Quotes of Honesty - somelinesforyou

“ The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. ”

- Arthur C. Clarke

“ Where is there dignity unless there is honesty? ”

- Cicero

“ Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt. ”

- Cindy Chupack

“ Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. ”

- Don Marquis

“ The day is for honest men, the night for thieves. ”

- Euripides

“ I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. ”

- Kin Hubbard

“ If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? ”

- Lois McMaster Bujold

“ Friends should always tell you the truth. But please don’t. ”

- Louis C. K.

“ Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. ”

- Mark Twain

“ When in doubt, tell the truth. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child. ”

- Mary MacCracken

“ When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate. ”

- Pamela Ribon

“ Son, always tell the truth. Then you'll never have to remember what you said the last time. ”

- Sam Rayburn

“ Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. ”

- Samuel Butler

“ Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. ”

- Sigmund Freud

“ An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously. ”

- Thomas Sowell

“ Honesty is the best image. ”

- Tom Wilson

“ Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. ”

- Walter Anderson

“ I have always noticed that people will never laugh at anything that is not based on truth. ”

- Will Rogers

“ Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ No legacy is so rich as honesty. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ The glue that holds all relationships together — including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity. ”

- Brian Tracy

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

- Richard Whately

“ Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity — the law of nature and of nations. ”

- Edmund Burke
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