#sincere

If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything. ↗

— Jean Racine

#believe #could #i #if i could #put

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not. ↗

— Jules Renard

#even #i #i am #say #sincere

Men and women of every faith and good people with none at all sincerely strive to do right and lead a purpose-driven life. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#faith #good #good people #lead #life

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#insincere #perverse #than #thought

We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#good #hope #hyped #i #i hope that

I've had the thought that a person's 'artistic vision' is really just the cumulative combination of whatever particular stances he has sincerely occupied during his creative life - even if some of those might appear contradictory. ↗

— George Saunders

#artistic #combination #contradictory #creative #creative life

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#before #fraught #laughter #look #our

Well, I think that if you sincerely try to imagine what life is like for another person - not in a mocking way, not in a satirical way, but in a sincere, compassionate way - I don't think that's exploitive. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#compassionate #i #i think #imagine #life

While the President leads his potential adversaries in almost every state, his support is soft. He is seen as honest, sincere, just, and friendly but gets mediocre or relatively poor ratings being competent strong, intelligent, and a forceful leader. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#almost #being #competent #every #forceful

The Tone is the Message. ↗

— Kevin T. McCarney

#connecting #honest #leadership #listening #management