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Honesty Quotes by George Bernard Shaw
- You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of…
- It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves;…
- Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm.
- Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty.
- Absolute honesty is as absurd an abstraction as an absolute temperature or an absolute value.
- We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
- The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
- I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
- The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
- We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy
More Honesty Quotes
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
- Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. — Mary Kay Ash
- Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. — Isaac Asimov
- If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. — Marcus Aurelius
- Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised,… — Jane Austen
- Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
- The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty. — Abu Bakr
- But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity… — Mikhail Bakunin
- When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence. — Ansel Adams
- I want to be an honest man and a good writer. — James A. Baldwin
- Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just… — Antonio Banderas