Honesty Quotes

2237 Honesty quotes by 1349 unique authors

Honesty is not the same as truth. That is the obstacle of the notion of relative truths. I would like to put my trust in… — Criss Jami
The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and… — Criss Jami
We have to think and see how we can fundamentally change our education system so that we can train people to develop warm-heartedness early on… — Dalai Lama
I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life… — Charles de Lint
Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To follow implies not only the denying of one's own clarity, investigation, integrity and honesty , but it also implies that your motive in following,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
America today is a confused society, caught up in a terror war, a culture war, and a media war, where honesty and professional standards have… — Bill O'Reilly
An honest man is respected by all parties. — William Hazlitt
We can use doubt to self analyze. A measure of doubt can help us to attain self-honesty. But, like too much water, too much doubt… — Ruben Papian
Because democratic institutions do not renew themselves as effortlessly as flowering trees, they demand the ceaseless tinkering of people who possess both the courage and… — Bill Vaughan
Vaudeville could not vouch for the honesty, the integrity, or the mentality of the individuals who collectively made up the horde the medium embraced. All… — Fred Allen
I suppose all writers are crazy, but if they are any good, I believe they have a terrible honesty. — Raymond Chandler
In all honesty, I've written movies that have been made, and the process has not been as satisfying as writing for television. — Vince Gilligan
I think you gotta have an honesty and a humility about human nature and that it's not about you at the end of the day. — Philip Seymour Hoffman
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own… — Anne Frank
A good conscience is a continual Christmas. — Benjamin Franklin
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. — Benjamin Franklin
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. — Benjamin Franklin
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man. — Benjamin Franklin
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. — Paulo Freire
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. — Sigmund Freud
Time does not change us. It just unfolds us. — Max Frisch
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself. — James Anthony Froude
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. — Margaret Fuller
Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life… — Margaret Fuller

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