Honesty is an active verb - famous quote

"Honesty is an active verb, not a passive noun. Go out of your way to be truthful, beginning with the things that you say to yourself."
~ Joe Tye, America’s Values Coach

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Famous quotes collection on Truth

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."
~ Mark Twain

"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four; calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
~ Abraham Lincoln

"Truth is such a rare thing, it is delighted to tell it."
~ Emily Dickinson

"Truth springs from argument amongst friends."
~ David Hume

"It takes two to speak truth -- one to speak and another to hear."
~ Henry David Thoreau

"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."
~ Galileo

"The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off."
~ Gloria Steinem

"When in doubt, tell the truth."
~ Mark Twain

"It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies."
~ Noam Chomsky

"Truth is our element."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Famous quotes on honesty and truth

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything"
~ Mark Twain

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
~ Thomas Jefferson

“What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.”
~ William Shakespeare

“Honest hearts produce honest actions.”
~ Brigham Young

"With lies you may get ahead in the world - but you can never go back."
~ Russian proverb

"Truth fears no questions."
~ Author Unknown

"I don't mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy."
~ Samuel Butler

"Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half."
~ Author Unknown

"Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it."
~ Emily Dickinson