Quotes about Honest Living

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living. Votes: 3

I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living. Votes: 3

The Lord is not so concerned about what we study or what profession we follow as long as it is an honest living. Votes: 3

Christopher Finazzo had a great job that paid him millions of dollars, but this honest living was apparently not enough to satisfy his greed. Votes: 3

My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...) honest living - at least some others like the music too. Votes: 3

I like old people when they have aged well. And old houses with an accumulation of sweet honest living in them are good. And the timelessness that only the passing of Time itself can give to objects both inside and outside the spirit is a continuing reassurance. Votes: 3

To be honest, makeup is a big part of what I do for a living. Votes: 1

If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage. Votes: 1

Are you honest with the Lord in the payment of your tithes? Living this divine law will bring both spiritual and material blessings. Votes: 1

For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself. Votes: 1

Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority is about truth: honest-living truth. Votes: 1

To be honest, I've always had far too much freedom. I had a job when I was 10. I started living on my own when I was 17 or 18. I've earned my own money; I've traveled the world. What would I rebel against? Votes: 1

I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience. Votes: 1

And though I might have learnt more wit and advanced my understanding by living in a Court, yet being dull, fearful and bashful, I neither heeded what was said or practised, but just what belonged to my loyal duty and my own honest reputation. Votes: 1

The living Church of the redeemed is his book. He founded a religion of the living spirit, not of a written code, like the Mosaic law. Yet his words and deeds are recorded by as honest and reliable witnesses as ever put pen to paper. Votes: 1

The case is I talk for a living, so I should be able to say anything I want to say regardless of how you feel. What we're starting to deal with now is your opinion matters, but to be quite honest, your opinion means nothing. Votes: 1

After college, I was living in New York and wrote furiously, a huge novel that I knew was a failure. I hoped that the book would work, but to be honest, I think I knew it would never work, even as I was finishing it. Votes: 1

Before games, people ask whether I get nervous. To be honest, I don't get nervous, I just enjoy it. I am living the dream. When I was a kid I always wanted to play for my country and now I am here, I will enjoy it. Votes: 1

Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth. Votes: 1

I never thought that I could make a living out of my voice, to be completely honest. I thought that I could probably keep playing pubs. And it was exciting for me to get even just a pub gig in my town or country, when I went to university. Votes: 1

If we turn our back on the people of this country who need to work for a living, we shouldn't be here, to be honest, because that has to be an essential part of what we do to protect the country, from the standpoint of defense, protect workers and make sure they have jobs. Votes: 1

I do think deception... There's something kind of odd about tricking people for a living, but ultimately, it's a remarkably honest profession, when you think about it. If you violate that code, and you say you're not using camera tricks, and then you do, I actually think that's a kind of serious moral issue. Votes: 1

A comedian is sort of like a wild animal. It really just depends on where you catch them. Sometimes they want to cuddle up, and sometimes they'll snap at you. But for me, more often than not, if I'm talking to somebody who makes their living in comedy, it'll be a very thoughtful conversation driven from an emotionally honest place. Votes: 1

The longer I live, the more I feel that the individual is not so much to blame - not even the worst individuals, not even the 'best' citizens - as the system of corruption which has grown up about us, and which rewards an honest man with a mere living and a crook with all the magnificence of our magnificent modern life. Votes: 1

Living without Laughing isn't living. Be silly. Be honest. Be Kind. Votes: 0

Children are the best living audience in the world because they are so thoroughly honest. Votes: 0

Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living. Votes: 0

I've told people that I don't see myself living very long. That really upsets them, but I'm just being honest. Votes: 0

If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage. Votes: 0

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged. Votes: 0

The most effective strategy for successful living is really no strategy at all. It is, rather, to be real, to be honest, to be authentic, to be you. Votes: 0