Honesty Quotes

2237 Honesty quotes by 1349 unique authors

The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life.… — Tullian Tchividjian
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. — Mark Twain
I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like… — Stephen Chbosky
To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. — William Shakespeare
Falsehood is never in words; it is in things. — Italo Calvino
To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it. — Leo Tolstoy
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. — Marcus Aurelius
That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit of that -… — Lorrie Moore
Conscience doth make cowards of us all. — William Shakespeare
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. — Paulo Coelho
Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges,… — Leo Tolstoy
But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie. — Khaled Hosseini
In business sharp practice sometimes succeeds, but in art honesty is not only the best but the only policy. — W. Somerset Maugham
I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big success, and I am for those tiny, invisible molecular moral forces that… — William James
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. — Mother Teresa
Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion. — Jonathan Swift
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy… — Laura Ingalls Wilder
One love, one heart, one destiny. — Bob Marley
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. — Spencer Johnson
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy. — George Carlin
Because he had nothing to hide, he did perhaps appear to have forfeited a little of his strength. But that is the irony of honesty. — Patrick White
Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would… — William Faulkner
The day is for honest men, the night for thieves. — Euripides
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live… — Abraham Lincoln

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