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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
Honesty Motivational Quotes



Best Quotes about Honesty

1.
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
Euripides

2.
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
Burns, Robert

3.
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

4.
Be prepared and be honest.
Wooden, John

5.
You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.
Cayce, Edgar

6.
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.
Thomas Sowell

7.
Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity.
Marquis, Don

8.
A few honest men are better than numbers.
Cromwell, Oliver

9.
I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.
William Shakespeare

10.
When in doubt, tell the truth.
Mark Twain

11.
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
Thomas Jefferson

12.
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

13.
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

14.
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
Ruskin, John

15.
People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.
Needham, Richard J.

16.
Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat.
Proverb, French

17.
Do not do what you would undo if caught.
Arendt, Leah

18.
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

19.
No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest.
Raleigh, Sir Walter

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

22.
Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

23.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Freud, Sigmund

24.
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

25.
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

26.
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
Ovid

27.
A thread will tie an honest man better than a chain a rogue.
Proverb, Scottish

28.
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.

29.
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
Churchill, Winston

30.
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

31.
The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.
Browne, Merry

32.
Prefer a loss to dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.
Chilo

33.
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
Sophocles

34.
Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
Fielding, Henry

35.
The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.
Lyly, John

36.
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
Allen, James

37.
Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.
James, William

38.
You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made.
Burns, George

39.
People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.
Mamet, David

40.
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

41.
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.

42.
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

43.
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

44.
They're only truly great who are truly good.
Chapman, George

45.
To live outside the law, you must be honest.
Dylan, Bob

46.
Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.
Graham, Billy

47.
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Samuel Butler

48.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Ash, Mary Kay

49.
Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.
Otway, Thomas

50.
You can't make wrong work.
Waterhouse, Gerald


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