All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds;and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere;and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry. (rahimullah) - Imam Shafi’i
Be sincere; be brief; be seated. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. - Anton Chekhov
I can cross the boundless ocean just to save you, I cannot eat or sleep without you, I can take you on a journey to heaven and show you to the angels. All these are fake and absurd promises; Be sincere, walk up to your lover and say, honestly, darling, i can only do the best i can for you. - Michael Bassey Johnson
Christ manifests his divine leadership in your sincere followership. Christ's followers become true leaders because Christ is the model of true leadership. - Israelmore Ayivor
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. - Abraham Lincoln
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
A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication. - Idries Shah
The best gift that we can give to our friends is true love and sincere appreciation. - Debasish Mridha
One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say. - Bryant McGill
Because," I said, "the japanese were as responsible as the Germans for turning Americans into a bunch of bankrupt militaristic fuckups - after we'd done such a good job of being sincere war-haters after the First World War. - Kurt Vonnegut
Be jealous of fellow men, but of those men who are pious - your fellow men who are honest, sincere and loyal with their friends, family and teachings of their Creator. See everyone as equal and wish no harm on anyone - who are we to judge each other when we are being judged by our Creator. - Mizan Chaudhury
An awesome thing children need is a frank smile from a sincere heart - Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
(I) only write it now because I have grown to believe that there is no dangerous idea, which does not become less dangerous when written out in sincere and careful English. ("The Adoration of The Magi") - W.B. Yeats
God is looking for sincere men he could send to politics to manage politics for him. - Sunday Adelaja
I'm not always sincere. One can't be in this world, you know. - Greta Garbo
It's only when you learn, live and give sincere service that you can experience life's deepest fulfillment and true joy - Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. - Aristotle
Lack of spiritual desire should grieve us and lead us to lament its absence, to seek earnestly for its bestowal, so that our praying, henceforth, should be an expression of the soul's sincere desire. - E.M.Bounds
A young child is a leader to an elderly person once his purpose has a faithful, sincere and trustworthy influence on people. Leadership is not restricted to position and age; it is self-made and influencial. Everyone has this self-leadership quality. - Israelmore Ayivor
A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century. - Swami Vivekananda
Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, "I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction". - Tryon Edwards
Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere. - W. Somerset Maugham
Be sincere to nobody else, but yourself. - Abhijit Naskar
The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere. - Elizabeth Gilbert
Children always give this simple message: Be natural, be sincere, be yourself! - Mehmet Murat ildan
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Virtuous motives, trammeled by inertia and timidity, are no match for armed and resolute wickedness. A sincere love of peace is no excuse for muddling hundreds of millions of humble folk into total war. The cheers of the weak, well-meaning assemblies soon cease to count. Doom marches on. - Sir Winston Churchill
To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love. - Kamand Kojouri
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship. - Sir Francis Bacon
No matter whether you’re a gay or a mixed race couple; when you’re drawn together, ultimately it doesn’t matter what everybody thinks because it’s so honest, true, and sincere. How can that be wrong? - Tegan Quin
Technology has bridged the gap of distant communication,bringing friends and family closely together but no matter the number of ‘likes’, tweets, chats, comments, posts and shares, none can compare to a sincere smile, a kind kiss and a warm hug - Bernard Kelvin Clive
The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable.
GOD will never disregard or turn away sincere prayers from those who diligently seek Him and humbly call upon His Name. - Errol Anthony Smythe
Do you think that anger is a sincere emotion, or just the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain? - Andrea Gibson
Christmas is conceptualized with solidarity. That's nice! But let us at least be aware that it does not solve the problem. However, doing your part, it's a start. It does not have to be material help, start with a sincere and cozy hug in your loved ones.A gesture, worth more than thousand words! - 1 Minuto na Palma da Mão
When you start giving, instead of getting, you make a difference… You can always give a warm smile, a sincere hello, a positive vibe… your concern, your attention, your time, your love, and kindness to those around you. - Roy Bennett
Religious unity does not come so easily. It is not a piece of pie, which you can buy in the shop. It takes sincere efforts from every single human being on this planet. - Abhijit Naskar
Let me fly in your own sky, soaring and grasping your tranquil thoughts, touching your dreams with my sincere prayers. - Ibaa Younis
By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them. - Christian Dior
When you start giving, instead of getting, you make a difference. You can always give a warm smile, a sincere hello, a positive vibe… your attention, your time, your love, and kindness to those around you. - Roy T. Bennett
Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds).
Afterall a concerned sincere heart & clear conscience is what matters & nothing else... - Aanu
A man who makes a plate or a shirt or a loaf of bread or anything our great great ancestors called a work of art, has no need to try to be sincere; all he can do is practice his craft to the best of his ability. But once he starts making useless things, how can he not be sincere? - René Daumal
Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary. - Mark Twain
Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith. 1 Timothy 1:5 - Apostle Paul
One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. - Henry Miller
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not. - Jules Renard
Anyone can revolt. It is more difficult silently to obey our own inner promptings, and to spend our lives finding sincere and fitting means of expression for our temperament and our gifts. - Georges Rouault
Weak people cannot be sincere.
All right, so you believe in Santa Claus, and I'll believe in the 'Great Pumpkin.' The way I see it, it doesn't matter what you believe just so you're sincere! (Linus) - Charles M. Schulz
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
One minute of sincere gratitude can wash away a lifetime’s disappointments. - Silvia Hartmann
A love letter can be very short or it can be long; it can be literary or non-literary; it can be bright or dark, cheerful or tragic. But above all, for a love letter to be a love letter it must be sincere! - Mehmet Murat ildan
A sincere attitude of gratitude is a beatitude for secured altitudes. Appreciate what you have been given and you will be promoted higher. - Israelmore Ayivor
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. - T. S. Eliot
Embrace your journey and those who come across your path. Be gracious in your endeavors. Focus on your craft. Those who support your dreams now and feel your sincere humility and gratitude will be there 20, 30, 40 years from now, padding your old bones and time worn, weary soul. - Ann Marie Frohoff
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King Jr.
Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and examplary life. - Israelmore Ayivor
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. - Sara Paddison
It’s misleading or deceptive in a way that such skills are learned like any other — simple practice, sincere investment over time. Yes, like small steps, one at a time, to cross the bridge. Just a single step today. - Darrell Calkins
You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or is discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime. - Dale Carnegie
If the path set before her feet was to be narrow she knew that flowers of quiet happiness would bloom along it. The joy of sincere work and worthy aspiration and congenial friendship were to be hers; nothing could rob her of her birthright of fancy or her ideal world of dreams. - L. M. Montgomery
If you don’t stand sincere by your wordshow sincere can the people be?Take great care over words, treasure them.1.17 - Lao Tzu
When complimented, a sincere "thank you" is the only response required. - H. Jackson Brown Jr.
The secret of success is a pleasant personality with a sincere enthusiastic attitude. - Debasish Mridha
Suicide is the utmost sincere and candid apology to the ones you hurt most - Christopher J Marshall
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. - George Bernard Shaw
I am not sincere, not even when I say I am not. - Jules Renard
If true acts of worship must be sincere without expecting anything, it should not need to be able to offer the promise of anything - Handi Priyono
A sincere call to the Almighty can change what you may have thought was impossible to change. Never lose hope. - Mufti Ismail Menk
America's racism is among their own fellow whites. That's where sincere whites who really mean to accomplish something have got to work. - Malcolm X
If we can learn anything from Lord Ganesha, it is: Be sincere and care no one in the line of duty. - Mohith Agadi
The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights. - Giotto di Bondone