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
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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
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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
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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
