Honesty Quotes

2237 Honesty quotes by 1349 unique authors

All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. — Paul Simon
Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority,… — Louise Slaughter
When 'The Awakening' was published it was considered so scandalous it was banned in the author's home-town library, and she herself was barred from the… — Jane Smiley
Love and honesty are the things that make a good wife and mother. — Jada Pinkett Smith
No one can ever enter the celestial kingdom unless he is strictly honest. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously. — Thomas Sowell
Martyrdom is evidence only of a man's honesty - it is no evidence that he is not mistaken. Men have suffered martyrdom for all sorts… — Lysander Spooner
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. — Charles Spurgeon
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of… — John Steinbeck
We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters. — Gloria Steinem
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. — Robert Louis Stevenson
I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be.… — Emma Stone
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic… — W. Clement Stone
It is better to be quotable than to be honest. — Tom Stoppard
Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because… — Joseph Story
When Americans are asked to rank professions in terms of honesty and ethics, insurance agents routinely end up near the bottom of the list -… — James Surowiecki
I'm very unpredictable. Very, very impulsive. Extremely. Absolutely! Sometimes I don't know what I want to do from one day to the next. I can't… — Sharon Tate
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange… — Sara Teasdale
There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Ring out the false, ring in the true. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Follow your honest convictions and be strong. — William Makepeace Thackeray
People love that you're human and that we're frail and we face the same situations. Honesty tends to communicate with people better than standing up… — TobyMac
Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. — Leo Tolstoy

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