Quotes About Integrity

Honesty is a virtue, but not the only one. If you're in a courtroom you need the whole truth and nothing but the truth; in the living room, sometimes you need anything but. Often.

Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

There is something so pure and frank and noble about him that to doubt his sincerity would be like doubting the brightness of the sun.

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.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong.

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable

Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty.

One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

Honesty is the cornerstone of character.

It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.

The single best thing about honesty is that it requires no follow-up.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

Honesty makes me feel powerful in a difficult world.

He who prorogues the honesty of today till to-morrow will probably prorogue his to-morrows to eternity.