70+ Honesty Quotes, Sayings About Being Honest

Published on July 9, 2016 , under Quotes
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Honesty is a quality which we all expect from everyone or can be considered as most important quality for every type of relationship whether it is personal or professional. Actually honesty is the foundation stone of trust and love and without it no relationship can sustain and to understand the importance of honesty and being honest in a better way, sharing few quotes on honesty. Hope you enjoy reading them!

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people
Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don’t expect it from cheap people.
Warren Buffett

Honesty is better than sugar coasted bullshit
Honesty is better than sugar coasted bullshit.
Anonymous

No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar. ~Abraham Lincoln
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
Abraham Lincoln

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho Marx
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.
Groucho Marx

An honest man's the noblest work of God. - Alexander Pope
An honest man’s the noblest work of God.
Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man (1733-34), Epistle IV, line 247.

Being honest never hurts anyone. Being a liar hurts only you
Being honest never hurts anyone. Being a liar hurts only you.
Anonymous

Honesty is the best policy  - Benjamin Franklin
Honesty is the best policy.
English proverb

Honesty is the highest form of intimacy
Honesty is the highest form of intimacy.
Anonymous

Tell a lie once and all your truths become questionable.
Tell a lie once and all your truths become questionable.
Anonymous

No legacy is so rich as honesty. - William Shakespeare
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act III, scene 5, line 13.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom - Thomas Jefferson
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Nathaniel Macon (12 January 1819)

Not telling me something or hiding something on purpose is just the same as lying.
Not telling me something or hiding something on purpose is just the same as lying.
Anonymous

Be honest with the people who love you
Be honest with the people who love you.
Anonymous

I don't want perfect, I want honest
I don’t want perfect, I want honest.
Anonymous

I'm not rude, I'm honest. I just speak what's on my mind, even if most can't handle the truth
I’m not rude, I’m honest. I just speak what’s on my mind, even if most can’t handle the truth.
Anonymous

I'm sorry if you don't like my honesty, but to be fair i don't like your lies
I’m sorry if you don’t like my honesty, but to be fair I don’t like your lies.
Anonymous

Honesty is a very expensive gift , Don't expect it from cheap people
Honesty is a very expensive gift , Don't expect it from cheap people.
Anonymous

Respect is earned, Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned
Respect is earned, Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.
Auliq Ice

In a relationship, honesty and trust must exist. If they dont, theres no point of loving. So if you cant afford to be honest, stay single
In a relationship, honesty and trust must exist. If they dont, theres no point of loving. So if you cant afford to be honest, stay single.
Anonymous

Be honest with the people, who love you, they deserve your honesty
Be honest with the people, who love you, they deserve your honesty.
Anonymous

The first step toward greatness is to be honest
The first step toward greatness is to be honest.
Proverb, As reported in Louis Klopsch, Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896).

I respect those that tell me the TRUTH, no matter how hard it is
I respect those that tell me the truth, no matter how hard it is.
Anonymous

There are four very important words in life, Love, Honesty, Truth and Respect. Without these in your life, you have NOTHING.
There are four very important words in life: Love, Honesty, Truth and Respect. Without these in your life, you have NOTHING.
Anonymous

Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway - Mother Teresa
Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.
Mother Teresa

It's funny how everybody considers honesty a virtue, yet no one wants to hear the truth
It’s funny how everyone considers honesty a virtue, yet no one wants to hear the truth.
Anonymous

Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high - Kelley Armstrong
Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high.
Kelley Armstrong, The Calling (2012)

Honesty is the foundation for trust; you can't have one without the other
Honesty, is the foundation for trust, you can’t have one without the other.
Anonymous

Honesty saves you time from remembering all the lies
Honesty saves you time from remembering all the lies.
Anonymous

The only people mad at you for speaking the TRUTH are those people who are living a LIE. Keep speaking the TRUTH
The only people mad at you for speaking the TRUTH are those people who are living a LIE. Keep speaking the TRUTH
Anonymous

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.
John Lennon

The greatest advantage of speaking the truth you don't have to remember ... - Anonymous
The greatest advantage of speaking the truth is that you don’t have to remember what you said.
Anonymous

Honesty will never break you  - Kate Hudson
Honesty will never break you.
Kate Hudson

Dont Ever Regret Being Honest Period - Taylore Swift
Don’t ever regret being honest. Period.
Taylor Swift

Apologize for being wrong not for being honest
Apologize for being wrong not for being honest.
Anonymous

