All Quotes By Tag: Sincerity
“A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.”
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“If there should be but one at his Table mourning for sin, loving his salvation, & unfeignedly desirous to promote his praise, He will appreciate such sincerity amid abounding dissimulation & be known to that communicant in the breaking of Bread. The Secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will show ‘them His covenant.’ Christ loved me and gave himself for me! From the abasement of Christ, faith rises to His Exaltation. The eye that looks up to the cross of Christ, looks up to the Heavens, and sees, in these heavens, the glory of God & Jesus standing at the right hand of God. — David King, ‘The Lord’s Supper”
“To make life a masterpiece, design your life with uncompromising sincerity and love.”
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“You ask me why I don’t speakNot a word at willBut write so much worth well over a mill’Well I value words like I value kissesA sober one, a closer one penetrates the heartDarling it’s how it mends it”
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“Anyone can just speak words, but only one that is tried-and-true can mean them.”
“Your deepest prayers are your sincerest actions. They are always rewarded.”
“Tell me of this Wizard Howl of yours”. Sophie’s teeth chattered but she said proudly, “He’s the best wizard in Ingary or anywhere else. If he’d only had time, he would have defeated that djinn. And he’s sly and selfish and vain as a peacock and cowardly, and you can’t pin him down to anything.”
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“Believe in your character. Animate (or write) with sincerity.”
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“There are 4 types of windows: to the yard (home); for the road (trip); to the universe (heaven); and to the soul (eyes).”
“I am an extremely sincere individual. I am sincere, to a fault. One of the many things that I have come to realize, to learn, is that sincerity must be reserved and given only to those who deserve it. And one must save one’s emotions, channeling them only to the people who are worthy of it. One must not throw one’s pearls to the pigs.”
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“For it is our most secret desire that governs and dominates all. If your eyes look for nothing but evil, you will always see evil triumphant; but if you have learned to let your glance rest on sincerity, simpleness, truth, you will ever discover, deep down in all things, the silent overpowering victory of that which you love.”
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“Take lightly what you hear about individuals. We need not distort trust for our paltry little political agendas. We tend to trust soulless, carried information more than we trust soulful human beings; but really most people aren’t so bad once you sit down and have an honest, one-on-one conversation with them, once, with an open heart, you listen to their explanations as to why they act the way they act, or say what they say, or do what they do.”
“My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?”
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“Vulnerable, like all men, to the temptations of arrogance, of which intellectual pride is the worst, he [the scientist] must nevertheless remain sincere and modest, if only because his studies constantly bring home to him that, compared with the gigantic aims of science, his own contribution, no matter how important, is only a drop in the ocean of truth.”
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“The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.”
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