Quotes about Sincerity
Authenticity begins when you start by admitting that you are inauthentic.
— John Piper
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
— John Quincy Adams
I want to always be classy and honest, and I always want to have fun with music, and if I can't really express who I am through my music, then it's not really fun anymore.
— India Arie
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
— George Washington
One thing about me is I try to be honest.
— Lou Holtz
We live in a world of evaluations, assessments, and measurements, but Jesus turns his gaze deeper because he knows that what is measurable can be faked.
— Scot McKnight
I've caught myself a time or two adding or embellishing. I don't think that pleases the Lord. I don't think He needs my dishonesty to convey His gospel.
— Max Lucado
I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it.
— Mark Twain
I knowed very well why they wouldn't come. It was because my heart warn't right; it was because I warn't square; it was because I was playing double.
— Mark Twain
A Russian imbues his polite things with a heartiness, both of phrase and expression, that compels belief in their sincerity.
— Mark Twain
After much reflection—suppose it was a lie? What then? Was it such a great matter? Aren't we always acting lies? Then why not tell them?
— Mark Twain
Children and fools _always_ speak the truth. The deduction is plain --adults and wise persons _never_ speak it.
— Mark Twain