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Honest Quotes - Page 18

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

'The Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe' (1720) ch. 2

There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.

Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.55, Multnomah

To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.

John Locke (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of John Locke (Illustrated)”, p.3064, Delphi Classics

You are only as strong as you are honest.

"Craig Groeschel Challenges Men to 'Man Up,' Become Warriors in New Book 'Fight'". Interview with Jessica Martinez, www.christianpost.com. October 23, 2013.

Integrity makes my job easier. It's deception and dishonesty that requires so much diligent effort.

Bobby Bowden, Steve Bowden (2001). “The Bowden Way: 50 Years of Leadership Wisdom”, p.41, Taylor Trade Publications

I like honesty and fair play.

Marcus Garvey, Amy Jacques Garvey (1923). “The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey, Or, Africa for the Africans”, The Majority Press

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.

Friedrich Nietzsche (2009). “Basic Writings of Nietzsche”, p.228, Modern Library

Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.

David Hume, J. Y. T. Greig (2011). “The Letters of David Hume: 1727-1765”, p.305, Oxford University Press, USA