Honesty Quote by Confucius Download Open image “If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.” — Confucius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Honesty Money Poverty Shame Wealth
As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it, the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it. — Pericles Copy Share Image
We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed… — Pericles Copy Share Image
It has always been incomprehensible for me: people are ashamed of the poverty but aren't ashamed of the wealth. — Faina Ranevskaya Copy Share Image
Our love of what is beautiful does not lead to extravagance; our love of the things of the mind does not make us soft.… — Pericles Copy Share Image
Not to be able to bear poverty is a shameful thing, but not to know how to chase it away by work is a… — Pericles Copy Share Image
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. — Confucius Copy Share Image
False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
The worst thing about poverty is not the actual living of it, but the shame of it. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
Wealth to us is not mere material for vainglory but an opportunity for achievement; and poverty we think it no disgrace to acknowledge but… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations, they first harmonized their families. Wishing to harmonize their families, they first cultivated themselves. Wishing to cultivate themselves, they first rectified their minds. Those who wished to rectify their minds first made their intentions sincere. — Confucius Copy Share
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. — Confucius Copy Share Image
I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world. — Confucius Copy Share Image
To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men;… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak! — Confucius Copy Share Image
The greatest gift you can give to those around you is honesty. Sometimes honest words may sting the heart, but dishonesty pierces deep into… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
If You Love Someone, Be Brave Enough To Tell Them., Otherwise Be Brave Enough To Watch Them To Be Loved By Someone Else. — Bilal Zahoor Copy Share Image
Honesty in politics is the result of strength; hypocrisy is the result of weakness. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
In all honesty, once you become a professional, number one, you're no longer a fan. I don't root for the Dodgers, really. I just… — Vin Scully Copy Share Image
The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
I think honesty is a big part. Because when you sing live, you want the audience to believe you. — Pixie Lott Copy Share Image
Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare. — Michael Moriarty Copy Share Image
Former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and the radical Islamist mullahs ruling Iran share many similarities, but honesty and negotiating in good faith are not… — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward. — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
