quotations about honesty
There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The man who will not refrain from expressing his sentiments and manifesting his feelings, however unfit the time, however inappropriate the place, however painful this expression may be, lays claim, forsooth, to our approbation as an honest man, and sneers at those of finer sensibilities as hypocrites.
ARTHUR HELPS
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Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
KENT M. KEITH
The Silent Revolution
No such thing as a man willing to be honest--that would be like a blind man willing to see.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Crack-Up
Honesty pays, but it don't seem to pay enough to suit a lot of people.
KIN HUBBARD
Abe Martin: Hoss Sense and Nonsense
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
Honesty maketh rich, but she works slowly.
GERMAN PROVERB
An honest man's word is as good as the king's.
PORTUGUESE PROVERB
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
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 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
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