Sincerity Quotes
558 Sincerity quotes by 405 unique authors
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Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Sincerity must be bought at a price: the humility to recognize our innumerable errors, and fidelity in tirelessly setting them right.
— Thomas Merton
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The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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To cook is not just to prepare food for someone or to cook for yourself; it is to express your sincerity. So when you cook…
— Shunryu Suzuki
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He who with sincerity seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose.
— Hazrat Inayat Khan
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RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Sincerity seems to be a problem today. I'd rather be true and hated than be false and fool people.
— Kristen Stewart
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I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I…
— Malcolm X
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In my acting, I have to identify with something in the character. The big tough boy on the side of right - that's me. Simple…
— John Wayne
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When we face problems with compassion, sincerity, and good motivation, our solutions may take longer, but ultimately they are better.
— Dalai Lama
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With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. The Vaishnavas will realize God, and so will the Saktas, the Vedantists, and the…
— Ramakrishna
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Friendship is one of the greatest gifts a human being can receive. It is a bond beyond common goals, common interests, or common histories. It…
— Henri Nouwen
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Every successful man must have behind him somewhere tremendous integrity, tremendous sincerity, and that is the cause of his signal success in life. He may…
— Swami Vivekananda
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While sincerity is to carry the weight of knowledge in the self, it is also to be the lightness of being clean.
— John de Ruiter
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So let us begin anew -- remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.…
— John F. Kennedy
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I do not pretend to be a divine man, but I do believe in divine guidance, divine power, and in the fulfillment of divine prophecy.…
— Malcolm X
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Sincerity is romantic. I don't think you need gestures.
— Simon Cowell
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Ceremony and great professing renders friendship as much suspect as it does religion.
— William Wycherley
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I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
— Jules Renard
Who Wrote These Sincerity Quotes
405 authors contributed a total of 558 Sincerity Quotes, led by these top contributors: