Complete Honesty Quotes:

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

- Thomas Jefferson

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom, Inspirational Wisdom, Most Wise

In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself.

- Louis William Countryman

topic: Honesty, Mean, Humility, Complete Honesty

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.

- Josh Billings

topic: Wisdom, Truth, Honesty, Complete Honesty, Telling Lies

Complete honesty has nothing to do with 'purity' or naivety. The full truth is unattainable to naivety, and the completely honest artist is not pure in heart.

- Clement Greenberg

topic: Truth, Honesty, Heart, Naivety, Complete Honesty

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

- George Washington

source: Sean Covey (2011). “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teenagers”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

topic: Honesty, Constitution, Affair, Candor, Not Honest

The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful.

- Sylvia Boorstein

topic: Honesty, Taught, Helpful, Complete Honesty

How can anyone expect to be understood unless he presents his thoughts with complete honesty? This situation is unfair because it asks too much of the world. In effect, we say, ' I don't dare show you what I am because I don't trust you for a minute but please love me anyway because I so need you to. And, of course, if you don't love me anyway, you're a dirty dog, just as I suspected, so I was right in the first place.' Yet, every time God's children have thrown away fear in pursuit of honesty-trying to communicate themselves, understood or not, miracles have happened.

- Duke Ellington

source: Duke Ellington (1973). “Music is my mistress”, Doubleday Books

topic: Dog, Honesty, Children, You Don't Love Me, Complete Honesty

I hate to tell you, dragon, but that's an integral part of the whole usiness," he whispered. "If you're afraid to touch me then we're not going to get very far." She lifted her head to look at him. "I thought I could lie back and let you ravish me," she said with complete honesty. He shook his head, the smile hovering around his lips, his eyes intent. "This is a cooperative effort, my love. You have to do your part.

- Anne Stuart

topic: Honesty, Lying, Hate, Complete Honesty

"Openness" [story] ultimately asks this same question - can a relationship survive complete honesty? As a romantic, I want to say "Yes, of course!" But, over time, I've come to agree with Dan Savage.

- Alexander Weinstein

topic: Honesty, Want, Savages, Complete Honesty