Quotes about Sincerity
Christians don't tell lies, they just go to church and sing them. How many times have you stood and sang, "Take my life and let it be" when you haven't given Him one ounce?
— Leonard Ravenhill
I reject any pretence at kindness you have the hypocrisy to offer.
— Emily Bronte
Good words., I replied. But deeds must prove it also.
— Emily Bronte
Take warning and begone! It's a kindness to let you have a glimpse of her genuine disposition.
— Emily Bronte
I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches, and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions, and him entirely and altogether
— Emily Bronte
They do live more in earnest, more in themselves, and less in surface change, and frivolous external things.
— Emily Bronte
False friends will launch their covert sneers; True friends will wish me dead; And I shall cause the bitterest tears That you have ever shed.
— Emily Bronte
Do not try to seem wise to others. If you want to live a wise life, live it on your own terms and in your own eyes.
— Epictetus
And who can give to another the things which he has not himself?
— Epictetus
Jesus didn't die for us so we could pretend to be something we're not.
— Joyce Meyer
You've got to demand the truth from yourself.
— Glenn Beck
Like the creation, man's games are an expression of freedom . . . for playing relates to the joy of the creator with his creation and the pleasure of the player with his game. Like creation, games combine sincerity and mirth, suspense and relaxation. The player is wholly absorbed in his game and takes it seriously, yet at the same time he transcends himself and his game, for it is after all only a game.22
— Peter Scazzero