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• 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… — Jarvis Cocker
• 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
• Oh! yes, (the prayer meeting) is the place to meet with the Holy Ghost, and this is the way to get His… — Charles Spurgeon
• Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness… — 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… — John Bunyan
• We should always pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should always act with as much… — Charles Colson
• Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with… — 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… — B. C. Forbes
• We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action. — Sarojini Naidu

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