Sincerity is one of the most important human qualities, the foundation of healthy relationships, an important property of a person. This is the first and main component of such psychological traits in the portrait of an individual as truthfulness and honesty. To be sincere with someone means, of course, to be in a special relationship of trust with this person, often it means letting a person into the intimate sphere of thoughts and reflections, explanations of motives and actions.
All these aspects of sincerity in the aggregate make it extremely important in interpersonal communication. First of all, this applies to love, romance. How can one be with a person, not trusting her or him, not entrusting himself, not opening mutually? But it is also true that sincerity is important in friendly communication. After all, a friend is one whom you can trust, who you can rely on. It is always human nature to strive to find a foothold, and sincerity is the quality that successfully helps in this.
In addition, in addition to the intimate space of the individual, sincerity plays an important role in the public life of a person. So, for example, a sincere (or one who can create such an image) politician will have much higher ratings. Sincerity here is largely a guarantee of reputation, and the desire to sincerely solve the problems of people who have committed themselves to a particular candidate clearly shows the trustworthiness and decency of a politician for a particular social group. And sincerity with business partners or in any common endeavor helps to build a more constructive dialogue, organize work more efficiently, and resolve emerging issues in a timely manner. Being sincere means moving toward the goal as efficiently as possible.
The only recipe for any business is to be sincere. When you are passionate, do something sincerely, then everything turns out. Sergey Bodrov
There is nothing simpler than sincerity. Here is a quote about the sincerity of Elena Kostyuchenko:
Sincerity - it costs nothing.
Sincerity makes man great
Sincerity has always aroused admiration in people. People with this quality were followed. They were credible. A vivid example is Danko Maxim Gorky, who with his open burning heart could save the people who trusted him.
- You said: “Lead!” - and I led! - shouted Danko, becoming a breast against them. “I have the courage to lead, that's why I led you!” And you? What have you done to help yourself? You just walked and did not know how to save strength on a longer path! You just walked, walked like a flock of sheep! ...
And suddenly he tore his chest with his hands and tore his heart out of it and held it high above his head. It glowed as bright as the sun, and brighter than the sun, and the whole forest fell silent, illuminated by this torch of great love for people, and the darkness shattered from its light and there, deep in the forest, trembling, fell in the rotten throat of a swamp. People, astounded, became like stones.
- Come on! - shouted Danko and rushed forward to his place, holding a burning heart high and illuminating the way for people.
There are real examples of this statement. If we recall the past century and the leaders who became famous for the struggle for human rights, including Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi, the word “sincerity” will be associated with them. Here is a quote about Gandhi's sincerity:
In this small, physically weak man there was something solid, like steel, indestructible, like a rock, something that no physical force could control, no matter how great it was ... He possessed some kind of royal greatness, inspiring others with involuntary reverence ... He always spoke simply and in essence, without unnecessary words. The listeners were affected by the absolute sincerity of this person, his very personality; it seemed that inexhaustible sources of inner strength were hidden in it ... Having found the inner world, he radiated it to those around him and walked along the winding paths of life with an unshakable, firm step.
Imbued with sincerity and the most famous, shivering speech of a fighter for the rights of blacks, the son of a priest, Martin Luther King:
And although we face difficulties today and will face them tomorrow, I still have a dream. This dream is deeply rooted in the American dream.
I dream that one day this nation will straighten up and live in accordance with the true meaning of its principle: "We consider it self-evident that all people are created equal."
My dream is that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the fraternal table.
I dream that the day will come, and even the state of Mississippi, exhausted by the heat of injustice and oppression, will turn into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I dream that the day will come when my four children will live in a country where they will be judged not by the color of their skin, but in accordance with their personal qualities.
I dream today!
I dream today that one day in Alabama, with her vicious racists and governor, whose words fly off her lips about interference and annulment, one fine day, in Alabama, little black boys and girls will take hands with little ones like sisters and brothers white boys and girls.
Sincerity as a moral ideal
Sincerity is one of the aspects that make up the concept of kindness. We are kind from a pure heart, from within an outgoing desire to help, from within an outgoing desire to do better, and this impulse from the inside is sincerity, a sincere desire not to be motivated by personal gain, to give a resource to a neighbor or even to a complete stranger. We empathize. We delve into the situation. We expose ourselves in front of ourselves, analyzing, seeing ourselves in a similar position, or compassion without correlation with ourselves and making a decision. The moral choice of kindness always comes from within, it always happens intuitively, and it is sincerity in relation to oneself and others that determines the good deeds of a person. Sincerity and kindness go side by side. Quotes about sincerity from the books of foreign writers show that it is she and only she who can believe in the best, gives people that purity that many leave in their distant childhood.
Do not worry, sincerity always wins. La cité des enfants perdus
To come to the highest truth, you need to continuously and wholeheartedly seek sincerity. Morihai Ueshiba
Sincerity and love
Sincerity is closely and inextricably linked with the most beautiful of feelings - love. There is an opinion that it is impossible to unequivocally say what is primary here. Is it really impossible? It seems reasonable to us to say that love cannot live without sincerity, because love is closely tied, among other essential factors, to trust in each other, which is based on sincerity, that is, knowledge of someone else’s soul and desire and ability to open the soul, let into the hidden, intrapersonal self. Reliably with a loved one, it is believed that here he is, home, safe. You speak the same language with your loved one, and only sincerity leads to such mutual understanding, that is, allowing another or another to read you, to look into your inner world.
Here are quotes about sincerity in the context of love:
We are natural only with those whom we love. Andrey Morua
All love is sincere, the expression "insincere love" is as contradictory as the words "insincere faith." D.J. Casanova
Sincerity: Quotes from Books
Among the diversity of the writers' attitude, or rather, their heroes, towards sincerity, several approaches can be distinguished: sincerity as a thing that can kill, and as a thing that can save. Both prove its incomparable power.
There are times when sudden sincerity is tantamount to an unforgivable loss of self-control. Albert Camus
Just trouble with them, with frank, open people. They think everyone else is the same. Khaled Hosseini
... sincerity cannot be ridiculous and always deserves respect. Charlotte Bronte
Sincerity: congenital or acquired?
Can a person be taught sincerity? And the lies? Many great people of the past and present thought about this without finding a definite answer. Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that a person by nature is kind and sincere, but the influence of society can cloud his mind. Aurelius Augustine believed that man is born sinful, which means that there can be no talk of sincerity either. Later figures of culture and science agreed that sincerity is peculiar in the first place to children. Children's kindness and sincerity in the quotes of these people are adjacent. They kept their heart and soul open, they talked about their understanding of sincerity.
Here are some quotes about sincerity and age:
She was two times younger than me, that is, twice sincere. Fredrick Begbader
The mouth of the baby speaks truth (Russian proverb).