Honest Man Quotes
Honest Man Quote of the day
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.
Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing.
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
A good man will find that there is goodness in the world; an honest man will find that there is honesty in the world; and a man of principle will find principle and integrity in the hearts of others.
They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.
That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and solidity; but when they do meet, it is commonly in an honest man.
I have always deeply desired to be an honest man who said it when I struggled, stumbled and worried. I longed to be a man with real friends - friends who knew me at my worst and loved me.
The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
Is there a difference between a man who thinks that honesty is the best policy, and an honest man?
Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.
I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible.
A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it to be a lie, is a liar.
If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.
I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
To live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind.
One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his integrity. He was an honest man, and he would tell the truth.
An honest man with an open Bible and a pad and pencil is sure to find out what is wrong with him very quickly.
An insult directed at the wicked is not to be censured; on the contrary, the honest man, if he has sense, can only applaud.
Dear dad, you always told me that an honest man has nothing to fear, so I'm trying my best not to be afraid.
The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent.
Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues, just as the honest man has his weaknesses.
A moderately honest man with a moderately faithful wife, moderate drinkers both, in a moderately healthy house: that is the true middle class unit.
From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God."
Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.
