H Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with H. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“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.”
“Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.”
“Honesty is the recognition of the fact that the unreal is unreal and can have no value, that neither love nor fame nor cash is a value if obtained by fraud.”
Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z
“Honesty is the voice that is acceptable in every matter.”
“Honesty is to truth as prow is to stern. Honesty appears first and truth appears last. The interval between varies in direct proportion to the size of ship. With anything of size, truth takes a long time in coming. Sometimes it only manifests itself posthumously.”
“Honesty is too strong a drink to be unwatered all the time; rather it should be given in doses.”
Source: The Far Arena
“Honesty is very important in business. It's important to customers, it's important to investors and it's important to markets.”
“Honesty is very sexy.”
“Honesty is vulnerability. Sadly, not everyone can handle someone’s honesty. However, lying allows people to be comfortable.”
“Honesty is what drives emotional sustainability.”
“Honesty isn't easy. Or comfortable.”
Source: The Truth of Right Now
“Honesty isn't enough for me. That becomes very boring. If you can convince people what you're doing is real and it's also bigger than life - that's exciting.”
“Honesty leads to peace.”
“Honesty, like any inclination, can become a ruling passion, a monomania almost.”
Source: Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
“Honesty makes me feel powerful in a difficult world.”
“Honesty matters. Vulnerability matters. Being open about who you were at a moment in time when you were in a difficult or an impossible place matters more than anything.”
“Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.”
Source: 3 x Carlin: An Orgy of George including Brain Droppings, Napalm and Silly Putty, and When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
“Honesty may not be the best policy, but it is worth trying once in a while.”
“Honesty may not bring you success, but it always adds to your dignity.”
Source: LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS
“Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.”
“Honesty Means To Know Where You Are But Not To Remain Where You Are!”
“Honesty means willfully exchanging my precious agendas for the very truth that those agendas were designed to destroy. And sadly, few of us choose to be that brave.”
“Honesty must sometimes be taken in small measure, like a bitter medicine.”
Source: My Lord Monleigh
“Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.”
Source: A Collection of the Best English Plays, Chosen Out of All the Best Authors..: Vol. V.
“Honesty needs no pains to set itself off.”
“Honesty, no one is entirely honest. They try to be duplicitous. The pressure of the formal self-critical exercise. They are protecting themselves because they don't want to acknowledge that the failure is down to their own mistakes. The self-serving attributes, I see. They're up to prove what they think is the “right” answer at any cost. I know you people, I know how miserable you're, and I know me.”
“Honesty, not modesty, is a virtue.”
“Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.”
“Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.”
Source: Keys to Success
“Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.”
“Honesty prospers in every condition of life.”
“Honesty refines and beautifies your character and life.”
“Honesty remains the best policy. If parents use alcohol in moderation in front of young children, that provides the right model. Drug use is more complex because even moderate use can have unforeseen consequences.”
“Honesty requires that we communicate our thoughts and feelings, not our conclusions.”
Source: Real-Time Relationships: The Logic of Love
“Honesty.
Sobriety.
My virginity.
No way to regain
the first two, I almost
gave away the last.”
Source: Burned
“Honesty stands at the gate and knocks, and bribery enters in.”
“Honesty talks".”
“Honesty that can be trusted and respected is a very fragrant flower in the life of a Christian.”
“Honesty, that would be nice!”
“Honesty towards yourself. Looking into your mirror, any time all the time will guide.”
“Honesty, trust and value are key currencies in business.”
“Honesty very rarely, if ever, ruins good things”
Source: Cloudy With a Chance of Bad Decisions
“Honesty was a cheat invented first To bind the hands of bold deserving rogues, That fools and cowards might sit safe in power, And lord it uncontroll'd above their betters.”
“Honesty was a tough customer... Once you started allowing yourself some honesty, it couldn't easily be contained or limited to one part of your life. It was like poison ivy or a bossy houseguest. Once it was there, you couldn't tell it what to do. You had to really fight to keep it from taking over.”
Source: The Last Summer (of You and Me)
“Honesty: what a refreshing slap in the face it is.”
“Honesty, when combined with Mindfulness,
is having a keen awareness of what it is
we want to convey, and why.”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“Honesty, when used aggressively, or meanly towards oneself, is not honesty, but unkindness, or even cruelty. Don’t mistake one for the other. Honesty is not meant to hurt, but to help.”
Source: Live True: A Mindfulness Guide to Authenticity
“Honesty: When your outer expression matches your inner belief. Truth: When your inner belief matches reality.”
“Honesty whispers, "Don't get pricked by the thorns of lie.”
“Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.”
Source: Washington's political legacies: To which is annexed an appendix, containing an account of his illness, death, and the national tributes of respect paid to his memory, with a biographical outline of his life and character