I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it – but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority: and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

I don’t need you to be funny. I don’t want to be entertained.

I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Even in the United States, the enslavement of African descendants continued until the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. That brutal form of slavery was abolished there hardly thirty years before it was abolished in Cuba.

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

The fact is that when you do something from your heart, you leave a heart print.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart.

First of all, you ask me if the God of Christians forgives one who doesn’t believe and doesn’t seek the faith. Premise that – and it’s the fundamental thing – the mercy of God has no limits if one turns to him with a sincere and contrite heart; the question for one who doesn’t believe in God lies in obeying one’s conscience.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

I have been as sincere a worshipper of Aurora as the Greeks.

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.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that’s the way I am.

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author’s soul.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States – old as well as new – North as well as South.

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.

Always be sincere, even if you don’t mean it.

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).

To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons.

I like to have strong opinions with nothing to back them up with besides my primal sincerity. I like sincerity. I lack sincerity.

Sincere Christians can disagree about the details of Scripture and theology – absolutely.