Quotes about Sincerity
It is not that I want merely to be called a Christian, but actually to be one. Yes, if I prove to be one, then I can have the name.
— Ignatius of Antioch
The best prayers have often more groans than words.
— John Bunyan
The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.
— St. John Chrysostom
A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret before God Almighty, that he is and no more.
— John Owen
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.
— Hannah More
We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to live one way and pray another.
— William Law
Only the prayer which comes from our heart can get to God's heart.
— Charles Spurgeon
True prayer is measured by weight, not by length
— Charles Spurgeon
The greater your cares, the more genuine your prayers
— Max Lucado
The most fervent prayer meetings are in hell.
— Leonard Ravenhill
When we become too glib in prayer we are most surely talking to ourselves.
— AW Tozer
Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.
— Teresa of Avila