sincerity Quotes

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.

What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.

Tell the truth, but tell it slant.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

You are in a pitiable condition if you have to conceal what you wish to tell.

A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.