Honesty Quotes

2237 Honesty quotes by 1349 unique authors

My advice: write down everything you eat. It's amazing what that "self honesty" can do for you. (Do you really want to have to confess… — Alton Brown
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention. — Khalil Gibran
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. — Albert Einstein
There are honest people in the world, but only because the devil considers their asking prices ridiculous. — Peter S. Beagle
She said she never wanted to have secrets from me nor from herself, which is why she wanted to write down everything that otherwise would… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
And what is true education? It is awakening a love for truth; giving a just sense of duty; opening the eyes of the soul to… — David O. McKay
Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the… — Louisa May Alcott
If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? — Lois McMaster Bujold
I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a… — Marilyn Monroe
Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying. — Yoko Ono
All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest… — Albert Einstein
Conversing with children is a fine art.... An art form that demands large amounts of both honesty and misdirection. Or maybe discretion is a better… — Miriam Toews
If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty. — Marilyn Monroe
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. — Thomas Jefferson
One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its… — Benjamin Disraeli
if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone. — Richard Yates
There must be only three supreme values which govern a person's life: Reason, Purpose, and Self-esteem. Reason, as his only tool of knowledge--Purpose, as his… — Ayn Rand
I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the… — Laurie Halse Anderson
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. — Mahatma Gandhi
... And the only way to find that honesty is to not overthink it. For your writing to come alive--to be multi-dimensional--you must barter away… — Elizabeth Sims
So everything lets us down, including curiosity and honesty and what we love best. Yes, said the voice, but cheer up, it's fun in the… — Roberto Bolano
To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget that a monster… — John Steinbeck
To some it may seem old-fashioned to speak of virtue and chastity, honesty, morality, faith, character, but these are the qualities which have built great… — Harold B. Lee
Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty. — Friedrich Nietzsche

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