Honesty Quotes

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

Richard Whately

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

Rodney Dangerfield

...the honour of a maid is her name; andno legacy is so rich as honesty.

William Shakespeare, All's Well

Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.

Joseph Sugarman

The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.

John Lyly

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

Leslie Stephen

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Saint Augustine of Hippo

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

Cardinal De Richelieu

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Daniel Webster

If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize, at one effort, the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment, the opportunity is his own -- the road to immortal renown lies straight, open, and unencumbered before him. All that he has to do is to write and publish a very little book. Its title should be simple -- a few plain words -- My Heart Laid Bare. But -- this little book must be true to its title.

Edgar Allan Poe

Confess you were wrong yesterday; it will show you are wise today.

Proverb

Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.

Christian Nevell Bovee

You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.

Edgar Cayce

The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

Voltaire (FrançoisMarie Arouet)

A few honest men are better than numbers.

Oliver Cromwell

He who denies all, confesses all.

Source Unknown

A wise man admits his weaknesses. I'd admit mine if I had any.

Source Unknown

Honesty is for the most par less profitable than dishonesty.

Plato

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

Napoleon Hill

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Oscar Wilde