Quotes about honest
honesty truth alcohol
Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty. John Donne
honesty integrity yield
I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth onely in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield it self upon honest and lawfull terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind. John Donne
honesty integrity silent
To have true integrity, poise, and courage is to be attuned to the silent and invisible nature within you. John O'Donohue
honesty cat missing
Every time an ashtray is missing from a hotel, they don't come looking for you. But let a diamond bracelet disappear in France and they shout John Robie, the Cat. You don't have to spend every day of your life proving your honesty, but I do. John Michael Hayes
honesty integrity moving
The bad man is the man who no matter how good he has been is beginning to deteriorate, to grow less good. The good man is the man who no matter how morally unworthy he has been is moving to become better. Such a conception makes one severe in judging himself and humane in judging others. John Dewey
honesty cheater ideas
To the cheater, there is no such thing as honesty, and to Republicans the idea of serving the public good is counterfeit on the face of it they never felt such an urge, and therefore it must not exist. Garrison Keillor
honesty rocks palaces
Honesty is a rare commodity in a palace, and that is why so many fairy-tale marriages end up on the rocks. Garrison Keillor
honesty social-values long
Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there. Edward de Bono
honesty pain integrity
Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another. Joseph Addison
honesty children men
A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself. Jose Marti
honest being-honest happy-person
I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you. Jonny Lee Miller
honesty world needs
There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said. Joni Mitchell
honesty order light
I was demanding of myself a deeper and greater honesty, more and more revelation in my work in order to give it back to the people where it goes into their lives and nourishes them and changes their direction and makes light bulbs go off in their head and makes them feel. And it isn't vague, it strikes against the very nerves of their life and in order to do that you have to strike against the very nerves of your own. Joni Mitchell
honesty lennon brutal
The work of John Lennon was marked by its exquisite beauty and by its brutal honesty. Kevin Spacey
honesty political intellectual
If partisanship makes us abandon intellectual honesty, if we oppose what our opponents say or do simply because they are the ones saying or doing it, we become mere political short-sellers, hoping for bad news because it's good for our ideological investment. Kurt Andersen
honesty mean thinking
And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too. Khaled Hosseini
honesty business block
Ethics or simple honesty is the building blocks upon which our whole society is based, and business is a part of our society, and it's integral to the practice of being able to conduct business, that you have a set of honest standards. And it's much easier to do business with someone when you look them in the eye and say, "This is what we're going to do," and you understand what you each mean, and you can go away and get it done. Kerry Stokes
honesty believe hard-work
If you are one of those people who believe that hard work and honesty alone will bring riches-perish the thought; because it's not true. Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of hard work. Riches come if they come at all, in response to definite demands, based upon the application of definite principles, and not by chance or luck. Napoleon Hill
honesty doe ifs
If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? Lois McMaster Bujold
honesty real skins
Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins. Lois McMaster Bujold
honesty heart affection
It (the heart) is supposed in popular language, to be the seat sometimes, of courage, sometimes of affection, sometimes of honesty, or baseness. Lyndon B. Johnson
honesty journey long
My main trick is to work with amazing people. It's a long and twisty journey, and you need people that really are amazing and have this rare gift of honesty and courage and really open up. Lucy Walker
honesty integrity government
Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House. Louise Slaughter
honesty nice thinking
He said, "Hi, gorgeous," which I think is nice. I admire honesty. Louise Rennison
honesty
Hold firmly to your word. Maimonides
honesty integrity character
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. Mahatma Gandhi
honesty fortune
Honesty is incompatible with amassing a large fortune. Mahatma Gandhi
honesty character sacrifice
In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character. Mahatma Gandhi
honest fantasy novel
All novels are fantasies. Some are more honest about it. Gene Wolfe
honesty tough-questions creative-collaboration
Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition. Freeman Thomas
honesty believer firm
I'm a firm believer in absolute honesty. Frank Langella
honesty truth inspiration
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. Napoleon Bonaparte
honesty habit sturdy
Prevarication, like honesty, is reflexive, and soon becomes a sturdy habit, as reliable as truth. Norman Mailer