Honest Quotes - Page 35

• When law enforcers are shown to have such unswerving integrity, only the most churlish among us would question the methods they use to "get their man." Constitutional guarantees are regarded as bothersome "technicalities" that impede honest law enforcers in the performance of their duties.

  Donna Woolfolk Cross

  Integrity, Men, Law

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• There is a lot of focus on TV, in magazines...about being skinny and rich. I don't think those are that important. It's much more important for us to be good, honest people that try to help others and live the best life we can. That's where you get your satisfaction ultimately.

  Laura Evans

  Cancer, Helping Others, Thinking

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• The Bible is the one Book to which any thoughtful man may go with any honest question of life or destiny and find the answer of God by honest searching.

  John Ruskin

  Bible, Christian, Book

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• Be dogmatically true, obstinately holy, immovably honest, desperately kind, fixedly upright.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Kind, Behavior

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1882). “Farm Sermons”

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• I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, that no honest love could come to me.

  Elizabeth Proctor

  Dating, Romance, Made

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• Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to the honest. They are the first knock at our door of things that are not yet, but have to be, understood. . . . Doubts must precede every deeper assurance; for uncertainties are what we first see when we look into a region hitherto unknown, unexplored, unannexed.

  George MacDonald

  Faith, Doors, Doubt

  George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.13031, Delphi Classics

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• Our attitude is more honest and more consistent than our words.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Attitude, Stay Positive, Our Words

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• Does the Bible ever say anywhere from Genesis to Revelation, 'My house shall be called a house of preaching'? Does it ever say, 'My house shall be called a house of music'? Of course not. The Bible does say, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations'. Preaching, music, the reading of the Word - these things are fine; I believe in and practice all of them. But they must never override prayer as the defining mark of God's dwelling. the honest truth is that I have seen God do more in people's lives during ten minutes of real prayer than in ten of my sermons.

  Jim Cymbala

  Prayer, Real, Believe

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• Mutual commitment helps overcome the fear of failure—especially when people are part of a team sharing and achieving goals. It also sets the stage for open dialogue and honest conversation.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Team, Commitment, Goal

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• I think when you're looking for people to interview, you want to make it fair and honest. You're not just bringing people on so you can beat them up or, you know, make fools out of them or something

  Walter Isaacson

  Thinking, People, Want

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• You are only as strong as you are honest.

  Craig Groeschel

  Strong

  "Craig Groeschel Challenges Men to 'Man Up,' Become Warriors in New Book 'Fight'". Interview with Jessica Martinez, www.christianpost.com. October 23, 2013.

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• To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just opened a Ritz-Carlton in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is stunning and has great views.

  Joe Elliott

  Views, Giving, Four Seasons

  "Me and my travels". Interview with Jon Bennett, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2008.

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• I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer

  Leon Uris

  Jockeys, Heavy, Producers

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• I am very honest with them - with an understanding that I'm doing them a disservice if I'm not telling them what I see. At the same time trying to remember that they're people and they're children and you know they are going to have off days and that's something that I feel like I've had to work on as I've gone down the coaching route.

  Kim Zmeskal

  Children, People, Understanding

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• This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had communication with for forty-four years. . . . [Footnote: Roughing It is dedicated to Higbie.] . . . I shall allow myself the privilege of copying his punctuation and his spelling, for to me they are a part of the man. He is as honest as the day is long. He is utterly simple-minded and straightforward, and his spelling and his punctuation are as simple and honest as he is himself. He makes no apology for them, and no apology is needed.

  Mark Twain

  Morning, Communication, Apology

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• The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given every honest citizen an equal right to enjoy his religion and an equal title to all civil emoluments, without obliging him to tell his religion. Every interference of the civil power in regulating opinion, is an impious attempt to take the business of the Deity out of his own hands; and every preference given to any religious denomination, is so far slavery and bigotry.

  Noah Webster

  Religious, Father, Hands

  Noah Webster (1785). “Sketches of American Policy Under the Following Heads: I. Theory of Government, II. Governments on the Eastern Continent, III. American States, Or, the Principles of the American Constitutions Contrasted with Those of European States, IV. Plan of Policy for Improving the Advantages and Perpetuating the Union of the American States”, p.27, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• Rich dad went on to explain that the world was filled with different types of entrepreneurs. There are entrepreneurs who are big and small, rich and poor, honest and crooked, for-profit and not-for-profit, saint and sinner, small town and international, and successes and failures. He said, "The word entrepreneur is a big word and it means different things to different people."

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Dad, Business, Mean

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• I pull back, gasping for breath. Reeling. His breath is ragged, and I place my hands on his cheeks to steady him. "Is this okay?" I whisper. "Are you okay?" His reply is anguished. Honest. "I love you."

  Stephanie Perkins

  Love, Hands, Okay

  Stephanie Perkins (2014). “Lola and the Boy Next Door”, p.191, Usborne Publishing Ltd

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• For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

  Thora Birch

  Thinking, Offering, Support

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player. play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.

  Wayne Rooney

  Inspirational, Player, Games

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• Honest, intelligent criticism is an aid to the progress of an effort.

  Oscar Micheaux

  Intelligent, Effort, Criticism

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• You can tell other people all the alibis you want. I don't mind. But to yourself try to be honest.

  Richard Hamming

  People, Mind, Trying

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• I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose.

  Steven Moffat

  Revenge, Kids, Thinking

  "The Man Who Revitalized 'Doctor Who' And 'Sherlock'". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. May 3, 2012.

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• In south west Lancashire, babies don't toddle, they side-step. Queuing women talk of 'nipping round the blindside'. Rugby league provides our cultural adrenalin. It's a physical manifestation of our rules of life, comradeship, honest endeavour, and a staunch, often ponderous allegiance to fair play.

  Colin Welland

  Life, Baby, Rugby League

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• Why does corruption in government always surprise us? Why do we expect anything else from it? Government is organized force. It takes our wealth and makes war. And we think honest men would do that work?

  Joseph Sobran

  War, Men, Thinking

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