Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
Henry Fielding

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
Andrew Carnegie

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.
Michel de Montaigne

Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
Salvador Dali

Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes people to chuckle, that catches people.
Austin Peck

For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced that theology is a pursuit that can be engaged in with intellectual honesty and integrity.
Arthur Peacocke

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
Charles Baudelaire

Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.
Freeman Thomas

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
Samuel Johnson

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.
John Lyly

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

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.
Judith Martin

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
Don Marquis

Honesty is all you need.
Cass Elliot

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.
Richard Snelling

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.
Stephen Vincent Benet

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
Plato

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.
Lemuel K. Washburn

Honesty is something you can't wear out.
Waylon Jennings