Honest Quotes

Better an honest enemy than a false friend.

Me, I'm dishonest, and you can always trust a dishonest man to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for.

Be prepared and be honest.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide, ... When I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest.

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

To be honest with you, we've talked about really not needing to do anything. We could basically just sit there, take our picks, and we'll be happy.

As friends and neighbors, we should be honest with each other about the rapidly degenerating situation along the border and the near-lawlessness in some parts. The bottom line is that we simply can't allow drug traffickers to place in jeopardy the lives of our citizens and the safety of our communities.

Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honest is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you.

There's all these ways to instantly communicate - cars, computers, telephone and transportation - and even with all that, it's so hard to find people and have an honest communication with them.

When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this stage, stimulates me. But once a decision has been made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

Let's be very honest about what this is about. It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all. This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

Honest leaders create honest companies. Manipulative leaders create manipulative companies.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

We did have some difficult times. Really, there were more good times than bad. I've been honest about a lot of the things that happened and the truth is, I have more good memories than bad ones.

It's been rough, I'll be honest about that. You hear that business is all about location, and it's true.

You would like to hold them off as long as possible and to be honest, we did that. Congratulations to the White Sox. They've had a heck of a year.

Whistle-blowing is work-related speech. Honest civil servants who step forward and document waste, fraud and corruption at work must have the same constitutional protections as other citizens.