Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andrew Sullivan

I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.

Andrew Sullivan

Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.

Ambrose Bierce

EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.

Alice Cooper

Don't always know what I am talking about, feels like I'm living in the middle of doubt.

Anne Heche

I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not

Alyson Stoner

Honestly, what keeps me grounded is my faith and my value system.

Aesop

You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.

Hans Blix

I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the Security Council. And some of the things might please people there and other things may not please the people.

Alexander Payne

Comedy is a wonderful device for distance that allows us to look at what we're talking about with some degree of distance and hopefully with a bit more perspective and honesty. With many exceptions, a movie with no jokes is far less appealing to me.

Alexander Pope

Unblemish'd let me live or die unknown; Oh, grant an honest fame, or grant me none!

Alexander Pope

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Alexander Pope

A disputant no more cares for the truth than the sportsman for the hare.

E. M. Forster

The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.

Don DeLillo

Because friends have to be brutally honest with each other. I'd feel terrible if I didn't tell you what I was thinking, especially at a time like this

Don DeLillo

... there was an honesty inherent in bulkiness if it is just the right amount.

Donald Trump

I'm afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest.

Donald Trump

The buildings that were in question, they said in the same report, which was - actually, it wasn't even a bad story, to be honest with you, but the buildings are worth $3.9 billion. And the $650 isn't even on that. But it's not $650. It's much less than that.

Dorothy L. Sayers

We may argue eloquently that 'Honesty is the best Policy' - unfortunately, the moment honesty is adopted for the sake of policy it mysteriously ceases to be honesty.

Donald Miller

If honesty is the key to intimacy, it means we don't have to be perfect and we don't have to pretend to be perfect.

Don Marquis

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

I know only one method of operation: to be as honest with others as I am with myself.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

For any American who had the great and priceless privilege of being raised in a small town there always remains with him nostalgic memories... And the older he grows the more he senses what he owed to the simple honesty and neighborliness, the integrity that he saw all around him in those days.

Dalai Lama

Refraining from harm, not out of fear, but out of concern for others, their well-being and out of respect is non-violence.

Dalai Lama

Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength.

Dalai Lama

Wealth is not necessarily a bad thing when it has been earned in an honest manner and neither other individuals nor the environment suffered for it.

Dalai Lama

It's unrealistic to think that the future of humanity can be achieved only on the basis of prayer; what we need is to take action.

Dalai Lama

I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.

Dalai Lama

We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.

Dalai Lama

I consider myself to be just one among 7 billion human beings. If I were to think of myself as different from others, or as something special, it would create a barrier between us. What makes us the same is that we all want to lead happy lives and gather friends around us. And friendship is based on trust, honesty and openness.

Dalai Lama

I believe the ultimate source of blessings is within us. A good motivation and honesty bring self-confidence , which attracts the trust and respect of others. Therefore the real source of blessings is in our own mind.

Dalai Lama

We have to think and see how we can fundamentally change our education system so that we can train people to develop warm-heartedness early on in order to create a healthier society. I don't mean we need to change the whole system, just improve it. We need to encourage an understanding that inner peace comes from relying on human values like, love, compassion, tolerance and honesty, and that peace in the world relies on individuals finding inner peace.

Dalai Lama

Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the mind itself. We can call this the inner light, or God's blessing, or human qualitity. This is the essence of mankind.

Dalai Lama

The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.