"There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers."
Read quote
11 likes
Honesty quotes
Honesty
2.1K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Honesty
Browse quotes that often appear alongside honesty — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Honesty quotes (page 16 of 106)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right."
Read quote
11 likes
"Drawing is the honesty of the art."
Read quote
11 likes
"You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience."
Read quote
11 likes
"Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies."
Read quote
11 likes
"I lost my sense of trust, honesty and compassion. I crashed down and became what I consider an emotional mess. I've never been so miserable in my whole life. I just wanted to go to bed and never get up."
Read quote
11 likes
"People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way of ones' good fortune... and at bottom it is always man himself that stands in his own way."
Read quote
11 likes
"Treat 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."
Read quote
11 likes
"No truth could ever fear me."
Read quote
11 likes
"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."
Read quote
11 likes
"[Success] always starts with the material; it always starts with the truth and honesty of the characters that you read in the screenplay and that's rarely something that can be remedied if it's simply not there by the time you shoot the film. Thank God we had that."
Read quote
11 likes
"The greatest homage we can pay to truth, is to use it."
Read quote
11 likes
"The insincerity of man-all men are liars, partial or hiders of facts, half tellers of truths, shirks, moral sneaks. When a merely honest man appears he is a comet-his fame is eternal-needs no genius, no talent-mere honesty"
Read quote
11 likes
"We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never lived. But I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after the Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, profoundly, with perfect honesty and nicely adjusted judgment- until they believed that without doubt or question they had found the Truth. That was the end of the search. The man spent the rest of his hunting up shingles wherewith to protect his Truth from the weather."
Read quote
11 likes
"It only takes one lie to taint your entire testimony in a court of law. Honesty is a vital part of having a good reputation."
Read quote
11 likes
"Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?"
Read quote
11 likes
"To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous."
Read quote
11 likes
"Now, after years of observation and enough courage to admit what I have observed, I try to plant peace if I do not want discord; to plant loyalty and honesty if I want to avoid betrayal and lies."
Read quote
11 likes
"It takes strong ears indeed to hear ourselves judged frankly, and because there are few who can endure criticism without being stung by it, those who venture to criticize us perform a remarkable act of friendship. For it is a healthy love that will risk wounding or offending in order to profer a benefit."
Read quote
11 likes
"Before you place your financial future in the hands of an adviser, it's imperative that you find someone who not only makes you comfortable but whose honesty is beyond reproach."
Read quote
10 likes