Sincere Quotations

It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.

I don't care if Margot is a Dame of the British Empire or older than myself. For me she represents eternal youth; there is an absolute musical quality in her beautiful body and phrasing. Because we are sincere and gifted, an intense abstract love is born between us every time we dance together.

When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission. In no way do I believe this means I endorse every single aspect of that organization. That may be naive, and you may disagree, but it is my sincere belief.

Poetry endures when it possesses passionate and primally sincere clarity in the service of articulating universal human concerns.

God is not looking for repayment, but repentance. What heals a broken relationship is sincere love and contrition.

It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.

Sincere and generous collaboration is the best way to fulfil the legitimate aspirations of each person and achieve great collective goals for the common good and the general interest.

You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

Jimmy Stewart was a very sincere, honest and straightforward man.

I am deeply grieved by the loss of the crew of Columbia. I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the astronauts. I believe that their names will remain as the bright sparkling stars in the universe and will light the way for those who will follow them on the difficult roads of space exploration.

The deepest and most sincere feeling I get is when I meet an artist and they have that steel in their eyes and they have that fire and that passion and all they want is to be a star and to hear themselves on the radio.

During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations.

You have to be sincere in your feelings. And fear is one of those, sometimes; doubt is one of those; jealousy, anger - all your emotions are not going to be considered the strong emotions; all of them are not going to be love, happiness, joy.

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

No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

Is a faith without action a sincere faith?

Make your employer feel truthfully that you are sincere with him; that you are going to promote his interest; that you are going to stand for the things which he represents; that you are proud of being a member of his staff, and there is nothing that will reap you a richer reward. Loyalty above all!

Prayer is a privilege and the soul's sincere desire. We can move beyond routine and 'checklist' prayers and engage in meaningful prayer as we appropriately ask in faith and act, as we patiently persevere through the trial of our faith, and as we humbly acknowledge and accept 'not my will, but Thine, be done.'

Anyone with sincere religious beliefs cannot say that all religions are true. That is so illogical it is pathetic. All religion cannot be true because some of them are so diametrically opposed to each other.

People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical.

In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.

I don't realize how rare it is to genuinely have sincere love for everyone you work with. Especially in Hollywood, but even in life.

I have never written a book about my life, despite being offered purses of gold. I made 'Boxes' because I wanted to make a sincere depiction of a daughter who has lost her father, or the jealousy one can feel towards a daughter who has become more beautiful than you and whose stepfather starts to take her shopping.

I'm always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an active, churchgoing Christian.

It's important to build trust if you're trying to deal with big things. Big issues require everybody to get outside their comfort zone, and people are more willing to do so if they believe that their partner is sincere in their efforts. And the only way you can do that is to engage them on a personal level.

Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made.

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.

Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule.

Only the wise know just where predestination ends and free will begins. Meanwhile, you must keep on doing your best, according to your own clearest understanding. you must long for freedom as the drowning man longs for air. Without sincere longing, you will never find God.

Seriously, I don't think there's any right way to do anything apart from if you're just being you; then it's a sincere situation.

Critics used to say that ABBA were formulaic or that our songs were rubbish. We never had time for those comments, though. We were sincere and devoted to what we did.

Those that vow the most are the least sincere.

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

Humility is always a good thing. It's always a good thing to be humbled by circumstances so you can then come from a sincere place to try to deal with them.

When you're pregnant, things - at least for me - get very sincere and very wholesome, and it's about family, and singing becomes about warmth.

If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice.

I was raised to be charming, not sincere.

That's what I like about Frank Ocean or Bon Iver - they try to capture a feeling in the most sincere way.

Luck and being honest and sincere about work has worked for me and helped me reach where I am.

They say you can do honest, sincere work for decades, but you're given in general a 10-year period when what you do touches the zeitgeist - when you're relevant. And I'm aware of that, and I don't want my time to go by.

I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.

Never was a man further from a partiality for Spain than I am. But I think I now have left them in a sincere and steady intention to cultivate the friendship of America.

To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.

If our dreams are sincere desires to achieve, not mere pipe-dreams, there is something deep within ourselves which comes out to meet them and helps to make them realities.

I think people recognize I'm very sincere in what I say.

People are very sincere in their praise, and you can't take it lightly.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

The only times during my religious instruction I remember hearing God's name invoked with any sincere conviction at all was in the oft-repeated and breathtakingly chauvinistic claim that Israel's 'miraculous' military victories over much-stronger enemies proved that He was ever on Zion's side.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

Sincere Christians can disagree about the details of Scripture and theology - absolutely.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

We extend our sincere condolences to the families of our subcontract personnel.

