Quotes about Sincerity

See, then, the nature of pure and genuine religion. It consists in faith, united with a serious fear of God, comprehending a voluntary reverence, and producing legitimate worship agreeable to the injunctions of the law. And this requires to be the more carefully remarked, because men in general render to God a formal worship, but very few truly reverence him; while great ostentation in ceremonies is universally displayed, but sincerity of heart is rarely to be found.

Men will never worship God with a sincere heart, or be roused to fear and obey Him with sufficient zeal until they properly understand how much they are indebted to His mercy.

All those who go around draped with a false sanctimoniousness do it by the devil's prodding; because no one can worship God rightly with outward ceremonies, for true worshipers adore him in spirit and in truth (John 4:24).

And swearNo whereLives a woman true, and fair.

There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.

No man can be merry unless he is serious.

Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else.

It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.

Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.

Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.