Honesty Quotes - Page 21

• Honesty was a cheat invented first To bind the hands of bold deserving rogues, That fools and cowards might sit safe in power, And lord it uncontroll'd above their betters.

  Thomas Otway

  Hands, Coward, Safe

  1682 Venice Preserved, or a Plot Discovered, act1, sc.1.

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• Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?

  Sharon Kay Penman

  Men, Mind, Doe

  Sharon Kay Penman (2010). “When Christ and His Saints Slept”, p.31, Macmillan

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• To the cheater, there is no such thing as honesty, and to Republicans the idea of serving the public good is counterfeit on the face of it — they never felt such an urge, and therefore it must not exist.

  Garrison Keillor

  Cheater, Ideas, Faces

  Garrison Keillor (2004). “Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America”, p.39, Penguin

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• What is more arrogant than honesty?

  Ursula K. Le Guin

  Arrogant

  Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.147, Penguin

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• Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded, then, is a return to these truths.

  Barack Obama

  Loyalty, Hard Work, Play

  First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

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• One good Man may take another's Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty, but what is built upon Necessity; for unhappy is the People, and their Constitution will be ever precarious, whose Welfare must depend upon the Virtues and Consciences of Ministers and Politicians.

  Bernard de Mandeville

  Men, People, Good Man

  "The Fable of the Bees". Book by Bernard Mandeville. Remark Q, pp. 207-208, 1732.

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• Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

  Marcel Proust

  Stress, Thinking, People

  Marcel Proust (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Marcel Proust (Illustrated)”, p.2105, Delphi Classics

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• Watergate left Washington a city ravaged by honesty.

  Russell Baker

  Cities, Watergate, Left

  Russell Baker (2014). “So This is Depravity”, p.107, Diversion Books

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• I know nothing, by experience, of party discipline. I would rather be a raccoon-dog, and belong to a Negro in the forest, than to belong to any party, further than to do justice to all, and to promote the interests of my country. The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man.

  Davy Crockett

  Country, Dog, Party

  "David Crockett: His Life and Adventures". Book by John Stevens Cabot Abbott, p. 294, 1875.

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• I gave my decisions on the principles of common justice and honesty between man and man, and relied on natural born sense, and not on law, learning to guide me; for I had never read a page in a law book in all my life.

  Davy Crockett

  Book, Men, Law

  Davy Crockett, Thomas Chilton (1834). “A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee”, p.135

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• I was demanding of myself a deeper and greater honesty, more and more revelation in my work in order to give it back to the people where it goes into their lives and nourishes them and changes their direction and makes light bulbs go off in their head and makes them feel. And it isn't vague, it strikes against the very nerves of their life and in order to do that you have to strike against the very nerves of your own.

  Joni Mitchell

  Order, Light, People

  "Joni Mitchell: Lament for the Lady of the Canyon" by James Hughes, www.smh.com.au. July 10, 2015.

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• It is easy for most of us to keep our hands from picking and stealing when picking and stealing plainly lead to prison diet and prison garments. But when silks and satins come of it, and with the silks and satins general respect, the net result of honesty does not seem to be so secure.

  Anthony Trollope

  Hands, Doe, Prison

  Anthony Trollope (2015). “The Prime Minister”, p.103, Booklassic

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• Perhaps there is no position more perilous to a man's honesty thanthat?of knowing himselftobe quiteloved by a girl whom he almost loves himself.

  Anthony Trollope

  Girl, Men, Knowing

  'Phineas Finn' (1869) ch. 50

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• Honesty is the best policy ; a policy is, after all, a strategy for living in the polis in the city.

  Samuel R. Delany

  Cities, Strategy, Policy

  "The Mad Man". Book by Samuel R. Delany, 1994.

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• Elizabeth Turnage is a woman of grit and grace who lives into the stories of those who join her in this odd journey of seeking God. She honors the complexity of life without ever losing sight of the simple glory of the cross. Her grasp of the mundane and miraculous and their interplay gives a depth and honesty to her story that tugs at the heart and gives us hope our story can matter. Her book will be a clarion call to bring our broken, holy, troubled, and glorious life to the author of all stories: Jesus.

  Dan B. Allender

  Jesus, Book, Heart

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• One must not allow oneself to skid down to isolationism and unbridled economic egoism. ... The second possible mistake would be excessive interference into the economic life of the country. And the absolute faith into the all-mightiness of the state.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Mistake, Responsibility

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• Our anti-crisis policy is aimed at supporting domestic demand, providing social guarantees for the population, and creating new jobs. Like many countries, we have reduced production taxes, leaving money in the economy. We have optimised state spending.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Jobs, Responsibility

  Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the World Economic Forum, archive.premier.gov.ru. January 28, 2009.

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• We must seek support in the moral values that have ensured the progress of our civilization. Honesty and hard work, responsibility and faith in our strength are bound to bring us success. There should be no place for despondency. The crisis can and must be fought by uniting our intellectual, spiritual and material resources.

  Vladimir Putin

  Spiritual, Responsibility, Hard Work

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• I believe that the 21st century economy is an economy of people, not of factories. The intellectual factor has become increasingly important in the economy, which is why we are planning to focus on providing additional opportunities for people to realise their potential.

  Vladimir Putin

  Responsibility, Power, Opportunity

  Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the World Economic Forum, archive.premier.gov.ru. January 28, 2009.

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• Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from growing domestic social and economic problems in certain countries. Such attempts cannot be ruled out, unfortunately.

  Vladimir Putin

  Military, Responsibility, Power

  Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the World Economic Forum, archive.premier.gov.ru. January 28, 2009.

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• I'd written personal essays before, but never on this scale -- never so often and with such, er, honesty. (If by honesty I mean slashing my wrists and hemorrhaging all over the computer screen).

  Ayelet Waldman

  Mean, Computer, Scales

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• But in all honesty, I would suggest that people who want a modern "free" OS look around for a microkernel-based, portable OS, like maybe GNU or something like that.

  Andrew S. Tanenbaum

  People, Looks, Want

  Usenet message, January 29, 1992.

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• I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not being true to oneself.

  Scott Kahn

  Language, Paint, Admire

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• Integrity is the core of our character.

  L. Lionel Kendrick

  Courage, Integrity, Character

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• The truth is never dangerous. Except when told.

  Philip Moeller

  Truth Is, Dangerous

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