Quotes About Honesty

Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed. Speak truly, and each word of thine Shall be a fruitful seed. Live truly, and thy life shall be A great and noble creed.

A lot of young girls think that the opposite of fake is rudeness. And just as ugly as fake is, so is saying whatever is on your mind because it's the truth.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

Try to remain truthful. The power of truth never declines. Force and violence may be effective in the short term, but in the long run it's truth that prevails.

In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.

There is no wisdom like frankness.

If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else." "I know. An overwhelming passion for it." "No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

The best clue to what a person thinks is what he says.

To bring deserving things down by setting undeserving things up is one of its perverted delights; and there is no playing fast and loose with the truth, in any game, without growing the worse for it.

When people show you who they are ... believe them!

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

A word in earnest is as good as a speech.

Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]

Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth.

And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

Honesty is the first chapter in the Book of wisdom. Let it be our endeavor to merit the character of a just nation.