Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance.
An honest man's the noblest work of God.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.
Honesty is always the best policy.
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
To be direct and honest is not safe.
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones
That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He asks no praise, because his praise comes to him in the form of a salary check. In Hollywood the average writer is not young, not honest, not brave, and a bit overdressed. But he is darn good company, which book writers as a rule are not. He is better than what he writes. Most book writers are not as good.
Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest
Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.
Most style is not honest enough.
It is not honest inquiry that makes anarchy; but it is error, insincerity, half belief and untruth that make it.
If we do not control our minds with our Buddha nature, do not practice seriously, are not honest to ourselves and do not examine our behaviors strictly, we will definitely be possessed by Maya. Being possessed does not necessary mean that we become delirious or our faces become horribly distorted. When we do not walk on the right path, we will be walking on Maya's path.
The problems that exist on Wall Street today go to the center of a debate in this country about wealth and democracy. We cannot keep our democracy if those who are in charge of handling the engines of our economy are not honest with their shareholders. That's why there is a role for government regulation here. That role for government is breaking up the monopolies, insisting on public disclosure, insisting on public audits, insisting on restitution whenever someone has been cheated.
You ever hear girls say that? "I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual." I like to reply with "I'm not honest, but you're interesting!"
or simply:
