It is possible for two people who have wide differences of preference and opinion, of habits, of teaching, of training, of background and belief to enjoy the company of each other in many ways. Indeed, a diversity of friendships is one of life's real enrichments. To learn of the goodness of those who are unlike-their worth, their sincerity, their good hearts, their good minds, their good company-is rich and rewarding. It is wonderful to have a wide range of choice friends who can be counted on, friends who can be enjoyed and loved and trusted. Such is the meaning of friendship.
The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
Sincerity is always subject to proof.
It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.
But in all the annals of human vice, no power is as destructive or demonic as perverted sincerity
The reason we do not let our friends see the very bottom of our hearts is not so much distrust of them as distrust of ourselves.
An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.
What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait
We did not hesitate to call our movement an army. But it was a special army, with no supplies but its sincerity, no uniform but its determination, no arsenal except its faith, no currency but its conscience.
Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady.
The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other side.
No one who has not examined patiently and honestly the other religions of the world can know what Christianity really is, or can join with such truth and sincerity in the words of St. Paul, "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.
You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another.
Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
Sincerity is the surest road to confidence.
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
It is proof of sincerity, which I value above all things; as, between those who practice it, falsehood and malice work their efforts in vain.
We acknowledge our faults in order to repair by our sincerity the damage they have done us in the eyes of others.
If you have any of these qualities. . . love, kindness, compassion, sincerity and truth in your heart. . . . you will always find your way home.