Top 1200 Honest Work Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

My job is to work hard and be honest with my character, and that's in my control. I can only try to give my best performance.

You have to be smart enough to see the world for yourself and honest. The whole book-publicity thing is not really honest, at base.

Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.

If a writer is honest, if what is at stake for him can seem to matter to his readers, then his work may be read. But a writer will work anyway, as I do, and as I have, in part to explore this terra incognita, this dangerous ground I seem to need to risk.

I became so focused on this desire to have a child that it really took over over my life, not in a positive way. It definitely impacted on my work, life, and work opportunities: I couldn't travel at particular times. I turned down a lot of opportunities, to be honest.

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

[T]he yeoman's work in any science, and especially physics, is done by the experimentalist, who must keep the theoreticians honest.

I don't think it's wrong for companies to work with the government. What's important is being trustworthy and honest with customers.

I don't think most guys can handle a mic even close to what I do if I'm honest and I say that with no ego, that's the honest truth. I know what I do and I'm self aware.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans.

In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.

Honest. It's almost always best to go with honest. It means you never have to worry about getting your story straight.

My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day's work.

Being honest in the spotlight is the worst idea . But I do like when artists are honest and are able to build a persona for the artwork with their honesty. That's really good.

When you read the book you see that these guys aren't holding any punches. They're straightforward. They're honest. They're giving you their honest opinion.

Honest change? Honest? Has someone altered the definition of the word while my back was turned, or have you recently developed a sense of humor?

Let's be honest: the trappings of investment banking are quite tempting. I do miss it sometimes. And to be honest, there was a time I'd read the 'WSJ' in the morning, and for years I have done that.

When I was going to school and under the influence of Abstract Expressionism, I believed that if you had a give-and-take rapport with your work that it would be you, and that would be all that was required. It would be honest, and the core of your personality would come out if you responded to position and contrasts in your work.

My mother taught me to be honest no matter what situation takes place in my life, to be honest and to stay humble.

You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.

If you can't be honest with yourself, then you can't be honest with anybody.

People are still willing to do an honest day's work. The trouble is they want a week's pay for it.

The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

I've heard Simon Cowell is awake all through the night... To be honest that is when I get all my work done.

I think romance is anything honest. As long as it's honest, it's so disarming.

If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage.

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.

Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.

What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. It's just remarkable.

You can be very honest and direct with people, respectfully. I never do anything maliciously; I simply give my honest opinion.

I want to make honest music and tell honest stories that hopefully reflect the thoughts and feelings other people have.

I think there are a lot of honest people doing honest business on online auctions. But the control on these Web sites is pretty minimal.

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.

I think that being on a reality show is difficult. We're expected to be honest, and especially since we are honest, it creates issues sometimes in relationships.

To be honest, everyone thinks that a digital camera is more reliable and every single time I work on any movie, it's just as many problems, the memory card doesn't work or blah blah blah, it overheats; it's the same volume as another camera. I think people are bit taken in by it.

I've learned not to hide behind a veil of irony - to talk about my work in a more honest way.

If you continue working hard and be honest towards your work, then success will come.

My mother has always been truthful and honest about my work. I rely on her opinion as it will be unbiased.

I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. Its just remarkable.

No honest writer today can possibly avoid being influenced by Freud through his pioneering work into the Unconscious and by the influence of those discoveries on the scientific, philosophic, and artistic work of his contemporaries: but not, by any means, necessarily through Freud's own writing.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

I think music is honest and will make you do honest things.

The whole key is to be honest with yourself, find the weak spots, work on it, get it done.

For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians and the public, needs to allow those politicians to be honest. If local democracy is to flourish, it is about the active and informed engagement of every citizen.

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.

Children are far more interesting to work with than grownups. They're incredibly honest. They'll tell you exactly what they think.

Honest people can disagree on policy. But where there can be no honest disagreement is the need to change our nation's debt course.

To be honest with you, I'd rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.

Requesting permission from someone to be honest is really a way of accusing the other person of being so demanding or overbearing that you couldn't be honest all along.

I have often spoken of integrity as the most important of these values, realizing that integrity – and personal integrity, at that – is being honest to yourself. If you are always honest to yourself, it does not take much effort in always being honest with others.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

For content creators, it's really important to be honest. Your audience will appreciate if you're stingy with the brands you work with.

For me, it's about honest interactions with people, always being honest with myself. That's my biggest power.

I'm very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist.

It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham. He was always so entirely there.

The things that have always been important: to be a good man, to try to live my life the way God would have me, to turn it over to Him that His will might be worked in my life, to do my work without looking back, to give it all I've got, and to take pride in my work as an honest performer.

Learn your instrument. Be honest. Don't do anything phony. There is so much crap floating around. There is plenty of room for a bit of honest writing.