Honesty Quotes

What is dignity without honesty?

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.

Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself. [Lat., Omnia quae vindicaris in altero, tibi ipsi vehementer fugienda sunt.]

Ill-gotten wealth is never stable.

In all honesty, I'm not able to talk about contracts. It's nothing with 'American Idol' in particular, it's just things I really need to take care of in my life.

Always tell the truth; then you don't have to remember anything

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

The main thing in acting is honesty, to feel the humanity and get to the essence of the character. You can't put anything into a character that you haven't got within you.

We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.

I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.

It's unrealistic to think that the future of humanity can be achieved only on the basis of prayer; what we need is to take action.

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I’m human and I’m normal – well, semi-normal.

Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy.Bothyourreligionand policy must be basedon it.

When you're gone I can go running though the house screaming and no one will ever hear me.

What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.

He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.

One of the things that attracted me to Barack [Obama] was his emotional honesty. Right off the bat he said what he felt. There are no games with him - he is who he appears to be.

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.

I do not play games, but always just say what's on my mind. Ostentatious modesty - for fools. If a man afraid of your honesty, it means that he is not the one you need.

Intuition is the voice of the spirit within you.

The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.

The worst of all knaves are those who can mimic their former honesty.

I think honesty is a big part. Because when you sing live, you want the audience to believe you.

Real transformation requires real honesty. If you want to move forward - get real with yourself.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.

I suggest that it is the honesty of the attempt to recreate the forms and spaces visually without artistic editing that is one of the hallmarks of realist painting.

It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.

I like the honesty of standup comedy. People don't fake laugh. If they're truly laughing at you, you know they like you.

When folks find I ain't afeard to speak my mind on their affairs, they kinder guess I'm tellin' the truth about my own.

Kids, man, they're way too honest. They're like mini-alcoholics.

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.

It's more difficult to write a song about having your heart ripped out of your chest while you're in love. Because it lacks honesty. And the honesty comes through in the music, it really does.

Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.

You say you've lost your faith But that's not where it's at You have no faith to lose and you know it

I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.

I feel you see every crack and bruise with black and white [pictiures] and color distracts usually from the honesty.

Most of us are honest all the time, and all of us are honest most of the time.

Honesty is a warrant of far more safety than fame.

I believe in accessibility. I believe in honesty and a culture that supports that. And you can't have that if you're not open to receiving feedback.

Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause of truth.

Knavery is supple, and can bend, but honesty is firm and upright and yields not.

Children and fools speak true.

Something greater than wealth, grander even than fame — that manhood, character, stand for success, and that nothing else really does.