We have collected some of the most famous honesty quotes that will remind you why honesty really is the best policy. See more ideas about honesty quotes, quotes, honesty.
Leadership is intelligence, honesty, and doing the right thing. May these quotes inspire you to be an individual of honesty to others but most importantly to yourself.
Inspirational honesty quotes to inspire you
1. “Accuracy is the twin
brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of
dishonesty.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne
2. “In all my public
and private acts as your
president, I expect to follow
my instincts of openness and
candor with full confidence that
honesty is always the best
policy in the end.” —
Gerald R. Ford
3. “Honesty is the rarest
wealth anyone can possess, and
yet all the honesty in
the world ain’t lawful tender
for a loaf of bread.”
— Josh Billings
4. “Goodness is about character
– integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity,
moral courage, and the like.
More than anything else, it
is about how we treat
other people.” — Dennis Prager
5. “To me, when you’re
crying, you’re aligned with some
sort of truth. Some inner
truth. That’s why you cry.
You identify. It’s just ultimate
honesty.” — Noah Centineo
6. “Honesty is more than
not lying. It is truth
telling, truth speaking, truth living,
and truth loving.” — James
E. Faust
7. “The compelling drive to
get at the truth is
what improves us all as
psychologists and is part and
parcel of intellectual integrity. But
I do urge that we
not let the drive for
honesty put blinders on us
and cut off our range
of vision so that we
miss the very thing we
set out the understand –
namely, the living human being.”
— Rollo May
8. “There’s an honesty in
our family – my kids
and I are able to
talk about things without me
putting the fear of God
into them.” — Billie Joe
Armstrong
9. “I just write songs
that I strongly believe in
and that are coming from
inside. There’s no tricks. It’s
honesty with big melodies.” —
Bruno Mars
10. “People like my honesty.
When I’m sane, I’m very
much myself.” — Boy George
Inspiring honesty quotes that change your life
11. “A sarcastic person has
a superiority complex that can
be cured only by the
honesty of humility.” — Lawrence
G. Lovasik
12. “I hate the idea
of people nicking my stuff,
but in all honesty, I’m
pretty well off. If a
genuinely desperate man on his
last gasp nicks my coat
from the pub on a
freezing night, well, he’s welcome
to it. It’ll change his
life. Mine’s only inconvenienced by
having to buy another one.”
— James May
13. “I’d like to think
people know what I stand
for, which is straight-talking honesty
and telling you not just
what you want to hear
but where it is at.”
— Theo Paphitis
14. “In honesty, there are
probably a lot of stories
that can be told with
Batman. I like the idea
of him growing older and
he can’t quite do it
as much anymore.” — Christian
Bale
15. “The theme of the
Labor Department’s centennial is ‘Then,
Now, Next.’ So in honoring
Esther Peterson, we look not
just to the past but
to the future, acknowledging with
honesty and a sense of
purpose the lingering challenges we
still face and the distance
we’ve yet to travel before
equality is truly a reality
in the lives of all
women.” — Tom Perez
16. “A life in politics
is for people who know
themselves and know where their
own line is between loyalty
and honesty.” — Nicolle Wallace
17. “Everyone appreciates me for
my honesty. Why shouldn’t I
speak my mind? I will
not say I am blunt.
I don’t speak about others.”
— Nia Sharma
18. “I think the most
important thing for me in
a relationship is honesty.” —
Zac Efron
19. “Life comes down to
honesty and doing what’s right.
That’s what’s most important.” —
Bob Feller
20. “I lost my sense
of trust, honesty and compassion.
I crashed down and became
what I consider an emotional
mess. I’ve never been so
miserable in my whole life.
I just wanted to go
to bed and never get
up.” — Shania Twain
Motivational quotes about honesty and life sayings
21. “I think absolute honesty
may not be what we
want. I mean, ‘My goodness,
you look ugly this morning.’
Perhaps that’s not necessary.” —
Julian Treasure
22. “Obviously, Kanye and I
are very different in the
way we express ourselves publicly.
He’s so passionate… about art,
about culture, about creativity. And
he’s really good at it.
And that honesty manifests itself
in ways that are not
politically correct, not socially acceptable
sometimes.” — John Legend
23. “I’ve served Ohioans starting
as a county prosecutor in
1976 for, for 30 years.
I think they know my
integrity. I think they know
my honesty. I think they
knew who, who I am.”
— Mike DeWine
24. “Neither soldiers nor money
can defend a king but
only friends won by good
deeds, merit, and honesty.” —
Sallust
25. “What I actually do
put much more weight on,
in all honesty, is not
being critically acclaimed – it’s
being respected by my OGs.
When I talk to E-40
on the phone, every time
I talk to him, I’m
like, you know, if he
tells me I’m doing good,
I’m doing good.” — G-Eazy
26. “The high road is
always respected. Honesty and integrity
are always rewarded.” — Scott
Hamilton
27. “People have said I
played some pretty amazing gigs
in the seventies, but in
all honesty, I probably played
one good show in three.”
— Joe Cocker
28. “I’m the voice of
honesty.” — Howard Stern
29. “Honesty is very sexy.”
— Valerie Bertinelli
30. “A few things make
a person stylish: honesty, imagination
with a sprinkling of humour.
I still keep an eye
on trends, but I don’t
follow them any more.” —
Maxine Peake
Inspirational honesty quotes about life trust
31. “Honesty is something you
can’t wear out.” — Waylon
Jennings
32. “Honesty pays, but it
doesn’t seem to pay enough
to suit some people.” —
Kin Hubbard
33. “Eminem has been someone
that I’ve always considered the
greatest ever, to ever do
it. You know what I
mean? In every aspect, the
storytelling abilities, lyrical ability, honesty.
You can hear it in
my music that I’m heavily
influenced by that.” — Joyner
Lucas
34. “Honesty will never break
you.” — Kate Hudson
35. “Good music is timeless,
and if you create with
that honesty, it will last.”
— Jorja Smith
36. “I think all those
artists are artists who are
appreciated because you believe their
words and you appreciate their
honesty in their music. If
you don’t appreciate the honesty
in the music, the beat
can be fly as hell
but you’ll never give an
emcee props.” — Talib Kweli
37. “I think the greatest
rogues are they who talk
most of their honesty.” —
Anthony Trollope
38. “Listen, I think movies
serve many different purposes, from
those movies that are frivolous
and just an entertainment, to
movies that just go to
exploring the complexities of the
human soul. Everything is valid
if it’s done with honesty
and dignity, and I actually
do both of those types
of movies in my career.”
— Antonio Banderas
39. “The very first thing
I tell my new students
on the first day of
a workshop is that good
writing is about telling the
truth. We are a species
that needs and wants to
understand who we are.” ~
Anne Lamott
40. “JUDGE: One man is
dead. The life of another
is at stake. I urge
you to deliberate honestly and
thoughtfully. If this is a
reasonable doubt – then you
must bring me a verdict
of ‘not guilty.‘” ~ Reginald
Rose
