“I was demanding of myself a deeper and greater honesty, more and more revelation in my work in order to give it back to the people where it goes into their lives and nourishes them and changes their direction and makes light bulbs go off in their head and makes them feel. And it isn't vague, it strikes against the very nerves of their life and in order to do that you have to strike against the very nerves of your own.” PeopleGivingFeelsLightOrderGreaterHonestyDeeperStrikesRevelationsNervesVagueBulbsLight Bulb Author:Joni Mitchell
“It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.” ShouldPersonsSeemsPainGreaterHonestHonestyBeing HonestIndolenceInclineKnaves Book:Essays on Men and Manners Source: Essays on Men and Manners
“I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.” ShouldWellsSuccessFoundViewsDealsBusinessGreaterAchieveHonestHonestyGreatnessAchievementFindingsSelf ImprovementGainsSatisfactionBeing HonestPartnershipBusiness SuccessStrictKey To SuccessRoad To SuccessRecipe For SuccessMotivational BusinessDealingsAchieving SuccessAdherenceSelf-satisfactionBusiness Partners Author:Alan Greenspan
“[Thomas Henry] Huxley, I believe, was the greatest Englishman of the Nineteenth Century—perhaps the greatest Englishman of all time. When one thinks of him, one thinks inevitably of such men as Goethe and Aristotle. For in him there was that rich, incomparable blend of intelligence and character, of colossal knowledge and high adventurousness, of instinctive honesty and indomitable courage which appears in mankind only once in a blue moon. There have been far greater scientists, even in England, but there has never been a scientist who was a greater man.” ThinkingMenBelieveHas BeensCharacterI BelieveRichGreaterMankindCenturyHonestyMoonScientistEnglandBlueIntelligenceAll TimeEnglishmenNineteenth CenturyColossalIncomparableHuxleyIndomitableBlue Moon Author:H. L. Mencken
“Consider the problem from the point of view of evil, evil being almost always pleasure's true and major charm; considered thus, the crime must appear greater when perpetrated upon a being of your identical sort than when inflicted upon one which is not, and this once established, the delight automatically doubles.” ProblemLightTruthEvilPleasureViewsDarknessGreaterCrimeHonestyMajorsExcellenceDelightPoint Of ViewCharmIdentical Book:120 days of sodom Source: 120 days of sodom
“people who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly show that wealth, however it may be acquired, is, in their esteem, to be preferred to virtue.” PeopleMenMayShowsWealthPoorPayPovertyVirtueGreaterHonestHonestyRespectDeserveEsteemAcquireWealthyVillainPreferenceDeservingViewpointsEnslavementCore ValuesVillainyPlainnessUprightnessEstimatingUpright Man Author:John Hancock
“Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.” FactsGovernmentTruthHalfDemocracyGreaterHonestyWeaponsConstantExcellenceIntelligenceTensionArsenalHalf Truth Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“Self-certification may look like a small vision but there cannot be a greater decision for a Government to trust the honesty of the 1.25 billion people of the country.” PeopleLooksMaySelfCountryGovernmentDecisionVisionGreaterHonestyIndiaBillionsGovernance Author:Narendra Modi
“We believe in honesty, morality, and purity; but when they enact tyrannical laws, forbidding us the free exercise of our religion, we cannot submit. God is greater than the United States, and when the Government conflicts with heaven, we will be ranged under the banner of heaven and against the Government...Polygamy is a divine institution. It has been banded down direct from God. The United States cannot abolish it. No nation on the earth can prevent it, nor all the nations of the earth combined...I defy the United States; I will obey God.” BelieveHas BeensStatesGovernmentEarthLawHeavenNationsUnitedUnited StatesGreaterHonestyDivineMoralityExerciseConflictDirectInstitutionsPuritySubmitAbolishBannerPolygamy Author:John Taylor
“With grown children, we can look back at both our mistakes and what we did well in our parenting, having conversations with a greater degree of honesty than was possible before. In getting older themselves, our adult children may begin to comprehend the burdens and strengths we carried from our own parents.” WellsLooksMayChildrenParentMistakeGreaterHonestyConversationDegreesAdultsBurdenGetting OldGetting OlderAdult ChildrenGrown Children Author:Wendy Lustbader
“If you follow only one rule, let it be this one: Be yourself. The really strong boy-girl relationships are based on what people really are, not on what they pretend to be. Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.” PeopleIfsLittlesLyingGirlStrongForceWhiteBoysGreaterHonestHonestyBeing YourselfPushingWhite LieBoy Girl Author:Joseph Sugarman
“Becoming people of integrity and honesty does not occur quickly or all at once, nor is it merely a matter of greater personal discipline. It is a change of disposition, a change of heart. And this gradual change of heart is one that the Lord accomplishes within us, through the power of His Spirit, in a line-upon-line fashion.” PeopleHeartDoeMatterSpiritLinesLordGreaterFashionHonestyBecomingDisciplineIntegrityAccomplishDispositionHonesty And IntegrityChange Of HeartGradual Change Author:David A. Bednar