Motivational Quotes

Honesty

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

- Blum, Leon

Best Quotes about Honesty

1.

There is no right way to do something wrong.

2.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

3.

You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made.

Burns, George

4.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Cicero

5.

There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame -- manhood, character, stand for success... nothing else really does.

Marden, Orison Swett

6.

There is no twilight zone of honesty in business. A thing is right or it's wrong. It's black or it's white.

Dodge, John F.

7.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

Samuel Butler

8.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

Ovid

9.

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could throw us off our center, so that no matter what misfortune should overtake us, there would still be a whole magnificent man or woman left after being stripped of everything else.

Marden, Orison Swett

10.

Prefer a loss to dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.

Chilo

11.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

12.

Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.

William Shakespeare

13.

When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.

Pamela Ribon

14.

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

Landesberg, Steve

15.

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

Lyly, John

16.

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Arthur C. Clarke

17.

Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.

James, William

18.

There are two great forces in this world -- good and evil; and no man is worth his salt unless he has lost and won battle for a principle.

Gouthey, A. P.

19.

Do not do what you would undo if caught.

Arendt, Leah

20.

When you accept yourself completely you do not have to maintain a phony front, drive yourself to achieve or feel insecure if people tune-in to you and what you are doing.

Keyes Jr., Ken

21.

Be prepared and be honest.

Wooden, John

22.

Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt.

Cindy Chupack

23.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

Churchill, Winston

24.

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

Mcmahon, Ed

25.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Freud, Sigmund

26.

Look a man in the eye and say what you really think, don't just smile at him and say what you're supposed to think.

27.

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

Benet, Stephen Vincent

28.

Honesty is the best policy -- when there is money in it.

Twain, Mark

29.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Buscaglia, Leo

30.

Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Marquis, Don

31.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Allen, James

32.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

Cromwell, Oliver

33.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

Ash, Mary Kay

34.

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. [Leviticus 19:11]

Bible

35.

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

36.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

Ruskin, John

37.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

Howard, Vernon

38.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate now knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.

Nouwen, Henri

39.

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

Dylan, Bob

40.

Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.

Graham, Billy

41.

You can't make wrong work.

Waterhouse, Gerald

42.

How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.