Motivational Quotes

Honesty

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

- Kant, Immanuel

Best Quotes about Honesty

1.

Honesty shines like a light through your eyes.

2.

Be prepared and be honest.

Wooden, John

3.

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

Bible

4.

Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time.

Sam Rayburn

5.

There is no right way to do something wrong.

6.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

Walter Anderson

7.

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

Thomas Jefferson

8.

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

Plato

9.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

Ash, Mary Kay

10.

When in doubt, tell the truth.

Mark Twain

11.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

12.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

Benet, Stephen Vincent

13.

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.

Browne, Merry

14.

I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it.

Robbins, Tim

15.

Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?

Cicero

16.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

Kant, Immanuel

17.

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

Churchill, Winston

18.

You can't make wrong work.

Waterhouse, Gerald

19.

I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.

Houston, Sam

20.

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could throw us off our center, so that no matter what misfortune should overtake us, there would still be a whole magnificent man or woman left after being stripped of everything else.

Marden, Orison Swett

21.

Honesty prospers in every condition of life.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

22.

Honesty is the best policy -- when there is money in it.

Twain, Mark

23.

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

Marden, Orison Swett

24.

You've got to be honest; if you can fake that, you've got it made.

Burns, George

25.

They're only truly great who are truly good.

Chapman, George

26.

I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I.

William Shakespeare

27.

Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt.

Cindy Chupack

28.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Kin Hubbard

29.

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

Benson, Edward Frederic

30.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Billings, Josh

31.

Honest hearts produce honest actions.

Young, Brigham

32.

There are two great forces in this world -- good and evil; and no man is worth his salt unless he has lost and won battle for a principle.

Gouthey, A. P.

33.

Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

Allen, James

34.

Successful people have cultivated the habit of never denying to themselves their true feelings and attitudes. They have no need for pretenses.

Fink, David Harold

35.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see.

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

36.

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

Blum, Leon

37.

There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame -- manhood, character, stand for success... nothing else really does.

Marden, Orison Swett

38.

On this mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: I pray you Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself. To the executioner: Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thy office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thy honesty.

39.

The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.

Buscaglia, Leo

40.

There is no twilight zone of honesty in business. A thing is right or it's wrong. It's black or it's white.

Dodge, John F.

41.

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

Dylan, Bob

42.

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

Carlyle, Thomas

43.

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

Fielding, Henry

44.

Act in earnest and you will become earnest in all you do.

James, William

45.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

Samuel Butler

46.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

Stephen, Leslie

47.

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

Lyly, John

48.

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

Mcmahon, Ed

49.

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

Mamet, David

50.

When you accept yourself completely you do not have to maintain a phony front, drive yourself to achieve or feel insecure if people tune-in to you and what you are doing.

Keyes Jr., Ken