Honesty Quotes

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused...

What comes from the heart goes to the heart.

Friends are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.-Maggie

You did listen." He sat back, nodding his head. "Okay, then. Now tell me what you really thought.""I...

But I knew what it said. That I could be imperfect, but only so much. Human, but only within limits....

You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for yo...

Even if I am not the honestest type in the world I don't want to lie more than is average.

If you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic displeasure about...

Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering...

A man who preserves his integrity no real, long-lasting harm can ever come.

Suppose... that you acquit me... Suppose that, in view of this, you said to me 'Socrates, on this oc...

...[F]rom me you shall hear the whole truth; not, I can assure you, gentlemen, in flowery language.....

...[Y]ou know very well the truth of what I [say]... I have incurred a great deal of bitter hostilit...

Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, trea...

I love you too much to lie to you, Lisey. I love you with all that passes for my heart. I suspect th...

The world has given me a good life since then, I won't deny it, but sometimes I hate the world, anyw...

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

I suppose one has to be desperate, to be a successful writer. One has to reach a rock-bottom at whic...

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I giv...

Obi-Wan's young face clouded. "Some secrets are best left concealed, Master." He shook his head. "Be...

What have I always believed?That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not accord...

Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when th...

From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men must leave off dealing.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations...entangling alliances with none

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, a...

If you don't care for obscenity, you don't care for the truth.

I suppose if we gain anything from this unsought experience it will be an appreciation for honesty- ...

I detested their blind, thoughtless, automatic acquiescence to it all, their simpleminded patriotism...

But do we know how to make love stay?'I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day ...

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

The historian’s task is not to disrupt for the sake of it, but it is to tell what is almost always a...

A romantic relationship requires honesty between a couple.

I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may c...

The answer is good things only happen to you if you're good. Good? Honest is more what I mean... Be ...

I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly

Thank you for your honesty," Niles says. The Candor repeat the phrase under their breath. All around...

It's not cruelty, maybe, but a desire to understand that motivates them.

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

Because it is a thousand pities never to say what one feels, he thought...

Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?'The corners of his mouth dr...

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather...

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather...

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather...

He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather...

Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.

Craigengelt, you are either an honest fellow in right good earnest, and I scarce know how to believe...

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.

Honesty is the great essential. It exalts the individual citizenship, and, without honesty, no man d...

Is the prison that Mr. Scoundrel lives in at the end of his career a more uncomfortable place than t...

I say what other people only think, and when all the rest of the world is in a conspiracy to accept ...

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into tellin...

The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to liv...

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

...The happy Warrior... 'tis he whose law is reason; who depends upon that law as on the best of fri...

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.

No human being can be so honest as to become completely false.

Full stories are as rare as honesty.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life … all areas of life.

Monsieur Josserand died very quietly - a victim of his own honesty. He had lived a useless life, and...

Never subject to the rules, believing that the correct judgement and healthy nature keep her in the ...

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live ...

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can...

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and e...

The prudent man is always sincere, and feels horror at the very thought of exposing himself to the d...

The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to unders...

I know a lie when I hear one.

Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.

When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!

Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harde...

Superstars come and go. I want to make sure I am always a producer's actor. I may be refused to be c...

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

I received your letter of June 10th. I have never talked to a Jesuit priest in my life and I am asto...

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outwei...

You should have seen him,” she said. “A real ladies’ man. Stuff in his hair. Dark glasses. Fancy sho...

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by thei...

Learn to access the cosmic trust. Life will be easy.

This is my thesis: Do you know what is needful to turn an honest man into a rogue! A change of scene...