I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
Honest Quotes
If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.
The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.
Honesty pays, but it doesn’t seem to pay enough to suit some people.
There were honest people long before there were Christians and there are, God be praised, still honest people where there are no Christians. It could therefore easily be possible that people are Christians because true Christianity corresponds to what they would have been even if Christianity did not exist.
People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.
It’s better to be quotable than to be honest.
We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.
There are no such things as honest people, there are only people less crooked.
