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• 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.

  Johnny Depp

  Trust, Men, Watches

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  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.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Strength, Inspiring

  "Pray It Forward: Daily Meditations" by Rowena Holloway, iUniverse, (p. 34), August 1, 2007.

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• As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

  Nelson Mandela

  Motivational, Confidence, Honesty

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• We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Reality, Simplicity

  "Question time". Interview with Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2009.

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• Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Life, Honesty, Future

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• If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Honesty, Reading, Happy Girl

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• A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

  H. L. Mencken

  Freedom, Democracy, Politics

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• To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

  John Ruskin

  Trust, Children, Truth

  John Ruskin (1868). “Time and Tide, by Weare and Tyne. Twenty-five letters to a Working Man of Sunderland (Thomas Dixon) on the laws of work ... Second edition”, p.37

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• If you tell the truth, you don't need a long memory.

  Jesse Ventura

  Inspirational, Memories, Truth

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• The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Honesty, Good Life, Real

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane (1988). “A Little House sampler”, Univ of Nebraska Pr

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• Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

  George Washington

  Wise, Wisdom, Inspiration

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• An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Motivational, Truth, Honesty

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.550, Wordsworth Editions

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• I am not and never will be perfect. I am not always as honest, respectful, responsible, fair or as kind as I should be. All I can do is what I should do: strive every day, with every decision to be the best person I can be. I don’t expect to be perfect but I know I can be better.

  Michael Josephson

  Perfect, Decision, Kind

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• Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Sarcastic, Money

  Mark Twain (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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  Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.

  Bruce Lee

  Children, Greatness, Organization

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The most important thing for me is honesty. Just be honest and up front. I think that's the hardest.

  Zac Efron

  Honesty, Thinking, Important

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• I Pray Heaven to bestow the best of blessing on this house, and on ALL that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof!

  John Adams

  Wise, Honesty, Blessing

  Letter to Abigail Adams, 2 Nov. 1800

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• The first step to greatness is to be honest.

  Samuel Johnson

  Greatness, Firsts, Steps

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Reviews, political tracts, and Lives of eminent persons”, p.311

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• I may be a burglar...but I'm an honest one, I hope, more or less.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  May, Burglars

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• She was calm and quiet now with knowing what she had always known, what neither her parents nor Aunt Claire nor Frank nor anyone else had ever had to teach her: that if you wanted something to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

  Richard Yates

  Aunt, Knowing, Parent

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• It was funny how dad was more honest in a book that anyone in the world could pick up and read than he could be talking to me. Or maybe it was sad. One or the other. Sometimes it’s hard to tell.

  Gabrielle Zevin

  Dad, Book, Talking

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• To my taste, the men in Rome are ridiculously, hurtfully, stupidly beautiful. More beautiful even than Roman women, to be honest. Italian men are beautiful in the same way as French women, which is to say-- no detail spared in the quest for perfection. They’re like show poodles. Sometimes they look so good I want to applaud.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Beautiful, Men, Italian

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.68, A&C Black

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• It's honest to admit you'll kill someone because you hate them.

  Fuyumi Soryo

  Hate

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• Well, I haven't been an impulsive guy lately because I'm not in control of my own life. I'm living other peoples' requirements at the moment. It's the part of the job that is the most difficult for actors. I'm finding it very soul-jailing, you know? You don't have time to play guitar or speak to your friends and family. It's very demanding. I don't know how people do it, to be honest, without an alcohol.

  Brenton Thwaites

  People, Guy, Alcohol

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• The only time I ever find my dealings with God less than clear-cut is when I'm not being honest with Him. The fuzziness is always on my side, not His.

  Catherine Marshall

  Cutting, Sides, Clear

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