Honesty Quotes - Page 10

There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. ...Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same God that made you and me made this earth. And He planned it so that it would yield every single thing that the people on it need. But He was careful to plan it so that it would only yield up its wealth in exchange for the labor of man. Any man who tries to share in that wealth without contributing the work of his brain or his hands is dishonest.

One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, little nameless acts of kindness, little silent victories over favorite temptations-these are the silent threads of gold which, when woven together, gleam out so brightly in the pattern of life that God approves.

Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.

Honesty is all you need.

I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.

Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.

The important things are children, honesty, integrity and faith.

IF THE TRUE MEASURE OF A BOOK is to be found in the perfume that remains behind when all the words have been forgotten then, for Beyond Recovery, it is this quality of honesty, openness and surrender which communicates itself in the words and between them, administering not just to the mind but to the background of Awareness.

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

Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.

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

For all its beauty, honesty, and effectiveness at improving the human condition, science demands a terrible price - that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not. It's about consensus and teamwork and respectful critical argument, working with, and through, natural law. It requires that we utter, frequently, those hateful words - 'I might be wrong.'

My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. For a multitude of reasons both professional and personal I no longer feel that this is possible within [Crystal Castles]. Although this is the end of the band, I hope my fans will embrace me as a solo artist in the same way they have embraced Crystal Castles.

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

Making art has first of all to do with honesty. My first lesson was to see objectively, to erase all meaning of the thing seen. Then only could the real meaning of it be understood and felt.

Beautiful faces are those that wear — It matters little if dark or fair — Whole-souled honesty printed there.