If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.Chinese proverbTraditional attribution
Honesty Quotes and Sayings
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
A few honest men are better than numbers.Oliver CromwellAttributed in the original GADEL collection
He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.John LylyAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.Ken BlanchardAttributed in the original GADEL collection
How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.Edward White BensonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty.Hugh PratherAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.Virginia WoolfAttributed in the original GADEL collection
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.Alan SimpsonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.Noel CowardAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Original collection & source
Original title: Honesty Quotes and Sayings
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