We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end.
Georg Buchner

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We started focusing on this in earnest late summer and early fall. I can build more power plants. In the 12 years before us, not a single plant of major consequence was built.
Gray Davis

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
Benjamin Disraeli

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
Charles Dickens

When he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy.
Dwayne Johnson