We're getting some interest, but I can't comment on how sincere the interest is, ... We're waiting to see whether people graduate from tire kickers to legitimate interested parties.

Words change over time. 'Condescending,' for instance, was once a good thing to be. It meant that a person was willing to interact politely with people of lower social ranks. In Jane Austen's world, a lady praised for her condescension was receiving a sincere compliment.

We're looking for somebody who's just honest and sincere in their performances. They're singing right from the heart.

Don't be serious, be sincere.

You can tell a workingman you like him, but he knows whether you are sincere or not. You can't make him believe you are interested in his welfare unless you are.

How can we lose when we're so sincere?

That's what show business is, sincere insincerity.

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

Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did.

The sincere Christian knows that what died in Auschwitz was not the Jewish people but Christianity.

Let no-one be in any doubt - the Liberal Democrats are not about to cede our emphatic, sincere and long-standing green credentials for some spray on aerosol version.

made a sincere apology and stands by it, and it should speak for itself.

Lent is, in the end, through alms giving, the occasion for sincere sharing of gifts received with one's brothers and for attention to the needs of the poorest and abandoned ones.

Sincere regret may be a faculty for paying attention to the future, for sensing a new tide where we missed a previous one, for experiencing timelessness with a grandchild where we neglected a boy of our own.

Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time.

Sincere efforts made for the realization of auspicious resolution never go in vain.Such a person naturally becomes the leader of the masses.

Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron

One who makes a resolution and then makes sincere efforts to realize his dreams, nothing stops him from realizing his goal.

On Jammu and Kashmir, the two sides agreed to continue to address the issue in a sincere and purposeful manner,

My deeds now are simple, for I'm a simple man. But (they're) honest .Ê.Ê. come from a sincere heart .Ê.Ê. I'm definitely not the same foolish misguided person I once was.

My deeds now are simple, for I'm a simple man. But (they're) honest . . . come from a sincere heart . . . I'm definitely not the same foolish misguided person I once was.

Must I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

needed to offer a personal, passionate and sincere renunciation of racism and segregation in all its forms, and he did that.

I am here to further develop the history-honored relations between the two countries. I also come to thank the Iranian government and nation for their sincere help to Iraq,

I am happy whatever you become; just remain truthful and sincere to your own being.

But that's not to say it's not sincere as well.

Chinese embassy is the home of all Chinese people living abroad, and we would like to express our sincere wishes to everybody here to have a wonderful future.

I make a sincere effort to do some form of exercise every day, except for Sunday. That's church and hang out day.

I can only imagine how upset the Sacramento State men's basketball team must be. On behalf of the University of Montana, I express our deepest and most sincere apology.

I extend my sincere gratitude to all donors and their families for the hope they provide others.

I encouraged both of them to redouble their efforts to bring these talks to a conclusion, ... They both indicated to us their sincere willingness to spend as much time as necessary to finalize these issues.

I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people.

Given the revelations that are coming out about Roberts from these documents, it does beg the question as to whether the White House is sincere in its efforts to reach out to minorities and other groups.

If something like that was said, I don't think that was his sincere desire. He didn't want to be physically present in front of the judge. So we came to an accommodation.

He is a man of strong convictions. That was especially helpful to me in those impressionable days. He could hear and not judge. He has sincere compassion for people.

Today I have described the same ancient science to you, because you are my sincere devotee and friend. Karma-yoga is a supreme secret indeed.

His speech at the Boeing aircraft plant has delivered a very important message to the American people. The Chinese Government and enterprises are very sincere about business co-operation with the United States .

When they snub 'E.T.' in favor of 'Gandhi,' it's a salute to the noble ideas and high-mindedness and values of Gandhi. It's not a sincere belief that that was the best film of the year.

He was a colorful guy and very sincere guy. I'm saddened because he's gone.

He wants to show respect to the family, and if he were to say anything to the family, it would be he extends his sincere sympathies and they're in his thoughts and prayers. A day doesn't go by, an hour doesn't go by, that he doesn't think about this.

He wanted me to express his very sincere appreciation to all of the people in the world who have expressed their prayers and support for him,

It becomes obvious when people are sincere in their criticism and when they're not. I've learned over time that people will always have something to say.

It is my sincere wish to make joint efforts with you to promote the peaceful and steady development of the cross-Straits relations and create a bright future for the Chinese nation,