Honesty Quotes - Page 27

• As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is the best policy, present temptation is often found to be an overmatch for those considerations.

  James Madison

  Community, Temptation, Individual

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• A nation's domestic and foreign policies and actions should be derived from the same standards of ethics, honesty and morality which are characteristic of the individual citizens of the nation.

  Jimmy Carter

  Government, Citizens, Ethics

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• Throughout much of history, women writers have capitulated to male standards, and have paid too much heed to what Virginia Woolf calls "the angel in the house." She is that little ghost who sits on one's shoulder while one writes and whispers, "Be nice, don't say anything that will embarrass the family, don't say anything your man will disapprove of ..." [ellipsis in original] The "angel in the house" castrates one's creativity because it deprives one of essential honesty, and many women writers have yet to win the freedom to be honest with themselves.

  Erica Jong

  Nice, Writing, Creativity

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• Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.

  Gertrude Stein

  Selfish, Virtue, Enough

  Gertrude Stein, Brenda Wineapple (2002). “Three Lives”, p.255, Simon and Schuster

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• Predictions that unit cohesion could not survive honesty about sexual orientation were simply wrong. What does threaten morale arethe prolonged investigations, the questioning of friends and co-workers, the searches of barracks for magazines and letters, the witch hunts.

  Anna Quindlen

  Doe, Magazines, Letters

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• If science is to progress, what we need is the ability to experiment, honesty in reporting results—the results must be reported without somebody saying what they would like the results to have been—and finally—an important thing—the intelligence to interpret the results.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Intelligence, Important, Progress

  Richard P. Feynman (2015). “The Quotable Feynman”, p.130, Princeton University Press

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• Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.

  John Galsworthy

  Jewels, Prejudice, Speech

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• I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.

  Denis Diderot

  Funny, Wise, Philosophy

  "Rameau's Nephew". Book by Denis Diderot, 1805.

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• Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught when convicted of his error, and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces truth, though with the sacrifice of favourite opinions.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Happiness, Art, Truth

  "Aphorisms on man. Translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric. ; [One line from Juvenal]" by Johann Kaspar Lavater, 1790.

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• Were a man, whom I know to be honest and opulent, and with whom I live in intimate friendship, to come into my house, where I am surrounded with my servants, I rest assured, that he is not to stab me before he leaves it, in order to rob me of my silver standish; and I no more suspect this event, than the falling of the house itself which is new, and solidly built and founded.--But he may have been seized with a sudden and unknown frenzy.--So may a sudden earthquake arise, and shake and tumble my house about my ears.

  David Hume

  Fall, Men, Order

  David Hume, Tom L. Beauchamp (2000). “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Edition”, p.69, Oxford University Press

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

  Aristophanes

  Men, Gains, Influence

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• Time keeps no measure when true friends are parted, No record day by day; the sands move not for those who, loyal-hearted, friendship's firm laws obey.

  Jack Nicholson

  Friendship, Loyalty, Time

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• It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

  George Washington

  Leadership, Individual, States

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1847). “pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789”, p.146

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• Christ is the most perfect image of God, into which we are so renewed as to bear the image of God, in knowledge, purity, righteousness, and true holiness.

  John Calvin

  Wisdom, Truth, Knowledge

  John Calvin (2012). “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion (Annotated Edition)”, p.173, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Without Christ, sciences in every department are vain....The man who knows not God is vain, though he should be conversant with every branch of learning. Nay more, we may affirm this too with truth, that these choice gifts of God -- expertness of mind, acuteness of judgment, liberal sciences, and acquaintance with languages, are in a manner profaned in every instance in which they fall to the lot of wicked men.

  John Calvin

  Wisdom, Art, Truth

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• You can write anything you want to,--a six-act blank verse, symbolic tragedy or a vulgar short, short story. Just so that you write it with honesty and gusto, and do not try to make somebody believe that you are smarter than you are. What's the use? You can never be smarter than you are.

  Brenda Ueland

  Believe, Writing, Trying

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• Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Power, People, Influence

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• There is no greater virtue than honesty.

  Martin Sheen

  Virtue, Greater

  Interview with David Kupfer, progressive.org. July 1, 2003.

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• What we often take to be family values--the work ethic, honesty, clean living, marital fidelity, and individual responsibility--are in fact social, religious, or cultural values. To be sure, these values are transmitted by parents to their children and are familial in that sense. They do not, however, originate within the family. It is the value of close relationships with other family members, and the importance of these bonds relative to other needs.

  David Elkind

  Religious, Children, Responsibility

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• Honesty towards yourself. Looking into your mirror, any time all the time will guide.

  Jacob Gelt Dekker

  Mirrors, Guides

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• Mother Liberty caresses with generous affections...[those] who, armed with the weapons of high-minded honesty,...have grasped that the freedom of each is rooted in the freedom of all.

  Emma Goldman

  Mother, Liberty, Weapons

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• Men do not invent Myths. They only invent fables, and tell lies. True Myths create themselves, and find their expression in the men who serve their purpose.

  Denis Johnston

  Truth, Lying, Men

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• I hope I just continue to be passionate about the roles and to always endeavor to bring clarity and honesty to the table and different ideas.

  Angela Bassett

  Ideas, Tables, Different

  "Gerard Butler, Antoine Fuqua Interview: Olympus Has Fallen". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. October 15, 2017.

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• From the beginning of my days, it comes right back down to my parents. Raising all the kids. They really taught me principles of hard work, honesty and integrity. Those are the things that will always carry with you. My brother and I carry on those qualities that my parents have taught us. It helps keep me in check.

  Charlie Brenneman

  Brother, Integrity, Hard Work

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• There is more to American politics than fat cats and their political friends. There are serious-minded liberals who fight the good fight on many issues, ecologically oriented politicians who remain true to their cause, and honest people of every political stripe who are not beholden to any wealthy people. But there are not enough of them, and they are often worn down by the constant pressure from lobbyists, lawyers and conventional politicians.

  G. William Domhoff

  Cat, Fighting, Issues

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