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Honesty Quotes & Sayings

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Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth. — Criss Jami

Friends,' said Laurent, 'Is that what we are?'
[ ... ]
Damen said, with helpless honesty, 'Laurent, I am your slave. — C.S. Pacat

Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth. — David Whyte

I wish every American explored the importance of novel writing, identity, honesty, character and place in fresh-ass ways. — Kiese Laymon

The nature of honesty is that if someone has information or knows something about you that you don't want heard, then they have power over you. — Ben Folds

That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing. — James Clavell

Honesty.
Sobriety.
My virginity.
No way to regain
the first two, I almost
gave away the last. — Ellen Hopkins

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Don't be afraid to make people mad. Your honesty will inspire your true followers. I piss off tons of people every day. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Industry, economy, honesty, and kindness form a quartet of virtues that will never be improved upon. — James Oliver

The veil of self-indulgence was rent from head to foot. I saw my life as a whole. — Robert Louis Stevenson

It is not important what would you do for your love, what matters is what have you been doing for it. — M.F. Moonzajer

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza
Truthful man:
He who is, secretly, regarded by everyone as an enemy. — Idries Shah

Honesty is admired, and starves. — Juvenal

Could beauty, my lord, have better commerce than with honesty? — William Shakespeare

For rock solid friendship, never lie to your friends. — Saru Singhal

To be happy, pursue your purpose with love and honesty. — Debasish Mridha

Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence. — David A. Bednar

Keep your heart clear
And transparent,
And you will
Never be bound.
A single disturbed thought
Creates ten thousand distractions. — Ryokan

A good marriage takes effort, and honesty is a definite prerequisite. — Julie Garwood

My father was a businessman. We had discussions about honesty and dishonesty. — John Cullum

Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool. — Criss Jami

What will a man gain by winning the whole world, at the cost of his true self? — Jesus

Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long.
Good things come to those who wait. — Jess C. Scott

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect. — Stephen Covey

I thank God for the honesty and virility of Jesus religion which makes us face the facts and calls us to take a man's part in the real battle of life. — Henry Van Dyke

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. — George Washington

The best of fiction, as we know, of course, doesn't tell the truth; it tales the truth. — Criss Jami

Just tell yourself a story that'll satisfy you and pretend he told it. — Catherynne M Valente

How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people. — Edward Benson

The cruelty of fooled honesty is often great after enlightenment. — Thomas Hardy

To be direct and honest is not safe. — William Shakespeare

Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie. — James Patterson

I respect those who say that the United States should simply withdraw from the Middle East, but I don't respect them for anything but their honesty. — Christopher Hitchens

Honesty is such a nasty habit, dear. Like biting your nails. — Catherynne M Valente

Power does not corrupt; it merely elevates the degree in which something is done that has already been pursued. — Felix O. Hartmann

Oh honey, have you learned nothing from these plays? Ain't such a line between faking and being. — Gayle Forman

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying. — Yoko Ono

I have done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt. — Jessamyn West

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

Wooden ships are a hippie dream, capsized in excess if you know what I mean. — Neil Young

Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends — Alexis De Tocqueville

Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness. — Mary Pipher

What a fool honesty is. — William Shakespeare

In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The truth is never dressed for the occasion. — Steve Maraboli

When rogues fall out, honest men get into their own. — Matthew Hale

Truth is a fundamental principle that is needed for any form of building or construction. So also is honesty. — Sunday Adelaja

Your honesty, Your love, Your compassion should come from your inner being, not from teachings and scriptures. — Rajneesh

In the end, there's only one thing you can believe. Bodies are honest; they don't lie. — Megan Chance

Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy — William Paul Young

When people communicate deceit, it's called politics. When people communicate honesty, it's called art. — Gerard De Marigny

The truth brings with it a great measure of absolution, always. — R.D. Laing

I didn't come up with the lie. It wasn't mine. They handed the lie to me, and I tried like hell to make it work for a while. — Kenneth Logan

Deanna's job (as counselor) is to keep us from deluding ourselves. — Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide Team

Lies are like paper-Mache in a rain storm. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that. — Beck Bennett

I laughed at his honesty. I like people who say what they are thinking. No need to guess and try strain your nonexistent psychic abilities. — Mary Whitten

I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. I love your majesty according to my bond; no more no less. — William Shakespeare

Honesty that can be trusted and respected is a very fragrant flower in the life of a Christian. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

Am I too blunt? If the truth is too hard to swallow, should I feed you soft lies? — Edward W. Robertson

Between video games and texting, how do our youth find the time to know everything? — L.M. Fields

I think my family love each other so much and expect so much from each other, and I think we expect a type of honesty in the work that we all do. — Jake Gyllenhaal

Honesty is the best policy. But insanity is a hell of a lot more effective in court. So your set, McMullen — Lois Greiman

You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience. — Victor Hugo

Their conversation was like root canal without anaesthesia. — Tan Redding

The smart employer looks not for perfection but for an explanation of how the consequences of a dishonorable act affected the candidate and others. — Bruce Weinstein

Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend. — Sean Covey

As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty. — Stephen King

Watergate left Washington a city ravaged by honesty. — Russell Baker

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me. — Alison Krauss

Oh, what a tangled web we weave ... when first we practice to deceive. — Walter Scott

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies. — Laurell K. Hamilton

The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty. — Chuck Palahniuk

First Embody the Emptiness of Silence
Next Embody the Fullness of Honesty & Love
Thus Be Heaven
Sage Hope (Omid Mankoo) SH ... — Omid Mankoo

It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave. — William Shenstone

That's the confidence that New York gave me. There was finally a city that appreciated what I had to say and the honesty with which I said it. — Eddie Huang

She asked if I loved another woman, so I answered honestly and said, Dinner was great, but I could go for dessert. — Dark Jar Tin Zoo

Just always be honest about your feelings. If everyone did that then the world would be a much simpler place. — Kiki Archer

I think, in all honesty, the first place that someone in emotional distress should turn is their loved ones, and then to use professionals ... — Peter Kinderman

Trust is learning how you feel about yourself,
not how others feel about you.
Do you trust how you feel.
If not, why. — Ron W. Rathbun

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest. — Napoleon Bonaparte

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson

The first question at that time in poetry was simply the question of honesty, of sincerity. — George Oppen

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think. — Marcel Proust

The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong. — David Halberstam

Tim Curley and Gary Schultz operate at the highest levels of honesty, integrity and compassion. — Graham Spanier

What matters most is not 'what' you are, but 'who' you are. — DaShanne Stokes

Honesty is seldom ingratiating and often discomfiting. — Tom Stoppard

I want to say to you: Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty. — John Patrick Shanley

It's better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar — Christopher Paolini

Honesty is the best policy. — Benjamin Franklin

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty. — John Lyly

I like the honesty of standup comedy. People don't fake laugh. If they're truly laughing at you, you know they like you. — Brian Regan

Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be. — Terry Goodkind

But do we know how to make love stay?'
I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day by day. — Tom Robbins

We are only as sick as our secrets. — Rob Bell

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith. — Andy Williams

Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does. — Martha Beck

The way to happiness is by truth. Seek to be true in all things and you will have a foundation to build your future. — Shannon L. Alder