When we really start searching for the truth in stories, we can find it everywhere, not just in sincere confessions but in the deliberate lies and imagined possibilities, the magic and fantasy, and all the other unreal elements that go into the concoction of identity.
Our sincere desire should be to have both clean hands and a pure heart – both a remission of sins from day to day and to walk guiltless before God.
We saw that on the Turkish side there was a sincere wish for peace. But before I could even put my foot back on Greek soil people called me a traitor.
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.
Whenever you try to say something in a sincere way, it gets communicated no matter what the genre.
On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.
Sincere Christians can disagree about the details of Scripture and theology – absolutely.
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.
But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you’re being sincere all the time.
People are very sincere in their praise, and you can’t take it lightly.
Always be sincere, even if you don’t mean it.
To admit regret is to understand that we are fallible – that there are powers beyond us. To admit regret is to lose control not only of a difficult past but of the very story we tell about our present. To admit sincere and abiding regret is one of our greatest but unspoken contemporary sins.
A sincere seeker knows what his goal is: the highest Truth. He will not delay his journey. In spiritual life, we aspire for the highest Truth, for God, nothing else.
In all sincere speech there is power, not necessarily great power, but as much as the speaker is capable of.
Sincere practice, makes the impossible possible.
Malice is always authentic and sincere.
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to their new homes west of the Mississippi.
If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice.
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.
Mrs. Obama has a hug – a sincere and friendly embrace – that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.
Jimmy Stewart was a very sincere, honest and straightforward man.
Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought.
Along with a sense of humor, my songs have to be sincere, and they have to be sung from a position of inner conviction.
Richard Pryor had real sincere and vulnerable moments.
I’m a big fan of saying the thing that is not necessarily sincere or earnest, but definitely honest.
I came all this way for a reason. Today is the day of salvation. Trust Jesus to save you. Then be sincere as God knows a pretender.
Janhvi is a very sincere actress. She respects me a lot, and I, too, respect her for the sincerity and commitment towards her work.
Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect or come to us when we want or in the way we anticipate.
Always be sincere, even when you don’t mean it.
Ask those who love Him with a sincere love, and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than in loving conversation with their Divine Friend.
Flamenco is the most honest and visceral music. You have to be sincere when you sing it. If you’re not, it doesn’t work.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
I think people recognize I’m very sincere in what I say.
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
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.
I never quite understood why Disney hadn’t made a sincere fairy tale since ‘Beauty and the Beast.’
Please let me assure you, however, that the keen disappointment and regret which I feel in this regard serve only to enhance my profound appreciation of the great honor which you have done me; and my sincere gratitude for your generous action.
Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
I will engage in sincere negotiations with the United States and China to find a solution to the THAAD problem.
A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.
My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it’s okay to be sincere; it’s okay to be yourself; it’s okay to be real.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
I can get away with anything. But when I try to be sincere, people just roll their eyes.
My whole goal is to be honest and sincere with the music I’m making.
Faith is a very intimate process that involves being sincere and truthful to a spiritual presence.
The first test any poem must pass is no longer, ‘Is it true to nature?’ but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, ‘Is it sincere? Is it genuine?’
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.
I made the decision to turn pro, and I remember what Ali said to me: ‘Get Angelo Dundee. He’s the right complexion with the right connection.’ He knew boxing. Our relationship was so genuine, so sincere.
Actors who are lovers in real life are often incapable if playing the part of lovers to an audience. It is equally true that sympathy between actors who are not lovers may create a temporary emotion that is perfectly sincere.
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.
I come from one of these hideous backgrounds where being sincere is like – ugh, you might as well kill yourself.
I have trouble watching singers because they are so sincere.
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.
The more sincere I could be, the better it would be for the film.
Far more books get written about how to get more people in your church than how to get the people already in your church to have more humility and sincere love.
I want to say a very sincere thank you for this welcome home – it is a wonderful welcome home. It is the place to where I return and where I will always return because it is of Galway that I am.
To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.
I have relationships with people I’m working with, based on our combined interest. It doesn’t make the relationship any less sincere, but it does give it a focus that may not last beyond the experience.
It’s a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.
No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful.
The way I see it, it doesn’t matter what you believe just so you’re sincere.
We have to protect the rights of every person and group to follow their sincere religious belief peacefully without hurting other people.
No man can produce great things who is not thoroughly sincere in dealing with himself.
It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence when it comes to providing medical care. This proposed rule will be harmful to communities who wish to upgrade their medical facilities.
For me, I can only do that from my own experience with people I’ve known and things that I’ve lived and experienced. That’s what good pop music is all about, pop music that does reach out to people. It’s very personalized and very real, honest and sincere.
With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.
What I try to impart to a musician is to really try to practice the instrument in a really sincere way. Learn as much about music as you possibly can. Learn composition. Study to try to create compositions of your own and put your own personal touch on your music.
