Best 1362 quotes in «honest quotes» category

There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.

There is no courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause.

There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!

There is no disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail

There is such a thing as honest pride and self-respect.

There is no more direct or honest person than Jim Clapper.

There's forgiveness if you ask forgiveness, you truly repent, and you do make an honest effort not to do that anymore.

There's a certain edge about cruelty. If you're honest about it, most people wince, but say it had to be said.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

There’s no shame about any honest calling; don’t be afraid of soiling your hands, there’s plenty of soap to be had.

there is no truly honest autobiography.

There's so much more (to say) about being young and being a woman, but I feel like not a lot of those stories are being told, so you have to grab onto what ever small truths you can find and present it in the most honest way you can.

There's not going to be a whole lot of change, to be honest with you. I don't think there's a reason to fix what's broke.

Ther's still a few honest folks left but they never seem t' find anything you lose.

There will be that zip-a-dee-doo-dah after the nominee is chosen. I guarantee there will be that enthusiasm. But to be brutally honest, with all due respect to governor Romney, who is obviously the frontrunner... hes not garnering a lot of that enthusiasm right now.

The saving of labour of the individual should be the object and honest humanitarian considerations, and not greed, the motive.

The scientist keeps the romantic honest, and the romantic keeps the scientist human.

The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.

The spirit of what we do is that you do what you feel and when you feel it and not feel you have to be something you're not: you have to be honest to yourself.

The seed of a metaphysical or religious defeat is in us all. For the honest questioner, however, who doesn't seek refuge in some faith or fantasy, there will never be an answer.

The spirit of science is not to prejudge, but to give any honest query a fair shake.

There's nobody who knows the left better than I know 'em. I know the left like I know every square inch of my gloriously naked body, not just the back of my hand. I know them. I know them better than they know themselves because they refuse to be honest about who they are really are and what they really believe, but I am.

The successful man is himself. To be successful, you've got to be honest with yourself.

The struggle is to stay present enough when you're taking your next step forward that you're really making your most honest choices.

The stories that have had the deepest impact on me and one of the reasons I was excited to finally get to write my story, it's when I can read the story of others who are following Christ, who are committed, but just are still on the journey. They haven't arrived, and can be honest about that process.

The thing about us is we're honest. If we're asked whether we take drugs, we say yes. I was brought up by my mom not to be a liar.

The truth is funny. Honest discovery, observation, and reaction is better than contrived invention.

The truth is, I'm a storyteller. And it scares me, because my training as an academic is that the more accessible you are and the more human you are, the less smart you are. It's a shame trigger for me to be honest.

The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.

The thing that I've learned is that there really is no joy, and nothing ever good is going to come from negativity. Those are thoughts that, even if you were presenting an honest version of yourself, there's just no point in sharing.

The voice of honest indignation is the voice of God.

The toughest thing is facing yourself. Being honest with yourself, that's much tougher than beating someone up. That's what I call tough.

The word "theatrical" makes me cringe, because it suggests a performance is staged, put on, rehearsed. And while all this is true for an opera, I believe the act of singing and performing should always be honest, raw, guttural.

The war between the Iranians and Iraqis is a touchy issue. To be quite honest, they each other's guts. It was not responsible to let one of our ships be put into a war zone like that.

The whole underlying theme for the new music... is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve the quality of life.

...things I had come to find humor in would make your honest man swoon.

The work keeps getting deeper, more honest. I continue to work on a piece until I feel it breathe on its own.

This imputation of inconsistency is one to which every sound politician and every honest thinker must sooner or later subject himself. The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinion.

This 'double ethical bind' we frequently find ourselves in cannot be solved by any formula. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest. I hope that means being both.

They all sort of get mixed up in my head, to be quite honest. They're all dealing with similar things. It's about how you deal with reality, by ignoring it sometimes, reinventing it other times, and that's how you get through it.

Those who are brutally honest are seldom so with themselves.

This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness.

Though I'm a rogue in talking upon Painting & Love I can be serious and honest upon any subject thoroughly pleasing to me.

Through my own observations. I am convinced that an absolutely honest and direct inquiry into oneself will lead to understanding.

Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; It is best to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,Was once thought honest.

Though it be honest, it is never good to bring bad news.

Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other part of their life.

Time & Co. are, after all, the only quite honest and trustworthy publishers that we know.

'Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence, and virtue, and honest fondness, one loves people...