Honesty Quotes

2237 Honesty quotes by 1349 unique authors

honesty is hard work. — Spider Robinson
I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to. — Truman Capote
But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in… — Paulo Coelho
The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul. — E. M. Forster
Honesty's the best policy. — Miguel de Cervantes
When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out! — Agatha Christie
It's funny: I always imagined when I was a kid that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of… — Anne Lamott
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander — Abraham Lincoln
You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience. — Victor Hugo
Life demands honesty, the ability to face, admit, and express oneself. — Starhawk
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful. — Eleanor Roosevelt
The root of the matter is a very simple and old fashioned thing... love or compassion. If you feel this, you have a motive for… — Bertrand Russell
Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people… — Maya Angelou
Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy — William P. Young
Emancipated' women found out that the honesty, generosity, and camaraderie of men was a lie. — Shulamith Firestone
Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt… — Cormac McCarthy
There is emotion in the hug, and there is respect and a form of love. Emotion that comes from honesty, respect that comes from challenge,… — James Frey
The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them. — Rachel Maddow
Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty. — Chuck Palahniuk
She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time. — Azar Nafisi
The most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of character. All individuals are a bundle of contradictions - none… — Theodore Dreiser
Honesty was a tough customer... Once you started allowing yourself some honesty, it couldn't easily be contained or limited to one part of your life.… — Ann Brashares
One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth. — Peter Kreeft
The core of science is not a mathematical modeling--it is intellectual honesty. It is a willingness to have our certainties about the world constrained by… — Sam Harris

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