quotations about honesty
I will be honest if only to differ from my neighbors.
ABRAHAM MILLER
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Unmoral Maxims
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
Honesty pays, but it don't seem to pay enough to suit a lot of people.
KIN HUBBARD
Abe Martin: Hoss Sense and Nonsense
Honesty maketh rich, but she works slowly.
GERMAN PROVERB
Honesty is a person's most valuable asset. His or her good name, good reputation, and good word depend on the individual's quality of honesty. A business that operates under the principles of profound honesty is elevated within the community. It is respected and treasured. The absence of honesty is a liability to an individual or business.
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's word is as good as the king's.
PORTUGUESE PROVERB
A day without honesty is like a day without sunshine.
JAMES H. MERKEL & ABDUL WAHAD AL-FALAIJ
On the Art of Business
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"
A clean mouth and an honest hand
Will take a man through any land.
GERMAN PROVERB
What is more arrogant than honesty?
URSULA K. LE GUIN
The Left Hand of Darkness
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
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
Lies get people into trouble, but honesty is its own defense.
DAVID HUDDLESTON
Life's Little Spiritual Instruction Book