quotations about honesty
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
KENT M. KEITH
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The Silent Revolution
A day without honesty is like a day without sunshine.
JAMES H. MERKEL & ABDUL WAHAD AL-FALAIJ
On the Art of Business
An honest man is respected by all parties.
WILLIAM HAZLITT
Characteristics
An honest man is the man who keeps his own counsel, and will not divide the plunder.
HONORÉ DE BALZAC
Father Goriot
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.
LEE IACOCCA
U.S. News & World Report, 1985
An honest man's word is as good as the king's.
PORTUGUESE PROVERB
I will be honest if only to differ from my neighbors.
ABRAHAM MILLER
Unmoral Maxims
A clean mouth and an honest hand
Will take a man through any land.
GERMAN PROVERB
With death comes honesty.
SALMAN RUSHDIE
The Satanic Verses
An honest man is all of a piece the whole contexture of his life.
DANIEL DEFOE
"On Relative Honesty"
What is more arrogant than honesty?
URSULA K. LE GUIN
The Left Hand of Darkness
The line of honesty is so differently drawn by different persons, that one would be led to think that there was an honesty in the abstract. Practical honesty, however, in the strictest sense, will always be the object of him who wishes to settle a just account with himself.
WILLIAM DALBY
attributed, A Homiletic and Illustrative Treasury of Religious Thought
Successful people have cultivated the habit of never denying to themselves their true feelings and attitudes. They have no need for pretenses.
DAVID HAROLD FINK
Be Your Real Self
There is one way to find out if a man is honest. Ask him! If he says yes, you know he's crooked.
GROUCHO MARX
attributed, The Harper Book of Quotations
Lies get people into trouble, but honesty is its own defense.
DAVID HUDDLESTON
Life's Little Spiritual Instruction Book