Quotes About Honesty

When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.

Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument.

Do they believe their cause so just that they are above and beyond the truth?

By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.

Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.

The art of life is to show your hand.

You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart.

Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.

The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it.

My greatest aim has been to advance the art of photography and to make it what I think I have, a great and truthful medium of history.

Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one.

To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself.

I stand with Charlie Hebdo, as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it.

Diplomacy is the art of telling plain truths without giving offense.

To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting.

If thou art wise, incline to truth; for truth, not the semblance, remains in its place.

Arty farty, you'll never fool your Aunt, who knew you picked your nose and wet your pants.

Whoever you pretend to be, you must face yourself eventually.

The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.

To thee, fair Freedom! I retire From flattery, cards, and dice, and din: Nor art thou found in mansions higher Than the low cot, or humble inn.

In both metaphysics and art, honesty is the best policy. Keep it clean.

Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.