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All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.

In all honesty, at that time, I never saw myself as an author... I was just a Mom in a state of panic, trying to enter a short story contest to win the prize money in order to keep the lights on in my home.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

In LA I was watching At the Movies with Ebert and Roper, it was, nice to see them differentiate between the subject matter and the art form of making the film, and they both gave it thumbs up, and I was kind of pleased at their honesty as far as reviewers go.

Honesty is very sexy.

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.

TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.

I have built my reputation on honesty, I have sometimes been too honest.

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt.

I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.