Quotes about Honesty
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
— Henry Ward Beecher
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
— Henry Ward Beecher
It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
— Bruce Lee
I like it when someone tells me 'I don't agree.' This is a true collaborator. When they say 'Oh, how great, how great, how great,' that's not useful.
— Pope Francis
If you have the ability to convince somebody of something that you don't necessarily think is the case, it's a valuable asset. Not that I'm, like, a pathological liar, but we spend most of the day not fully being honest, you know?
— Leonardo DiCaprio
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
— Stephen Covey
Pray for and work for fullness of life above every thing; full red blood in the body; full honesty and truth in the mind; and the fullness of a grateful love for the Saviour in your heart.
— Phillips Brooks
If there's something bothering me in the business end of things with people I work with, I just say it right out.
— Dolly Parton
Putting your name on something and having no idea how it came about if someone else did all the work - that's not me.
— Drew Barrymore
You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?
— Ed Koch