Honest Quotes

Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

He that jokes confesses.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

I respect those who tell me the truth, no matter how hard it is.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

Locks keep out only the honest.

Respect is earned, Honesty is appreciated, Love is gained and Loyalty is returned.

Confess you were wrong yesterday; it will show you are wise today.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

THE EDGE, there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

Dare to be honest and fear no labor.

The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I've got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer.

You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. Leviticus 19:11

Honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is the best policy.

Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.

Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

Speak with honesty, think with sincerity, act with integrity.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest.

Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.

Honesty is a question of right or wrong, not a matter of policy.

Let us not be a society where honest in public equals weird.

They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.

Confessed faults are half-mended.

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.

Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones.

I had six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who.

It's easy to be taken advantage of if you're not honest.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Honesty is doing what you know is right. Integrity is doing what is right and truthful.

Try to put your happiness before anyone else's, because you may never have done so in your entire life, if you really think about it, if you are really honest with yourself.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

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

Always remember: be kind, be fair, be honest, be true and all of these things will return to you.

There is one way to find out if a man is honest; ask him! If he says yes you know he's crooked.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

Honesty has a power that very few people can handle.