Motivational Quotes

Honesty

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.

- Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

Best Quotes about Honesty

1.

Be prepared and be honest.

Wooden, John

2.

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

Ruskin, John

3.

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

Marden, Orison Swett

4.

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

Kin Hubbard

5.

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

6.

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

Benet, Stephen Vincent

7.

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

8.

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

9.

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

Pamela Ribon

10.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Sophocles

11.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

12.

There is no right way to do something wrong.

13.

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

14.

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.

15.

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

Mamet, David

16.

A few honest men are better than numbers.

Cromwell, Oliver

17.

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

Twain, Mark

18.

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

Bovee, Christian Nevell

19.

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.

Sam Rayburn

20.

Successful people have cultivated the habit of never denying to themselves their true feelings and attitudes. They have no need for pretenses.

Fink, David Harold

21.

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

Lyly, John

22.

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

23.

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

Browne, Merry

24.

When in doubt, tell the truth.

Mark Twain

25.

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

Thomas Jefferson

26.

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

Fielding, Henry

27.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

Walter Anderson

28.

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

Plato

29.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Cicero

30.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

31.

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

Thomas Sowell

32.

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

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

33.

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

Kant, Immanuel

34.

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

Landesberg, Steve

35.

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

36.

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

Bible

37.

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

38.

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

39.

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

Benson, Edward Frederic

40.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Chapman, George

41.

When we are not honest, we are cut off from a significant resource of ourselves, a vital dimension that is necessary for unity and wholeness.

Moustakas, Clark

42.

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

Needham, Richard J.

43.

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

44.

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.

45.

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

46.

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

Proverb, Scottish

47.

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

48.

Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Marquis, Don

49.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.