Earnestness Quotes

71 quotes by 65 authors

I'm sure Sting's a lovely guy. It's just that nobody wants to be seen as that holier-than-thou thing. That over-earnestness is a bit of a… — Jarvis Cocker
If you want to sin, sin wholeheartedly and openly. Sins too have their lessons to teach the earnest sinner, as virtues the earnest saint. It… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Oh! yes, (the prayer meeting) is the place to meet with the Holy Ghost, and this is the way to get His mighty power. If… — Charles Spurgeon
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul. — Hannah More
No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack. — Edward McKendree Bounds
It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart is so full of affection… — John Bunyan
We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with as much energy as those… — Charles Colson
Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and… — Oswald Chambers
Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life. — William Feather
Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous. — Corita Kent
Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, man consumed with earnestness of purpose,… — B. C. Forbes
We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. — Sarojini Naidu
There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true… — Annie Dillard
I was inspired more by early Bette Midler. I do wear a fancy dress and very high heels - and extra high hair. My goal… — Ana Gasteyer
The tea party saved the Republican Party. In a broad sense, the tea party rescued it from being the fat, unhappy, querulous creature it had… — Peggy Noonan
The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. . . . But… — George Edgar Vincent
For the past thirty years or so, much American poetry has been marked by an earnestness that rejects the comic. This has nothing to do… — Stephen Dobyns
Cultivate a sympathetic heart, humility in dealings, and selflessness in action. If these are practiced with earnestness and sincerity, then you will win the race… — Baba Hari Dass
My own will and desires were now very much broken, and my heart was with much earnestness turned to the Lord, to whom alone I… — John Woolman
Many of the white people [who] have been instruments in the hands of God for our good, even such as have held us in captivity,… — Richard Allen

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