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Children are young, but they're not naive. And they're honest. They're not going to keep wide awake if the story is boring. When they get… — Chinua Achebe
Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The recovery of… — James A. Baldwin
In the Spirit which draws us into honest engagement with one another, including those who may be very different from us in various ways, God… — Carter Heyward
We must learn to be honest with ourselves, and know our shortcomings. We will acquire cohesion but we will pay dearly for being a slow… — Zora Neale Hurston
Out of our first century of national life we evolved the ethical principle that it was not right or just that an honest and industrious… — Frances Perkins
If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Those who either from imprudence or want of sagacity avoid doing so, are always overwhelmed with servitude and poverty; for faithful servants are always servants,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every life is full of them. Every newspaper article is an… — Orison Swett Marden
Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It's all we've got. — Ricky Gervais
Totally uneventful. It was a very successful first flight. To be honest, it was a little bit boring. — Fernando Alonso
I feel the greatest gift we can give to anybody is the gift of our honest self. — Fred Rogers
The artist's role is to do what is honest for them. So if you're in New York and everyone is looking at the floor, you… — Unknown Author
It would have been more to the point, more honest and more Christian, in past decades not to support those who intentionally destroyed healthy life… — Adolf Hitler
Soldiers expect the noncommissioned officer to be technically proficient, up front, and honest with them. Soldiers must know that NCOs care, that they can approach… — Glen E. Morrell
Soldiers must possess integrity in order to build trust and confidence in themselves, our leadership, and the American public. Among the things I've learned during… — Glen E. Morrell
Football is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life. — Joe Namath
I speak in the name of the entire German people when I assure the world that we all share the honest wish to eliminate the… — Adolf Hitler
Honor lies in honest toil. — Grover Cleveland
I feel like a total hippie right now. I'm passionate about all sorts of things - a lot of boring, cuddly Hallmark things, to be… — Dreama Walker
Golf does strange things to other people, too. It makes liars out of honest men, cheats out of altruists, cowards out of brave men and… — Milt Gross
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a… — Maimonides
Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough. — Mark Twain
Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men. — Herbert Hoover
Such is luck! And such the treatment which honest, good perservance gets so often at the hands of unfair and malicious Nature! — Mark Twain
It may be made a question whether men grow wiser as they grow older, anymore than they grow stronger or healthier or honest. — William Hazlitt

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