Barack Obama

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

American President

Charles Spurgeon

Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.

British Clergyman

Charles Dickens

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

English Novelist

Confucius

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

Chinese Philosopher

Benjamin Disraeli

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

British Statesman

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

German Writer

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

French Writer

Marcus Garvey

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

Jamaican Publisher

Mahatma Gandhi

I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.

Indian Leader

Richard Wagner

German Composer

Use 'earnest' to describe someone's behavior when they are not joking and mean what they say.

Not playful

'Earnest' often shows respect for the subject or situation being discussed due to the sincere approach.

Convey respect

When someone speaks in earnest, they convey a sense of importance and concern.

Emotional weight

'Earnest' as a noun implies actions are backed by genuine intentions, not just words.

Beyond words

When someone's earnest, their level of interest or concern is more than casual; it's serious.

More than casual

'Earnest' can be used to signal sincere intentions in discussions or negotiations.

Sincerity signal

In legal contexts, 'earnest' refers to a sum of money showing commitment to a contract.

Contract assurance

An earnest payment shows that the person is financially committed to a deal.

Financial commitment

Paying an earnest means entering a binding agreement; it's not just a reservation fee.

Binding agreement

 programming earnest last year and we had our first litter of four kittens then pleased to say we've had another litter of four kittens this year and we've always had another little two this year so far as well so it's all going really well which is really really important for the species and the kittens themselves are really lovely as well to look at and realistically can you see them

Rescuing the UK's Rarest...

 for a world of and not ours too often progress is pitted as a false choice against tradition versus innovation past versus future but if you look at the history of civilization all innovations start as an earnest attempt to preserve our most cherished human traditions and at the center of that is food and food

A Story of Community and...

 that the truth mattered. So if you believe in a reality, then what you write is information. There was a belief that that information should connect to reality in a real way, and if you wrote a headline, it was a serious, earnest attempt to reflect something that had actually happened.

Nationalism vs....

 when the space program began in earnest, people would have said, "That's not possible"? Well, the reason it's possible today has a lot to do with the consumer, and the very fact that you're watching me. You're watching me over a high-speed internet,

How humanity can reach...

 Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold And in the icy silence of the tomb, So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights That thou would wish thine own heart dry of blood So in my veins red life might stream again,

Stephen Burt: Why people...

 expression on his face when he entered the ring for the first time so the seriousness of his face and I realized that he hadn't been messing around he'd been preparing in deadly earnest for one of the most life

Emily Ainsworth: Inside...

 inside old earnest as opposed to looking at it from the outside fear subsides you realize you're still yourself maybe even more so you know Picasso once said it takes a long time to become young I don't want

Life's third act - Jane...

 to raise my two sisters and I along with my two brothers alone. There is not one day I have not heard her beg God for the strength to raise us. Her earnest prayers have been the backdrop of my sleep

Elizabeth Zion: The need...

 vital and yet vitality is exactly but they seem to lack when listed this way it's as though they're weighed down by earnestness grounded by gravity which might be why a sense of humor is absent

The real meaning of soul...

 by eight weeks they're exploring their new world in earnest a young squirrels first missions outside the nest are fraught with danger in this new world as much to be