All other knowledge is hurtful to him who has not honesty and good-nature
MontaigneThe secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Groucho MarxHe that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Samuel JohnsonConcentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
Andrew CarnegieI will fight for budget honesty and eliminating the deficit to reduce the transfer of debt to younger generations.
Roscoe BartlettEvery act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as the victim, and the perpetrator as well. Each little dishonesty makes another little rotten spot somewhere in the perpetrator's psyche.
Lesley CongerWith all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in man, than any other association of men.
Clarence DarrowConfidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D RooseveltYou will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate
Pope John Paul IIThey envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
SallustCommend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.
Henry FieldingI believe honesty comes across in music because for [most] people music isn't just something to dance to.
Willa FordActing is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
George BurnsI just hope, in all honesty, that Steve will walk if he hits it, you know what I mean? I would hate to be bringing up my bent finger as a controversial decision. I hope he'll go nice and easy - caught in the covers or bowled middle stump. I just hope he doesn't get his pads in the way or his bat's wide enough to get a thin edge [on Steve Waugh's last innings]
Billy BowdenHonesty is a good
thing but
it is not profitable to
its possessor
unless it is
kept under control.
Don MarquisThe more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a saint
Johann Lavater It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Noel CowardWith people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Arthur SchopenhauerHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas JeffersonMen are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.
Stephen Butler LeacockHe that departs with his own honesty
For vulgar praise, doth it too dearly buy
Ben JonsonSolitaire is the only thing in life that demands absolute honesty.
Hugh WheelerHonesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
Josh BillingsHonesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it
AnonymousFor the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
Charles BaudelaireIf all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve
Georg LichtenbergUnfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.
Horace MannTreat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained...
Lao TzuI've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt
Jessamyn WestHonesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain
Thomas OtwayFrom your confessor, lawyer and doctor, hide not your case on no condition. [Is this a way of saying that honesty is the best policy?]
John HaringtonHonesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
Stephen Vincent BenetThe best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
Arthur C ClarkeMaking resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle.
Eric ZornI'd need an incredibly talented make up artist to make me look natural! [Honesty from Donatella]
Donatella VersaceRegardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable
Leo Burnett
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