Honesty, integrity,  respect
Honesty, integrity, respect.
Anonymous

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today - Bruce Lee
If you don’t want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
Bruce Lee

Honesty does not guarantee success, but it is an honorable and respected way to achieve honestly earned success. - Dr T.P.Chia
Honesty does not guarantee success, but it is an honorable and respected way to achieve honestly earned success.
Dr T.P.Chia

Be honest with me
Be honest with me
Anonymous

Honesty – Always be truthful and sincere
Honesty – Always be truthful and sincere.
Anonymous

True friendship is based on trust, honesty and sincere generosity of our hearts
True friendship is based on trust, honesty and sincere generosity of our hearts.
Anonymous

Happiness is, honesty
Happiness is, honesty.
Anonymous

Everybody wants the truth, but nobody wants to be honest
Everybody wants the truth, but nobody wants to be honest
Anonymous

Honesty is a very expensive gift – don't expect it from cheap people
Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don’t expect it from cheap people.
Warren Buffett

Honesty If You Cannot Be Real, Don't Confuse Others With Bad Politics
Honesty If You Cannot Be Real, Don’t Confuse Others With Bad Politics.
Anonymous

Be honest with the people, who love you , they deserve your honesty
Be honest with the people, who love you , they deserve your honesty.
Anonymous

Never Go Out Of Your Way To Explain Someone Your Honesty & Their Faults. Because Time Has Its Own Way Of Revealing The Truth
Never Go Out Of Your Way To Explain Someone Your Honesty and; Their Faults. Because Time Has Its Own Way Of Revealing The Truth.
Anonymous

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth  - Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist (1891).

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. - Benjamin Franklin
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.
Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (1791)

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends, but it'll always get you the right ones - John Lennon
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.
John Lennon

Mostly If You Want To Succeed You Will Need Your Customers To See You As Reliable, Dependable, Credible, Helpful, Respectful ...
Mostly, if you want to succeed, you will need your customers to see you as reliable, dependable, credible, helpful, respectful, open, responsive and honest.
Anonymous

We all need to know what it means to be honest. Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving - James E. Faust
Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.
James E. Faust

People may not always tell you how they feel about you, but they will always show you. Pay attention.
People may not tell you how they feel about you, but they always show you. Pay attention.
Anonymous

Be honest with me. That's all i ask for.
Be honest with me. That's all I ask for.
Anonymous

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie. - Victor Hugo
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.
Victor Hugo

Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.  ― Augustine of Hippo
Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.
Augustine of Hippo

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it. - Marcus Aurelius
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (180 AD.)

don't let your ears witness what your eyes didn't see and don't let your mouth speak what your heart doesn't feel. Live an honest life.
Don’t let your ears witness what your eyes didn’t see. Don’t let your mouth speak what your heart doesn’t feel. Live an honest life.
Anonymous

I'll choose honesty over perfection every single time.
I’ll choose honesty over perfection every single time.
Anonymous

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. Oscar Wilde
Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken.
Oscar Wilde (No source)

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. - Josh Billings
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.
Josh Billings

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. James E. Faust
Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.
James E. Faust

Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success. Taylor Lautner
Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that’s probably the biggest key to success.
Taylor Lautner

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. Zig Ziglar
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
Zig Ziglar

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. ~Thomas Carlyle
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
Thomas Carlyle

Before us lie two paths - honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the ... - Napoleon Hill
Before us lie two paths – honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For the wise know the truth; in helping others we help ourselves; and in hurting others we hurt ourselves. Character overshadows money, and trust rises above fame. Honesty is still the best policy.
Napoleon Hill

Honest hearts produce honest actions
Honest hearts produce honest actions.
Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young

Honesty Is Always One of The Best Key To Make A Good Relationship
Honesty Is Always One of The Best Key To Make A Good Relationship.
Anonymous

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything. ~Mark Twain
If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.
Mark Twain, Notebook entry, January or February 1894, Mark Twain’s Notebook, ed. Albert Bigelow Paine (1935).

I'm sorry if you don't like my honesty, but to be fair i don't like your lies - Unknown
I’m sorry if you don’t like my honesty, but to be fair I don’t like your lies.
Anonymous

Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.
Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.
Thomas Otwat, The Orphan (1680)

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2 Responses to “70+ Honesty Quotes, Sayings About Being Honest”
  1. Anil Batta says:

    There is no difference between a simpleton and honest.

  2. Jonathan says:

    The lack of money is the root of all evil.

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