Motivational Quotes

Honesty

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

- Freud, Sigmund

Best Quotes about Honesty

Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.

William Shakespeare

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.

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

Thomas Jefferson

Be prepared and be honest.

Wooden, John

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

Young, Brigham

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

Mamet, David

If you follow only one rule, let it be this one: Be yourself. The really strong boy-girl relationships are based on what people really are, not on what they pretend to be.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

Cromwell, Oliver

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

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Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Freud, Sigmund

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When in doubt, tell the truth.

Mark Twain

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No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.

Bovee, Christian Nevell

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From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

Kant, Immanuel

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A thread will tie an honest man better than a chain a rogue.

Proverb, Scottish

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

Blum, Leon

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Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat.

Proverb, French

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Oh for someone with a heart, head and hand. Whatever they call them, what do I care, aristocrat, democrat, autocrat, just be it one that can rule and dare not lie.

Tennyson, Lord Alfred

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Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

Hill, Napoleon

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If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.

Mirabeau, Gabriel Riqueti

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

Lyly, John

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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.

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You can't make wrong work.

Waterhouse, Gerald

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The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

Browne, Merry

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Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Billings, Josh

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

Benet, Stephen Vincent

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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

Ovid

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Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.

Sugarman, Joseph

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No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest.

Raleigh, Sir Walter

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Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Kin Hubbard

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Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

Shakespeare, William

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Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

Fielding, Henry

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

Churchill, Winston

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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

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Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

Stephen, Leslie

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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

Howard, Vernon

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Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Marquis, Don

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