Motivational Quotes

Honesty

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

- Freud, Sigmund

Best Quotes about Honesty

1.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

Ovid

2.

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

Thomas Jefferson

3.

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

Benet, Stephen Vincent

4.

I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it.

Robbins, Tim

5.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Chapman, George

6.

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

Chilo

7.

You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.

Cayce, Edgar

8.

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

Lyly, John

9.

Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat.

Proverb, French

10.

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

11.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

12.

You can't make wrong work.

Waterhouse, Gerald

13.

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

14.

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

Ash, Mary Kay

15.

Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.

Graham, Billy

16.

Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.

William Shakespeare

17.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Sophocles

18.

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

Pamela Ribon

19.

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

Mcmahon, Ed

20.

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

21.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

22.

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

Allen, James

23.

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.

24.

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

25.

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

Churchill, Winston

26.

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

27.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

28.

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

29.

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

Landesberg, Steve

30.

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

Browne, Merry

31.

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

32.

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

Proverb, Scottish

33.

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

Kant, Immanuel

34.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

Iacocca, Lee

35.

I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.

William Shakespeare

36.

Be prepared and be honest.

Wooden, John

37.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.

Thomas Sowell

38.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

Cromwell, Oliver

39.

There is one way to find out if a man is honest; ask him! If he says yes you know he's crooked.

Marx, Groucho

40.

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

Raleigh, Sir Walter

41.

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.

42.

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

Kin Hubbard

43.

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

44.

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

James, William

45.

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

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

46.

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

47.

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