Motivational Quotes

Honesty

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

- Raleigh, Sir Walter

Best Quotes about Honesty

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

Raleigh, Sir Walter

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

Marden, Orison Swett

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

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

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

Euripides

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

Ruskin, John

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

Benet, Stephen Vincent

An honest man is the best thing on the sod; but a mother and her babe is the noblest work of God.

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

Twain, Mark

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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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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.

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Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

Plato

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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

Ovid

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Marden, Orison Swett

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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 shines like a light through your eyes.

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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

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They're only truly great who are truly good.

Chapman, George

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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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Be prepared and be honest.

Wooden, John

22.

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.

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Honest hearts produce honest actions.

Young, Brigham

24.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Cicero

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

Landesberg, Steve

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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.

Houston, Sam

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

William Shakespeare

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

James, William

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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

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

Proverb, Scottish

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The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

Browne, Merry

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Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Marquis, Don

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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

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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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Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

Otway, Thomas

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Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.

William Shakespeare

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On this mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself. To the executioner: Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thy office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty.

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

Thomas Sowell

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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

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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

Howard, Vernon

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

Sam Rayburn