Sincere Quotes - Page 4

• A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Friendship, Best Friend

  'Essays' (1841) 'Friendship'

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• Those that vow the most are the least sincere.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Sincerity, Vow

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• The sincere alone can recognize sincerity.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Sincerity

  Thomas Carlyle (2016). “Heroes and Hero Worship: The Historian”, p.193, 北戴河出版

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• Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other man's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise, and people will cherish your words and treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime - repeat them years after you have forgotten them.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Appreciation

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• Perhaps a great deed is belittled by an intention. And perhaps a small deed, by sincere intention, is made great

  Abdullah ibn Mubarak

  Deeds, Intention, Made

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• People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.

  Anton Chekhov

  People, House Guests, Meetings

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• Be not forgetful of prayer. Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling and new meaning in it, which will give you fresh courage, and you will understand that prayer is an education.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Prayer, Giving, Feelings

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2017). “The Brothers Karamazov (English Russian Edition illustrated): Братья Карамазовы (англо-русская редакция иллюстрированная)”, p.756, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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• It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will happen below.

  Joseph M. Juran

  Top Management, Important, Quality

  Joseph M. Juran (1945). “Management of Inspection and Quality Control”

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• Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise.

  Bill Walsh

  Lame, Compliment, Praise

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• Don't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith.

  Billy Graham

  Christian, Respect, People

  FaceBook post by Billy Graham from Apr 10, 2013

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• Approach or come: refers not to the physical act of coming, but to the mental attitude; the heart is
  mentioned for sincerity. When they sincerely promise not to fight against you, do not pursue them.
  Remember that if they had fought against you, your difficulties would have been increased. Their
  neutrality itself may be a great advantage to you. So long as you are satisfied that they are sincere
  and their acts support their declarations of peace with you, you should not consider yourself justified
  in pursuing them and warring against them.

  Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  Attitude, Heart, Fighting

  Abdullah Yusuf Ali (2004). “The Meaning of the Holy Qu'ran”, Amana Pubns

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• Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Prayer, Believe, Heart

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1839). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an Essay on His Genius and Writings”, p.486

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• To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts and deep sympathy. With the benefit of historical hindsight we can all see things which we would wish had been done differently or not at all.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Sympathy, Past, History

  "Gerry Adams: Queen's Ireland regret not enough", www.cnn.com. May 19, 2011.

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• I think that rather than condemning Islam, Islam needs to be studied by those who are sincere.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Thinking, Islam, Needs

  "Farrakhan and Tavis Smiley--One on One". Interview with Minister Louis Farrakhan by National Public Radio host Tavis Smiley, www.finalcall.com. July 09, 2003.

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• The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle. Anger is just, and pity is just, but judgement is never just.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Anger, Justice, Judgement

  D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.8192, Delphi Classics

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• Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition...The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. ~ Every class is unfit to govern ... Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

  Lord Acton

  Mean, Men, Class

  "The History of Freedom in Antiquity". Book by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1907.

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• Eisenhower's career demonstrated how it is possible to fool all the people all the time...'I may be stupid,' he once said at a press conference, 'but at least I'm sincere!' Actually, he was neither, but it suited his purpose to play the part of the bumbling man of good will who was 'not an expert in these matters' but somehow would do his best.

  Gore Vidal

  Stupid, Men, Play

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• What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion.

  Max Jacob

  Reality, Giving, Illusion

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• The foundations of democratic transition should be laid in accordance with a sincere and committed strategy that is supported by various policy tools, and implemented wisely

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Foundation, Transition, Tools

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• I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It's more important to confirm the least sincere. The clouds get enough attention as it is.

  Frank O'Hara

  Regret, Clouds, People

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• The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural, true, and sincere way, without murmuring, complaining, or exaggerating them.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Men, Suffering, Desire

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• Am I honest? Am I sincere? Do I really desire first the praise of God?

  J. C. Ryle

  Desire, Firsts, Honest

  J.C. Ryle (2015). “Bible commentary - The gospel of John”, p.90, Editora Dracaena

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• I don't invent anything. I imagine everything... most of the time, I have drawn my images from the daily life around me. I think that it is by capturing reality in the humblest, most sincere, most everyday way I can, that I can penetrate to the extraordinary.

  Brassai

  Reality, Thinking, Everyday

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• We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never lived. But I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after the Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, profoundly, with perfect honesty and nicely adjusted judgment- until they believed that without doubt or question they had found the Truth. That was the end of the search. The man spent the rest of his hunting up shingles wherewith to protect his Truth from the weather.

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Honesty, Men

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• Katherine Kenton remains among the generation of women who feel that the most sincere form of flattery is the male erection.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Males, Generations, Flattery

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