Honesty Is The Best Policy Quotes

• Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Sarcastic, Money

  Mark Twain (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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• Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Trust, Children

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• Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship.

  Mike Paul

  Trust, Honesty, Block

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• Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.

  Josh Billings

  Honesty, Ethics, Wealth

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  Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones

  John Lennon

  Inspirational, Friendship, Best Friend

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• Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.

  Mother Teresa

  Being Yourself, Honesty, Vulnerable

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• Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.112

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• Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

  Mark Twain

  Truth, Honesty, Politics

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• Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Motivational, Friendship, Nature

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.15, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

  Steve Landesberg

  Funny, Sarcastic, Truth

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

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• Integrity gives you real freedom because you have nothing to fear since you have nothing to hide.

  Zig Ziglar

  Motivational, Integrity, Real

  Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.222, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This also means being straightforward and honest with them.

  Sanford I. Weill

  Respect, Believe, Mean

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• 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

  Inspirational, Children, Truth

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• There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.

  Thomas Sowell

  Sarcastic, Truth, Honesty

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• Honesty is the best policy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1757”, p.209, Regnery Publishing

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• Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Speak, Legitimacy

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• Honesty is always the best policy.

  George Washington

  Honesty, Supposing That, Candor

  George Washington, John Jay, Jared Sparks (1850). “Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America”, p.46, New York : J. Wiley

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• Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Honesty, Law, Policy

  Louisa May Alcott (1871). “Little women, and Good wives, by the author of 'An old-fashioned girl'.”

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• It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

  George Washington

  Leadership, Honesty, Individual

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1847). “pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789”, p.146

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• Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

  George Burns

  Funny, Success, Fake People

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• Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

  Nelson Mandela

  Respect, Honesty, People

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.150, Pan Macmillan

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• Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

  Margaret Fuller

  Truth, Honesty, Heart

  Margaret Fuller, Arthur Buckminster Fuller (1856). “At home and abroad: or, Things and thoughts in America and Europe. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller”, p.54

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• 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

  Trust, Hope, Truth

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.46, Rowman & Littlefield

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• The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.

  Simon Sinek

  Inspirational, Truth, Honesty

  FaceBook post by Simon Sinek from Mar 22, 2016

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• People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.

  Ma Ying-jeou

  Honesty, People, Want

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. February 13, 2007.

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