Sentence examples for moral sincerity from inspiring English sources

In a time when fashion in art favoured the brittle and glib, Yoshida's moral sincerity did him as little good as his skill.

Often speaking here more as a pastor than as the vicar of Christ, he emphasizes moral sincerity over dogma, an understanding of the complexities of the world and individual experience over rigid doctrine.

Unlike many of his generation, he's un-ironic; the intensely moral sincerity of his commitment — whether to the meaning of movies or pop music or to the many principles he upholds in his fanatical letter-writing — puts him quite as far outside the mainstream of his generation (at least, as depicted in the movie) as outside that of his juniors.

In this case the buoyant hilarity never feels weighed down by moral earnestness, even though the film's ethical sincerity is rarely in doubt.

Morris regards their emotional distress and moral failings with sincerity and compassion.

With its chiselled features and sombre expression, Klitschko's face could come from a Stalin-era poster extolling the Soviet sporting hero,and his aura of moral grounding and sincerity certainly came across during his boxing career.

Conscientiousness: This feature, highlighted in almost all accounts of civil disobedience, points to the seriousness, sincerity and moral conviction with which civil disobedients breach the law.

This post is partially excerpted from Not Your Mothers's Morals: How the New Sincerity is Changing Pop Culture for the Better.

The moral seems to be that sincerity is more important than talent, and that even a cheesy piece of Euro-pop like "Lucky Manuelo," Jean and Marva's would-be hit single, can be a smash if sung with conviction and feeling.

No one should doubt the president's sincerity on this important moral issue.

Zhou viewed sincerity as the foundation of moral nature, the source of the ability to distinguish good from evil, and thus also of the ability to perfect oneself.