Quotes with honest

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  • Abraham Lincoln Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • George Robert Gissing Honest winter, snow clad and with the frosted beard, I can welcome not uncordially; but that long deferment of the calendar's promise, that weeping loom of March and April, that bitter blast outraging the honor of May - how often has it robbed me of heart and hope.
    George Robert Gissing
    English writer (1857 - 1903)
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  • Richard Whately Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • Grover Cleveland Honor lies in honest toil.
    Grover Cleveland
    American politician and lawyer (1837 - 1908)
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  • Edward Frederic Benson How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.
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  • George Bernard Shaw I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Anita Roddick I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because they offered honest products and treated their people decently... This business creed, sadly, seems long forgotten.
    Anita Roddick
    British businesswoman and human rights activist (1942 - 2007)
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  • Ace Frehley I asked my daughter when she was 16, What's the buzz on the street with the kids? She's going, to be honest, Dad, most of my friends aren't into Kiss. But they've all been told that it's the greatest show on Earth.
    Ace Frehley
    American musician and songwriter (1951 - )
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  • Joseph De Maistre I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.
    Joseph De Maistre
    French diplomat and philosopher (1753 - 1821)
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  • Rodney Dangerfield I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
    Rodney Dangerfield
    American comedian, actor (1921 - 2004)
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  • Tim Robbins I grew up in New York, and I have that in me, that be-honest-at-all-costs, don't b.s. me attitude. I say, ''If you've got something to say about me, say it to my face. And then we'll either talk about it or fight about it.''
    Tim Robbins
    American actor (1958 - )
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling I had six honest serving men. They taught me all I knew. Their names were: Where, What, When, Why, How and Who.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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  • Alan Greenspan I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
    Alan Greenspan
    American economist (1926 - )
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  • Lee Iacocca I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
    Lee Iacocca
    American businessman and CEO of Chrysler (1924 - 2019)
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  • Abel Hermant I have no idea what the mind of a lowlife scoundrel is like, but I know what the mind of an honest man is like: it is terrifying.
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  • Bryan Greenberg I have to be honest, I don't pay as much attention to women's fashion, but being a sneaker head, I do like it when a girl can rock a nice pair of sneakers. Not every girl can do it. Every girl looks good in heels - that's a given - but not every girl can look good in fresh kicks.
    Bryan Greenberg
    American actor and singer (1978 - )
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  • Marshall Field I have tried to make all my acts and commercial moves the result of definite consideration and sound judgment. There were never any great ventures or risks. I practiced honest, slow-growing business methods, and tried to back them with energy and good system.
    Marshall Field
    American businessman (1834 - 1906)
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  • George Washington I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • Jean Rostand I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Gertrude Stein I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods.
    Gertrude Stein
    American author (1874 - 1946)
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