Quotes About Honesty

The book itself was useless, too. All the advice it offered about the timing of meals and affecting a cheerful disposition and trying to take an interest in the husband's doings even when they're fearfully boring and never saying 'I told you so'--those aren't the reasons a person looks with favour upon another person, these aren't the reasons someone stays in love.

Danes are blunt and direct and trusting and secure

When you have become willing to hide nothing, you will not only be willing to enter into communion but will also understand peace and joy.

The day Dick Cheney is going to run for president, I'll kill myself. All we need is another liar... I think he'd like to run, but it would be a sad day for the country if he does.

There is no higher religion than the truth.

The things I agree to with a little gin in me.

And because I didn't have the moral backbone to say, "I don't know," I explained the whole thing to her—off the top of my head.

Lessons in Leadership: My Rules to Live By© • Be true to yourself • Do the right thing • Remember that actions speak louder than words • Put first things first • Just do it

But if no one speaks honestly to you, how will you know what is getting in the way of your moving up?

honest feedback is a must. What we don't know will hurt us.

But what if instead of trying to be nice, we respond authentically? What would that look like? For one, people would know where we really stand on the issues that are important to us. In addition, we would have more time to focus on making a difference and advancing our careers instead of trying to please other people.

Every secret we confide in another person can be a burden to them

Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.

Truth is simple. They who say that truth is complicated deceive themselves, and the truth is not in them.

I found that the scales of life, honesty is the balance that should be maintained if there is to be a true civilisation at all. The one who cheats merely cheats himself, because he has lost the scale by which right and wrong are the guides for the uncertain; in his confusion, for the moment, he has no more confidence in himself and his ability to know right from wrong.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be equally outraged by silence.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood it may be outraged by silence.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Lastly, they must be men of honest report, whose life and sound conversation are by their deeds perfectly tried and sufficiently witnessed of unto the people: and finally, they must be such as bear authority, and not be despised as rascal and vile knaves.

I would rather be right than be President.

I would rather be right than President.

I'd rather be right than be President

The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement.