Honesty Quotes

It is with pleasure I receive reproof, when reproof is due, because no person can be readier to accuse me, than I am to acknowledge an error, when I am guilty of one; nor more desirous of atoning for a crime, when I am sensible of having committed it.

I hate deception, even where the imagination only is concerned.

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a mask. Nothing is hidden under the sun.

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly.

The American people, since 1932, continue to insist on two requisites of private enterprise, and the relationship of Government to it. The first is complete honesty...and the second is sincere respect.

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.

In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors such as one's social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of education... But internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one's development as a human being. Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others - qualities which are within easy reach of every soul - are the foundation of one's spiritual life.

A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.

Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

Imperialism and economics clash as often as honesty and self-interest.

Perhaps we have been guilty of some terminological inexactitudes.

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

I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.