Honesty Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I'm conditioned to know that I'm gonna fuck something up, so I go into anything that makes me feel truly vulnerable with an acknowledgment that it may be temporary, or I may be limited in my ability to fulfill this really big thing that doesn't require me to be sharp or witty or dexterous. It requires me to be fucking naive and simple and nice and reliable. I worry about it, because I'm better at: make a joke and leave.

All of my flaws and all the things that make me up are part of who I am. It's about honesty and everything that encompasses: fragility, neuroses, getting it wrong. I stand for being an ambassador of that kind of honesty.

My thing is this; if I'm sick enough to think it, then I'm sick enough to say it.