Quotes About Honesty

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

In the absence of honesty from the Conservative party leadership, it is Labour's duty to spell out the very real consequences of a no-deal Brexit. It is also our duty to take whatever steps are necessary to prevent it.

Every dramatist will tell you that they know deep down what happened in the course of making that film and to what degree they took steps that were convenient and to what degree they took steps in telling their story that were dishonest. You know in your heart of hearts.

I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.

Work diligently to discern the facts of the matter, and then use your principles to respond. They

Overall, Zinni's rules read like an updating of how to apply the Marine Corps culture to today's conflicts: Stay loose. Stay focused. Keep it simple. And be honest.

Prudent, considerate, careful, determined, honest, and inflexible:

I think his success was largely due to his great human qualities: his sense of humor, his common sense and his essential honesty and integrity. He inspired love and unfailing loyalty; he had a magic touch when dealing with conflicting issues or clashes of personalities; and he knew how to find a solution along the lines of compromise, without surrendering a principle. He is, in fact, a great democrat.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

Cheaters must get some credit before they can cozen, and all falsehood, if not founded in some truth, would not be fixed in any belief.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

A name is a kind of face whereby one is known; wherefore taking a false name is a kind of visard whereby men disguise themselves.

Plain dealing is a jewel, but they that wear it are out of fashion

Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get them, get them right, or they will get you wrong.

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides.

Truth bends abashed, and answers not.

If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.

However, you'll all find, if you haven't found it out already, that a time comes in every human friendship when you must go down into the depths of yourself, and lay bare what is there to your friend, and wait in fear for his answer.

Boyishness—by which I mean animal life in its fullest measure, good nature and honest impulses, hatred of injustice and meanness, and thoughtlessness enough to sink a three-decker.

I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth.

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens . . . There has never been a moment of my life in which I should have relinquished for it the enjoyments of my family, my farm, my friends and books.

Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends.

Men are disposed to live honestly, if the means of doing so are open to them.