Honesty Quotes

• 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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• Truth allows you to live with integrity. Everything you do and say shows the world who you really are. Let it be the Truth.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Truth, Integrity, World

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• No legacy is so rich as honesty.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

  1604-5 Mariana to Diana. All'sWellThat EndsWell, act 3, sc.5, l.12-13.

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  The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

  Zig Ziglar

  Love, Success, Faith

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 03, 2014

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• Living
  consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and
  responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the
  moment.

  Sidney Poitier

  African American, Live In The Moment, Listening

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• If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Cheating, Funny Inspirational

  Mark Twain (2010). “Mark Twain's Own Autobiography: The Chapters from the North American Review”, p.43, Univ of Wisconsin Press

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• Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

  Spencer Johnson

  Truth, Integrity, People

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• There's one way to find out if a man is honest - ask him. If he says, 'Yes,' you know he is a crook.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Truth, Crazy

  "Donald Trump, a Populist for the Rich" by Jim Hightower, progressive.org. October 9, 2016.

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

  Mother Teresa

  Being Yourself, Vulnerable, Authenticity

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• To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.

  Edward R. Murrow

  Truth, Integrity, Literature

  Testimony before a Congressional Committee, pdaa.publicdiplomacy.org. May 1963.

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• Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Trust, Truth

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• We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

  Tad Williams

  Fear, Lying, Thinking

  Tad Williams (1994). “To Green Angel Tower”, p.667, Penguin

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• Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

  Sophocles

  Integrity, Honor, Succeed

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• With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries. What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners value the freedoms and liberties of the individual. As an Asian of Chinese cultural backround, my values are for a government which is honest, effective and efficient.

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Country, Freedom, Government

  "Democracy, Human Rights and the Realities". Speech in Tokyo, www.theguardian.com. November 20, 1992.

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• A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and brought out against him upon some subsequent occasion.

  Samuel Johnson

  Men, People, May

  Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 25 Mar. 1776)

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• It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Cheating, Lying

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 03, 2016

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• The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Zero, Funny Life, Business

  "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners". Book by Geoff Tibballs (p. 264), 2004.

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• Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Success, Truth

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• If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Truth, Integrity

  Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2015). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius The Golden Sayings Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.72, Lulu.com

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• A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Trust, Travel, Truth

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• 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

  Fear, Independent, Thinking

  graf Leo Tolstoy, Aylmer Maude (1934). “The Works of Leo Tolstoy ...: On life and essays on religion, tr. by Aylmer Maude”

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Being Yourself

  Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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• A true friend will tell you the truth to your face - not behind your back.

  Sasha Azevedo

  True Friend, Faces, Your Face

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• Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspiring, Kindness, Compassion

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• Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.

  Josh Billings

  Ethics, Wealth, Truth Be Told

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