Honesty Quotes - Page 5

Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.

Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Real success requires respect for and faithfulness to the highest human values-honesty, integrity, self-discipline, dignity, compassion, humility, courage, personal responsibility, courtesy, and human service.

Freedom is for honest people. No man who is not himself honest can be free – he is his own trap.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

Honesty is something you can't wear out.

My generation's apathy. I'm disgusted with it. I'm disgusted with my own apathy too, for being spineless and not always standing up against racism, sexism and all those other -isms the counterculture has been whining about for years.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

Elegance and honesty are two mandatory parameters for any human production.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

Everything comes by being! Be the love you seek. Be the friend you seek. Be the lover you seek. Be the honesty you seek. Be the integrity you seek. Be the patience you seek. Be the tolerance you seek. Be the compassion you seek.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

All beings are by nature are Buddhas, as ice by nature is water. Apart from water there is no ice; apart from beings, no Buddhas.

The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.

I'm very unpredictable. Very, very impulsive. Extremely. Absolutely! Sometimes I don't know what I want to do from one day to the next. I can't enjoy anything premeditated; I just do it as I feel it. But whatever I do is motivated by honesty.