Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dalai Lama

Inner values like friendship, trust, honesty and compassion are much more reliable than money - they always bring happiness and strength.

Dalai Lama

Wealth is not necessarily a bad thing when it has been earned in an honest manner and neither other individuals nor the environment suffered for it.

Dalai Lama

It's unrealistic to think that the future of humanity can be achieved only on the basis of prayer; what we need is to take action.

Dalai Lama

I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.

Dalai Lama

We need material development, but we need to understand that by itself it doesn't bring peace of mind.

Dalai Lama

I consider myself to be just one among 7 billion human beings. If I were to think of myself as different from others, or as something special, it would create a barrier between us. What makes us the same is that we all want to lead happy lives and gather friends around us. And friendship is based on trust, honesty and openness.

Dalai Lama

I believe the ultimate source of blessings is within us. A good motivation and honesty bring self-confidence , which attracts the trust and respect of others. Therefore the real source of blessings is in our own mind.

Dalai Lama

We have to think and see how we can fundamentally change our education system so that we can train people to develop warm-heartedness early on in order to create a healthier society. I don't mean we need to change the whole system, just improve it. We need to encourage an understanding that inner peace comes from relying on human values like, love, compassion, tolerance and honesty, and that peace in the world relies on individuals finding inner peace.

Dalai Lama

Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the mind itself. We can call this the inner light, or God's blessing, or human qualitity. This is the essence of mankind.

Dalai Lama

The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.

Dalai Lama

Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.

Dolly Parton

I hope you're never happy with anybody but me, and every face you look into, I hope you're haunted by me. Yes, I'm possessive and jealous, at least I speak honestly.

Dolly Parton

I never, ever get involved in politics. With politics you are not allowed to be honest. I don't have time to deal with that. I would rather work with kids.

Dolly Parton

I'm very upfront and very honest. I don't let a bunch of stuff fester and boil over.

Diogenes

I am looking for an honest man.

Derek Luke

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

Deepak Chopra

Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless.

Anderson Cooper

As long as a journalist shows fairness and honesty in his or her work, their private life shouldn't matter.

Chuck Palahniuk

The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty.

Chuck Palahniuk

My point is, that if I'm honest, my life is all about me.

Christopher Walken

You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.

Christopher Paolini

It’s better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar

Angelina Jolie

I'm a fairy. I'd come and hear, "How was your day, honey?" And I'd be like, "I was a fairy. I don't know."

Andrew Bird

I really believe there's more honesty in one live show than there may be in my whole output.

Ally Condie

This is a difficult balance, telling the truth: how much to share, how much to keep, which truths will wound but not ruin, which will cut too deep to heal.

Anthony de Mello

The seeker says, "I do not know." That takes honesty. The master says, "I do not know." That takes a mystic's mind that knows things through non-knowing. The disciple says, "I know." That takes ignorance, in the form of borrowed knowledge.

Andrew Sullivan

I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.

Andrew Sullivan

Anything that raises any internal honesty about gay life is inherently suspect.

Clay Aiken

I like to talk. I'm a terrible dancer. I love my hometown. I have freckles and oversized ears. I'm a geeks. I have tried not to hide who I am or what matters to me.

Clarence Darrow

Some false representations contravene the law; some do not. The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business, and, besides, could not be done. The line between honesty and dishonesty is a narrow, shifting one and usually lets those get by that are the most subtle and already have more than they can use.

Clarence Darrow

With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.

Daniel Defoe

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Daniel Day-Lewis

I'm not picky, quite honestly.