Quotes with honesty

  • I have done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.
  • I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.
  • If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
  • There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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  • Mark Twain Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller Honesty prospers in every condition of life.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Honoré Gabriel Riqueti Count of Mirabeau If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.
    Honoré Gabriel Riqueti Count of Mirabeau
    French revolutionary and writer (1749 - 1791)
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  • William Shakespeare Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Angela Carter The whore is despised by the hypocritical world because she has made a realistic assessment of her assets and does not have to rely on fraud to make a living. In an area of human relations where fraud is regular practice between the sexes, her honesty is regarded with a mocking wonder.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Larry Wolters A commentary on the times is that the word 'honesty' is now preceded by 'old-fashioned.'
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  • Charles Simmons Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy of dishonesty.
    Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker, containing over a thousand subjects alphabetically and systematically arranged (1852) Accuracy
    Charles Simmons
    American editor and novelist (1798 - 1856)
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  • Boris Becker An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.
    Boris Becker
    German tennis player (1967 - )
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  • Ben E. King And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.
    Ben E. King
    American soul and R&B singer (1938 - 2015)
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  • Laura Riding Art, whose honesty must work through artifice, cannot avoid cheating truth.
    Laura Riding
     
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  • Bradley Chicho Blunders, no, only friendship binds us to honesty - attracting crypts of mushrooms in the wake of our snowboards.
    Bradley Chicho
    English poet
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  • Henry Fielding Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Andrew Carnegie Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
    Andrew Carnegie
    American industrialist (1835 - 1919)
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  • Joseph Sugarman Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.
    Joseph Sugarman
     
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  • Charles Baudelaire For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • Bob Dylan For them that think death's honesty won't fall upon them naturally life sometimes must get lonely.
    Bob Dylan
    American musician (1941 - )
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  • Samuel Johnson He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Zig Ziglar Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Don Marquis Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • Stephen Vincent Benét Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
    Stephen Vincent Benét
    American poet, short story writer, and novelist (1898 - 1943)
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