Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.
Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
I'm past my wooing days now. See, I am an honest person. If I like a girl, I will go and tell her.
If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
To be perfectly honest, I can't imagine getting married. I've got a lot to do before I have children - they are way off.
I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I've been challenged by so many people, and I don't frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time either.
Writing and singing does give me some kind of release from the demons of my past, it is a therapy of sorts, but to be honest, my marriage played a more important role in the acceptance of myself than performance has ever done.
I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.
I drank more wine when I wasn't working as much, to be honest.
Whenever I'm on my computer, I don't type 'lol'. I type 'lqtm' - laugh quietly to myself. It's more honest.
You have to have courage to look back and be honest about your own drama.
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
I'm gonna be honest: I was never really a fan of techno music, dance music.
I am the pianist of the duo, although Aleksey does pretty good... you know we've written more and more stuff where he has to play the piano. But you know, to be very honest, I actually went into music because I wanted to be a composer and a conductor. And piano was just one of the ways to get into that.
In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work - and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects.
I just have to do what it is going to make me happy, first and foremost - what is honest and what is sincere. Anybody that listens will hopefully connect with that.
Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.
Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.
Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in.
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
If I'm appearing on 'Raw,' then I'm usually there to help sell tickets to something, and that's when you see the 'HBK' Shawn Michaels come out. At panels, I can be more open and honest and show some more humility. They don't want me talking about my family on TV, but I can in a panel setting.
Some critics have been very harsh. That's okay. I like honest criticism.
Let's be honest. Physicality is going to have a bearing on the parts you get. And if you think differently, you're in the wrong business.
If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.
To be honest, I never really wrapped my mind around winning.
There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.
My parents were both very intellectually honest, straightforward, and for them, faith meant that you were fully engaged.
Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.
I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.
I'm always honest, whether I'm in the limelight or not.
In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for the title but I liked it and it has a strong connection to the movie's story.
I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose.
Until I read Anne Frank's diary, I had found books a literal escape from what could be the harsh reality around me. After I read the diary, I had a fresh way of viewing the both literature and the world. From then on, I found I was impatient with books that were not honest or that were trivial and frivolous.
People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.
