Sincerity Quotes

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
Robert Hall

Friend, Opinion, Once

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Oscar Wilde

Great, Dangerous, Deal

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Confucius

Kindness, Perfect, Soul

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
Charles Spurgeon

Hypocrite, Person, Makes

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
Douglas Adams

Money, Integrity, Real

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.
Albert Camus

Friendship, Truth, Nothing

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.
Albert Camus

Men, Death, Efforts

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.
Thomas Carlyle

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
George Orwell

Truth, Emotional, Important

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.
Tacitus

Truth, Freedom, Fear

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Truth, Else, Tell

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Good, Mind, Makes

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.
George Eliot

Rather, Belief, Satisfied

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.
Thomas Fuller

Hypocrite, Enough, Far

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.
George Henry Lewes

Strength, Weakness, Error

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love.
Morihei Ueshiba

Love, Best, Society

Sincerity is the way to heaven.
Mencius

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
James Russell Lowell

Character, Impossible, Whole

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
Mencius

Greater, Conscious, Delight

Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
Mason Cooley

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.
Chen Shui-bian

Peace, Great, Wisdom

You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a fruit fly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer's heart.
Fred Allen

Heart, Enough, Place

I never find sincerity offensive... so, be sincere.
Christopher Meloni

Find, Sincere, Offensive

Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Truth, Genius, Enthusiasm

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Flower, Either, Nor

Sincerity may be humble but she cannot be servile.
George Byron

Humble, May, Cannot

Sincerity is not only effective and honourable, it is also much less difficult than is commonly supposed.
George Henry Lewes

Difficult, Less, Effective

Children go where they find sincerity and authenticity.
Eric Cantona

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
George Henry Lewes

Rebellion, Antagonism

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.
Xun Zi

Knowledge, Deep, Ease

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