Honesty Quotes

Knowing to do the right thing, but playing stupid to oblige to it, is still lying.

The truth is like sunlight: It causes cancer.

Self-manipulation is our medication. Mythology is our drug. The only cure is honesty.

Honesty is the most talked about, the most desired but, at same time, one of the rarest qualities in present day world.

Honesty can be painful, but it's always better than bullshit.

In our effort to be honest about our problems, it is not necessary that we cease to be mindful of our potential.

It has always been my contention that an individual who can be relied upon to be himself and to be honest unto himself can be relied upon in every other way.

If you know, say it, and if you don't know, be honest and say you don't know.

Don't ever be honest about who you are—and I mean that as a life rule, not just in this instance.

Truth is the old way. Truth dates back to the time when your word was your bond, and you didn't need papers in a language you couldn't understand to compel you to act honestly.

A nation that is built on war will forever have conflict.

There's a different kind of beauty that comes with humility and honesty

To love, you close your eyes. To do good, you deceive oneself. To be honest, you ditch oneself. To be good, you have to transcend all the three ideas.

When the economy of a country is based fundamentally on the principles of truth and honesty, that nation experiences economic stability.

It is possible to have a rather tranquil political atmosphere in any given nation. The secret is to put truth and honesty as the foundation of the political structure in that nation.

Many people would fight against the idea that they are corrupt. While in the real sense, they are corrupt because they don’t live by the principles of honesty and truth.

A country cannot change, be transformed or developed as long as there is no truth and honesty as an everyday principle among the citizens of the nation.

When truth and honesty is absent in the nation, it relates not just to the politicians.

There is a possibility of economic growth through honesty and truth.

Economic and financial conversion is actually attainable, thanks to this principle of truth and honesty.

True development only comes when the principles of truth and honesty have been successfully transmitted into the daily and everyday lifestyle of the people.

The key challenge facing us today is to successfully transmit into daily and everyday lifestyle the principle of truth and honesty.

If you see any country that is advanced and developed today, it is because that society is fundamentally based on principles of truth and honesty.

Why do women use make-up? They know the world is a make-up

Truth is a fundamental principle that is needed for any form of building or construction. So also is honesty.

Being the soothsayer of the tribe is a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

National transformation is also attainable through the simple principle of Truth and Honesty

Honestly speaking honesty can sometimes land you in hot waters

Truth and honesty are some of the most powerful principles to developing a nation.

It is not important what would you do for your love, what matters is what have you been doing for it.

He only knows a single thing to clasp, that like God can't be split up into pieces: our honesty to one another.

Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ring

One of the secrets a nation can unlock to have material wealth is, having a leader who will take an uncompromising stand to establish truth and honesty as a rule of building the nation

The adult author finds that by inadvertently violating the school's alcohol policy, she breaks down some part of the barrier between her and the younger students who are subject to more rules.

Don't thank me for telling the truth when it would have been mercy to lie to you.

In a nutshell, I am not unaware of my failings. Neither am I a stranger to irony.

Stolen pleasures are always more thrilling than those come by honestly.

This is not about jealousy. It's all about loyalty, honesty and respect.

Lies can't grow. Once plucked they can only wither. But every truth, once planted, grows into a tall, noble tree.

But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit.

Oh, yes he does. He's a scientist, and they know everything. Religion is crap, " declared Listen."You're the most obnoxious little brat I've ever met.""Both of you be quiet,

If a ruler who wants to act honourably is surrounded by unscrupulous men, his downfall is inevitable.

I think I sense a tone of honesty, if honesty exists in this world.

I scrutinized his face for honesty and then looked away. He was either a lunatic, a really good liar, or he was actually telling the truth.

No matter how unattractive your job is, once you are earning with honesty and dignity you need not care what people think of you in your work uniform.

I will blame no enemy that is a good man, nor yet praise a friend that is bad

You can make the world beautiful just by refusing to lie about it.

Dad?""What?" A small bird rises from a tree in front of us."What should I be when I grow up?"The bird disappears over a far ridge. I don't know what to say. "Honest, " I finally say.

Never hesitate to tell the truth as you see it.

The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.