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Most Famous Honesty Quotes
As you grew, we encouraged you to be open and direct. As you leave, never lose your honesty with those whom you speak. Catherine Pulsifer and Byron Pulsifer
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde
True honesty is hard. Throughout my career, I’ve faced moments where I’ve needed to take an honest look at myself and face some very uncomfortable realities. Les Brown
When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. Jess C. Scott
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. Charles Dickens
I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won’t tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn’t change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact that you have what you have. Stephen Chbosky
But the truth is that people need other people, that a good story requires more than one character. We were all made to be loved and made to be known, to find ourselves in honest relationships where those things can be reciprocated and exchanged. Jamie Tworkowski Truth
Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. Paulo Coelho
It is not the lie that passes through the mind, but the lie that sinks in and settles in it, that does the hurt. Francis Bacon
And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too. Khaled Hosseini
Brutal, inner honesty The three scariest words on the planet, and yet, at the same time, the very key that unlocks all the doors Ken Dahl
Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. Franz Kafka
And if you learn to have those difficult conversations in a loving, honest, and responsible way, your relationships can become better than you ever thought they could. Henry Cloud
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people. Virginia Woolf
Often, too, with children, conformity, rather than honesty, is encouraged. I would like to see children feel free to express their emotions and, as they grow, learn how to control their impulses. Magda Gerber
It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noël Coward
I wish to be simple, honest, natural, frank, clean in mind and clean in body, unaffected ready to say, I do not know, if so it be, to meet all men on an absolute equality to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unafraid and unabashed. Elbert Hubbard
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. Albert Einstein
It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business. Mahatma Gandhi
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. George Washington
Reconciling honest doubt with deeply held faith is a paradox, something that seems unlikely, if not impossible, but turns out to be true. God makes it true. Stephen Shortridge
The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong. Laura Ingalls Wilder
In its simplest form, communication is talking and listening; however, unless talking and listening are accompanied by honest, loving feedback on the part of the listener, little communication can take place. Dr. Gary Chapman
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. Robert Louis Stevenson
You have to be able to understand what your insecurities are if you want to change them. In order to do this, you are going to have to be very honest with yourself. Jennifer N Smith
Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right thinking. Leo Tolstoy
Always remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest appreciation! David Brandt Berg
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom. Thomas Jefferson
Every honest researcher I know admits he’s just a professional amateur. He’s doing whatever he’s doing for the first time. That makes him an amateur. He has sense enough to know that he’s going to have a lot of trouble, so that makes him a professional. Charles Kettering
Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Working through conflict, we maintain and build a strong but flexible, honest but loving connection in our relationship. Aaron F. Steinberg
You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it. Alan Moore
If ego is the voice that tells us we’re better than we really are, we can say ego inhibits true success by preventing a direct and honest connection to the world around us. Ryan Holiday
To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength. Criss Jami
Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it. Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Timothy Keller
Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize? Marcus Aurelius
Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right. Samuel Smiles
To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart. Charles dickens
Friendship is not threatened by honest criticism. It is strengthened. Charles Swindoll
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. Abraham Lincoln
Friendship is not threatened by honest criticism. It is strengthened. Charles Swindoll
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken. Jane Austen
If you’re not honest with yourself, how can you be truly honest with anyone else? Paul Williams
It takes strength and courage to admit the truth. Rick Riordan
Where do we get the word honest? If you will study the way this word developed, you will see that it is related to honor. Honor, honesty and truth are closely related concepts. Kenneth Copeland
Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive. Walter Scott
Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men. Herbert Hoover
Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable. Albert Camus
Healthy relationships of all kinds are usually composed of honesty, trust, and respect. Ace McCloud
Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths. Criss Jami
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. Mary Kay Ash
You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience. Victor Hugo
It still takes a serious commitment and honest effort for your goals to come to fruition. Alex Altman
Honest people don’t hide their deeds. Emily Brontë
It helps people to become honest when they are treated as honest. Elijah Mcleon
Why do you guys say that, anyway? No mourners, no funerals? Why not just say good luck or be safe? We like to keep our expectations low. Leigh Bardugo
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. Thomas Jefferson
if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone. Richard Yates
Honesty pays, but it don’t seem to pay enough to suit some people. Frank McKinney
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it. Marcus Tullius Cicero
All parents want their child to be honest but often forget to place emphasis on being trustworthy even though this is also a form of honesty. James R. Morrison
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James
Honesty is perhaps just as important a factor in one’s communication skills as trust. Ross Elkins
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. Spencer Johnson
Honesty, truth and decency all link together by loving all of these, we can improve our families, communities and our society. Estella Eliot
You should not honor men more than truth. Plato
While a relationship is typically dependent upon, both the boyfriend and girlfriend trusting each other as well as respecting and caring for one, another important factor that is vital in a successful relationship is honesty. John Franks
My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism. Jess C Scott
The establishment of any relationship, both individual and expert is honesty. Alexander Mejia
May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children. Rainer Maria Rilke
There is nothing that we can’t accomplish in honor, in God’s honor. There is no place we can’t go, no goal we can’t reach if we keep an honorable attitude. Kenneth Copeland
Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don’t expect it from cheap people. Warren Buffett
