money and a candidate who can be coached to look sincere. Political principles and plans for specific… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I had wished to find in philosophy and religion a remedy for my disgrace; I searched out an asylum to secure me… — Peter Abelard Copy Share Image
Don't let this Ramadan be just a holiday of rituals. Don't finish reading the Quran without it transforming you. Don't feed your… — Yasmin Mogahed Copy Share Image
When we are holding tight to the iron rod, we are in a position to place our hands over theirs and walk… — Rosemary M. Wixom Copy Share Image
Men have cried out to me in sincere and despairing appeal: 'Doctor, I cannot go on like this! I have everything to… — William Duncan Silkworth Copy Share Image
I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The wise men of antiquity, when they wished to make the whole world peaceful and happy, first put their own States into… — Confucius Copy Share Image
I never thought about whether film is inherently more sincere, because certainly I think if Guy Maddin had directed A Series Of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my conscience clear. — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere… — Pope John XXIII Copy Share Image
I believe that constant effort, tireless effort, pursuing clear goals with sincere effort is the only way — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
John Currin's exaggerated realism and his twisted women kept me off balance, never knowing if they were sincere or ironic or some… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I honestly and truly love and believe in what I'm making, and it's not a joke, whereas some people would take a… — Casey Spooner Copy Share Image
A good poem looks life straight in the face, unflinching, sincere, equal to revelation through loss or gain. — David Whyte Copy Share Image
If we merely try to impress people and get people interested in us, we will never have many true, sincere friends. Friends,… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Don't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
You can tell a workingman you like him, but he knows whether you are sincere or not. You can't make him believe… — Charles M. Schwab Copy Share Image
“My ghost is the only soul who ever comes to cry on my grave... Only the skies cried sincerely on my funeral.” — Simona Panova Copy Share Image
It is?classic Bill Clinton, sincere and deceptive at the same time, requiring a careful reading between the lines. — David Maraniss Copy Share Image
With the sincere devotion of our employees, Samsung has achieved stellar performances since its foundation. — Lee Kun-hee Copy Share Image
