Quotes About Honesty

be sophisticated you need to accept that you are not so.

It is much more immoral to claim virtue without fully living with its direct consequences.

somehow it is only when you don't care about your reputation that you tend to have a good one.

An honest person will never commit criminal acts, but a criminal will readily engage in legal acts.

George Santayana: A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

Do not pay attention to what people say, only to what they do, and how much of their necks they are putting on the line.

People try to impress you with the things they have done ... You should be more impressed with things they would never do.

If you see a fraud and don't say fraud, you are a fraud.

Sticking up for truth when it is unpopular is far more of a virtue, because it costs you something—your reputation.

If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.

Love without sacrifice is like theft.

A man is morally free when … he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

But he left us with a good lesson: never trust the words of a man who is not free.

First ethical rule: If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud. Just as being nice to the arrogant is no better than being arrogant toward the nice, being accommodating toward anyone committing a nefarious action condones it.

Verbal threats reveal nothing beyond weakness and unreliability. Remember, once again, no verbal threats.

Unreliable people carried less weight than reliable ones. You can't fool people more than twice.*1

Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow is one by George Santayana: A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

Compendiaria res improbitas, virtusque tarda—the villainous takes the short road, virtue the longer one. In other words, cutting corners is dishonest.

A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

shame-free policy is maximal transparency, even transparency of intentions.

Virtue is not something you advertise.

Half the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears.

If you lie to me, keep lying; don't hurt me by suddenly telling the truth.

It is downright unethical to use public office for enrichment.