Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  When Bharat declared that he had no part in exiling Rama and was determined to personally go to the forest to get Rama back, his earnest speech won the hearts of Ayodhya’s citizens.

Mahabharata:  Drona was pleased to see that all the Pandavas were earnest students, yet Arjuna’s blend of untiring commitment and unparalleled talent was especially endearing.

Bhagavad-gita:  Ungodly people are more earnest about earning than about learning and they end their lives wealthier but not wiser and continue in the cycle of birth and death.