Honesty Quotes - Page 19

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.

In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor... Being true is different than being honest.

Honesty is always the best policy.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Don’t be afraid to make people mad. Your honesty will inspire your true followers. I piss off tons of people every day.

Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.

I would just as soon listen to a gangster lecture on honesty as watch Hollywood portray the Bible.

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

Respect for the Truth is an acquired taste.

That is what is wrong with cold people. Not that they have ice in their souls - we all have a bit of that - but that they insist every word and deed mirror that ice. They never learn the beauty or value of gesture. The emotional necessity. For them, it is all honesty before kindness, truth before art. Love is art, not truth. It's like painting scenery.

Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.

...pay your tithes and offerings out of honesty and integrity because they are God's rightful due...Paying tithing is not a token gift we are somehow charitably bestowing upon God. Paying tithing is discharging a debt.

Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing, and, where possible, fuel also, for at least a year ahead...Let every head of household aim to own his own home, free from mortgage. Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues-honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all covetousness and greed.

Intellectual honesty consists in stating the precise conditions under which one will give up one's belief.

It is likely that human beings will find fulfillment and will be rewarded for the same qualities that they have been rewarded for for 5,000 years. And that is intelligence, hard work, honesty, a sense of character, loyalty to family and friends, and above all, love and faith. If you are trying to decide what you should do, those are the things you should do. And you know it.

An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.

Honesty is reached through the doorway of grief and loss.

You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.

A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.

There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.

Fancy language, like poplin, too often conceals an eczema.

Love is forgiving and Love is for giving.

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