Honesty Quotes - Page 32

• Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.

  James Allen

  Positive Thinking, Fruit, Bears

  James Allen (2010). “As You Think: Second Edition”, p.34, New World Library

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• To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.

  William Ellery Channing

  Strong, Integrity, Men

  William Ellery Channing (1925). “The Liberal Gospel: As Set Forth in the Writings of William Ellery Channing”

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• Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does.

  Martha Beck

  Dream, Integrity, Lying

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• I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings 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, Blessing, Men

  John Adams (1841). “Letters of John Adams: Addressed to His Wife”, p.267

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• The rich, the well-born, and the able, acquire an influence among the people that will soon be too much for simple honesty and plain sense, in a house of representatives. The most illustrious of them must, therefore, be separated from the mass, and placed by themselves in a senate; this is, to all honest and useful intents, an ostracism.

  John Adams

  Simple, People, Simplicity

  John Adams, George A. Peek, Jr. (2003). “The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections”, p.19, Hackett Publishing

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• Titles are marks of honest men, and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title lies.

  Edward Young

  Wise, Lying, Men

  Edward Young, Sir Herbert Croft, Sir Herbert Croft (5th bart), Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Edward Young ...”, p.134

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• The man who consecrates his hours by vigorous effort, and an honest aim, at once he draws the sting of life and Death; he walks with nature; and her paths are peace.

  Edward Young

  Death, Peace, Nature

  Edward Young (1823). “Night Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality: To which is Added a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job, and the Last Day, a Poem”, p.19

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• I courted fame but as a spur to brave and honest deeds; who despises fame will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it.

  David Mallet

  Bravery, Spurs, Deeds

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• Aid the dawning, tongue and pen; Aid it, hopes of honest men!

  Charles Mackay

  Men, Tongue, Aids

  Charles Mackay (1859). “Ballads and Lyrics”

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• Redemption is invented by the sinner.

  Lawrence Hill

  Redemption, Sinner

  Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.417, W. W. Norton & Company

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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, Blessing, Men

  Letter to Abigail Adams, 2 Nov. 1800

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• In the midst of all this turmoil and destruction, the Latter-day Saints should dwell in peace and safety. This they may do if they will be honest with themselves, with their fellowmen, and with their God.

  Joseph Fielding Smith

  Safety, Saint, May

  Joseph Fielding Smith (1973). “Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings”

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• To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong.

  Lucan

  Justice

  Lucan (1722). “Lucan's Pharsalia”, p.156

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• ...it is curiosity, initiative, originality, and the ruthless application of honesty that count in research- much more than feats of logic and memory alone.

  Julian Huxley

  Memories, Discovery, Curiosity

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• To set aside one’s prejudices, one’s present needs, and one’s own self interest in making a decision as a director for a company is an intellectual exercise that takes constant practice. In short, intellectual honesty is a journey and not a destination.

  Mervyn King

  Exercise, Journey, Practice

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• One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the twenty-first century is for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest personal concerns-about ethics, spiritual experience, and the inevitability of human suffering-in ways that are not flagrantly irrational. We desperately need a public discourse that encourages critical thinking and intellectual honesty. Nothing stands in the way of this project more that the respect we accord religious faith.

  Sam Harris

  Spiritual, Religious, Thinking

  Sam Harris (2006). “Letter to a Christian Nation”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• No mask like open truth to cover lies, As to go naked is the best disguise.

  William Congreve

  Lying, Deceit, Naked

  The Double Dealer act 5, sc. 6 (1694)

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• We believe in honesty, morality, and purity; but when they enact tyrannical laws, forbidding us the free exercise of our religion, we cannot submit. God is greater than the United States, and when the Government conflicts with heaven, we will be ranged under the banner of heaven and against the Government...Polygamy is a divine institution. It has been banded down direct from God. The United States cannot abolish it. No nation on the earth can prevent it, nor all the nations of the earth combined...I defy the United States; I will obey God.

  John Taylor

  Believe, Exercise, Law

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• What’s the secret to success? It’s no secret. You need a winning attitude, honesty and integrity, and a burning desire to succeed.

  Dave Thomas

  Attitude, Integrity, Winning

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• Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.

  Martha Beck

  People, Remember, Intimacy

  "When Is It Okay To Lie?" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 5, 2014.

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• My deep belief is that all of us have the same lifelong work: to learn honesty, courage, and love. To learn, in other words, how to be our best selves.

  Martha Beck

  Self, And Love, Belief

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• Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet.

  Robert Morgan

  Tough, Sense Of Humor, Poetic

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• All I'm arguing for really is that we should have a conversation where the best ideas really thrive, where there's no taboo against criticizing bad ideas, and where everyone who shows up, in order to get their ideas entertained, has to meet some obvious burdens of intellectual rigor and self-criticism and honesty-and when people fail to do that, we are free to stop listening to them. What religion has had up until this moment is a different set of rules that apply only to it, which is you have to respect my religious certainty even though I'm telling you I arrived at it irrationally.

  Sam Harris

  Religious, Self, Order

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• The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than to hang a robber, or kill a flea. But killing one tyrant only makes way for worse, unless the people have sense, spirit and honesty enough to establish and support a constitution guarded at all points against the tyranny of the one, the few, and the many.

  John Adams

  Tyrants, People, Support

  John Adams (2015). “The Works of John Adams Vol. 6: Defence of the Constitution IV, Discourses on Davila”, p.110, Jazzybee Verlag

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• If you play music with passion and love and honesty, then it will nourish your soul, heal your wounds and make your life worth living. Music is its own reward.

  Sting

  Passion, Play, Soul

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