Quotes About Honesty

When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.

As honest as you could expect a man to be in a world where it's out of style.

The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?

I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.

If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out." -Elizabeth

I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.

Most Men are Cowards, all Men should be Knaves. The Difference lies, as far as I can see, Not in the thing it self, but the Degree.

I want to be a man's man - not a kid actor or a glitzy pop star but a no-bullshit leading man.

For no matter what the world, men who deal in headwear are men to be trusted above any other.

The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.

No man is really honest; none of us is above the influence of gain.

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.

A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, must not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.

When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it.

How long do you want these messages to remain secret?[...] +I want them to remain secret for as long as men are capable of evil.

You bent my words again," says Goto Dengo. "You spoke crooked words and I straightened them

What do you mean by values?" "They were code words like honesty, hard work, self-reliance . . . myths, actually, to motivate the people to accept the natural inequities found in a market system.

in an unguarded moment.

Daniel kept being cruel to Roger, trying to make him go away, but Roger took it as honesty, implying profound friendship.

It is the truth," said Oda-sensei. "Sometimes the truth is flattering.

This is why he hates business. He wants to tell everyone everything. He wants to make friends with people.

Say your truth—kindly, but fully and completely. Live your truth, gently, but totally and consistently. Change your truth easily and quickly when your experience brings you new clarity.

Betrayal of yourself in order not to betray another is betrayal nonetheless. It is the highest betrayal.