"In all sincereness I make this solemn declaration before my Lord this day.

Fujiwara's motto was that the intelligence activity for Imperial Japanese Army is "ultimate sincereness".

Forgiveness for one's sins is not something that comes automatically; it is something that must be sought for, with sincereness and true devotion.

Martha rose from her seat to greet her, in the hearty Hawaiian way, arms about, lips on lips, faces eloquent and bodies no less eloquent with sincereness and frank excessiveness of emotion.

Addressing the song's relationship between music and message, Allmusic's Mike DeGagne wrote that Browne "maintains a certain empathetic sincereness that is created without utilizing the traditional ballad-like form, and the song is helped along musically by a sound rhythm and a positive tempo, taking away any indications of self-pity."