It would be terribly boring to be earnest.
Our prayers are heard, not because we are in earnest, not because we suffer, but because Jesus suffered.
All over America there is to be found a large and growing class of earnest, intelligent, progressive colored women. . . many of them warped and cramped for lack of opportunity, not only to do more but to be more.
Divinity is not playful. The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensibl e earnest. By a power that is unfathomably secret, and holy, and fleet. There is nothing to be done about it, but ignore it, or see.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature, under which name I include not merely things and their forces, but people and their ways; and the fashioning of the affections and of the will into an earnest and loving desire to move in harmony with those laws.
In God's world, for those who are in earnest, there is no failure. No work truly done, no word earnestly spoken, no sacrifice freely made, was ever made in vain (as long as it was done out of love, not personal glory)
Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.
Just because he was pretty didn't mean he couldn't be improved by a smack upside the head with a piece of earnest hickory
I set myself up for a lot of trouble by wanting to tell a story that is fairly earnest and emotional and expressive, but to do it in the most subtle, realistic way.
Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance.
What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
No earnest thinker is a plagiarist pure and simple. He will never borrow from others that which he has not already, more or less, thought out for himself.
Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.
To the parents, basically, of the dreamers, which was DAPA. I understand, of course, the concern that a lot of folks have had with the number of deportations. But there again, I believe that the president [Barack Obama] has made an earnest attempt to address those issues.
The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest.
We are always on stage, even when we are stabbed in earnest at the end
Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against checking or chilling a single earnest sentiment.
With earnest prayers to all my friends to cherish mutual good will, to promote harmony and conciliation, and above all things to let the love of our country soar above all minor passions, I tender you the assurance of my affectionate esteem and respect.
The squirrel that you kill in jest, dies in earnest.
I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.