Honesty Quotes

2237 Honesty quotes by 1349 unique authors

If you want sympathy, look for a friend, but if you want honesty, an enemy might be the best friend you ever had. — Tonya Hurley
In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents,… — Paul Tillich
Honesty can be a dirty gift. — Colin Cotterill
Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile. — Paulo Coelho
If you don't care for obscenity, you don't care for the truth. — Tim O'Brien
You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly - and that is a great thing. Never… — Enid Blyton
Love is the great test of the human. The human is tested by our ability to withstand love. Love is so difficult, it is so… — Junot Diaz
If you are in the closet and fall in love with someone of the same gender, it doesn't automatically remove the shame and fear that's… — Anthony Venn-Brown
The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil. The Tragedy of our time… — Fulton J. Sheen
Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot… — Ayn Rand
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their… — Ernest Hemingway
If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which… — Neil Postman
Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other… — Akira Kurosawa
I sank down onto the bed against the headboard and leaned back. I crossed my legs underneath me. "Then we'll talk." I said with a… — Abbi Glines
Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty. — Max Lucado
To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther.… — Pascal Mercier
Some books make us dream, others bring us face to face with reality, but what matters most to the author is the honesty with which… — Paulo Coelho
write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway. — Isabel Allende
Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved. — Tim Minchin
If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day… — Emile Zola
For all his wisdom, he did not know that love cannot be tested. Honesty can be tested and loyalty. But there is not test for… — Gregory David Roberts
The most important part of religion isn't in any church. It's down in your own heart. Religion is in your thoughts, and in the way… — Maud Hart Lovelace
Honesty leads to peace. — Veronica Roth
If there is no honesty, there is no relationship. The only degree to which there is a relationship is the degree to which you are… — Stefan Molyneux
Then in the interest of full honesty, I really wish you'd kiss me right now. — Ann Aguirre

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