Sincerity is true wisdom. [ Tillotson ]
Sincerity gives wings to power.
True sincerity sends for no witness. [ Proverb ]
The test of sincerity is fruitfulness. [ Canon Farrar ]
Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous. [ Kant ]
Sincerity is the face of the soul, as dissimulation is the mask. [ Daniel Dubay ]
Sincerity, truth, faithfulness, come into the very essence of friendship. [ William Ellery Channing ]
To praise great actions with sincerity may be said to be taking part in them. [ Rochefoucauld ]
Sincerity is the way to heaven. To think how to be sincere is the way of man. [ Confucius ]
Sincerity makes the least man to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite. [ Spurgeon ]
Say what you have to say in the simplest sincerity, in the fewest and shortest words. [ Gerald Massey, The Art of Authorship, 1891 ]
I will love you always!
This is the eternal lie that lovers tell with the greatest sincerity.
The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]
Judge thyself with a judgment of sincerity, and thou wilt judge others with a judgment of charity. [ Mason ]
Sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first characteristic of all men in any way heroic. [ Carlyle ]
Sincerity is the indispensable ground of all conscientiousness, and by consequence of all heartfelt religion. [ Kant ]
I should say sincerity, a deep, great, genuine sincerity, is the first characteristic of all men in any way heroic. [ Carlyle ]
Sincerity is impossible unless it pervades the whole being; and the pretence saps the very foundations of character. [ Lowell ]
She hath a natural, wise sincerity, a simple truthfulness; and these have lent her a dignity as moveless as the centre. [ Lowell ]
There are attractions in modest diffidence above the force of words. A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity. [ Goldsmith ]
The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint. The affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety. [ Lavater ]
Whatever distrust we may have of the sincerity of those who converse with us, we always believe they will tell us more truth than they do to others. [ La Rochefoucauld ]
There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot be gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect. [ Zimmermann ]
One should never take sides in anything - taking sides is the beginning of sincerity, and earnestness follows shortly after, and the human being becomes a bore. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]
The attempt to make one false impression on the mind of a friend respecting ourselves is of the nature of perfidy. Sincerity should be observed most scrupulously. [ William Ellery Channing ]
Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be. [ Tillotson ]
The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another. [ Carlyle ]
Affectation in any part of our carriage is lighting up a candle to our defects, and never fails to make us be taken notice of either as wanting sense or wanting sincerity. [ Locke ]
Sincerity is an openness of heart; it is found in a very few people, and that which we see. commonly is not it, but a subtle dissimulation, to gain the confidence of others. [ Rochefoucauld ]
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm; it is the real allegory of the tale of Orpheus; it moves stones, it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it. [ Bulwer ]
To be forward to praise others implies either great eminence, that can afford to part with applause; or great quickness of discernment, with confidence in our own judgments; or great sincerity and love of truth, getting the better of our self-love. [ Hazlitt ]
Did you ever hear of a man who had striven all his life faithfully and singly towards an object, and in no measure obtained it? If a man constantly aspires, is he not elevated? Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them, - that it was a vain endeavor? [ Thoreau ]
If a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter (speaking as to the concernments of this world), if a man spent his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw; but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of conversation while he is in it, let him make use of truth and sincerity in all his words and actions; for nothing but this will last and hold out to the end. [ Tillotson ]