A collection of honest quotes are excerpted as follows:

1. Honesty is the lifeblood of life and the foundation of all values. ——Dreiser.

2. Frankness is the product of honesty and bravery. ——Mark Twain.

3. Bullying can only be temporary, but honesty is a long-term solution. ——John Ray.

4. Honesty and diligence should be your permanent companions. ——Franklin.

5. Honesty is the greatest element of art. As soon as I start putting on airs, my day of failure is right around the corner. ——Longfellow.

6. An honest person must be trustworthy to himself, and his final support is sincerity. ——Emerson.

7. Honesty is better than all wisdom, and it is the basic condition for wisdom. ——Kant.

8. Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ——Jefferson.

9. Human words have the best quality, which is called truth. ——Gorky.

10. Honesty is a ladder and one of the means to reach understanding. ——Nietzsche.

11. How can there be dignity without honesty? ——Cicero.

12. Frankness is the most satisfying thing to do. ——Balzac.

13. Honesty gives us the strength to be friendly and therefore have a better identity. ——Romain Rolland.

14. Credit gives gold, because honesty is the fairest. ——Bulwer Lytton.

15. Truth and simplicity are precious qualities of genius. ——Stanislavski.

16. Sincerity is an openness of the soul. ——La Rochefoucauld.

17. Sincerity is the basic rule of conduct in society. ——Davis.

18. Those who are honest are the knot of the world. ——Mozi.

19. One word of beauty is worth more than a thousand. ——Ge Hong.

20. Without loyalty, one cannot stand in this world. ——Cheng Yi.

21. The most important quality of a great personality is honesty. ——Lu Xun.

22. Frankness is the magic medicine that makes people feel relaxed. ——Cicero.

23. A hundred thoughts will lose but one forgetfulness, a hundred tricks will lose but one sincerity. ——Gu Tuhe.

24. Thinking about evil things turns into hell; thinking about good things turns into heaven. ——Huineng.

25. Truth and simplicity are precious qualities of genius. ——Chekhov.

26. There is nothing in the world more valuable than a sincere person. ——Cicero.

27. A person’s reputation lies in his character, not in his status. Without character, how can he be famous in the world? ——Smile.

28. If people can abandon hypocrisy, they will gain great peace of mind. ——Mark Twain.

29. People who don’t trust anyone know that they have no credibility. ——Auerbach.

30. The highest trust between people is the trust of obeying one’s words. ——Bacon.