Honesty Quotes - Page 24

Honest speech does not seek secret places.

The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

The little money I have - that is my wealth, but the things I have for which I would not take money, that is my treasure.

One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs and sufferings of the underprivileged.

Honesty is the best policy in international relations, interpersonal relations, labor, business, education, family and crime control because truth is the only thing that works and the only foundation on which lasting relations can build.

It is better to learn late than never.

I don't require lust, sex, or classic beauty; I require trust, respect, and honesty. All else builds from there.

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

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

I think brutal honesty is extremely important. Don't be afraid of being up-front about your feelings and your life. I'd rather be an honest friend than a phony lover.

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

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

Be prepared and be honest.

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form.

Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.

Good thoughts bear good fruit.

Like all valuable commodities, truth is often counterfeited.

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.

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

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.

Honesty is stronger medicine than sympathy, which may console but often conceals.

There are four pillars to a happy marriage: respect one another as individuals; (give) soft answers; (practice)financial honesty; (conduct) family prayer.

Add a few drops of venom to a half truth and you have an absolute truth.

I think the number one thing that I find important is the importance of honesty with your friends and your parents, if you can be. But I think that telling people how you really feel, being who you truly are, being safe and taking care of yourself is the most important thing.