Quotes About Honesty

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.

In a business context we're talking about the ability to instill trust that the leader is sharing the hard work, understanding the difficult issues, and being honest in dealing with people so that all the team members feel they're in the same boat in good times and bad times. People have to feel that when hard actions are called for, their leader will be there to take responsibility and be prepared to sacrifice more than others to reach a satisfactory end.

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him and show your distrust.

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of the truth

Surgeons must always tell the truth but rarely, if ever, deprive patients of all hope. It can be very difficult to find the balance between optimism and realism.

No estábamos angustiados, pues los tres sabíamos que iba a morir, pero supongo que lo que sentíamos era sencillamente un amor intenso, un amor sin segundas intenciones, sin la vanidad y el interés de los que tan a menudo es expresión ese sentimiento.

Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.

I am lost in admiration of the honest and courageous men amongst you who have resisted all threats as well as all bribes, and persevered in giving me their free unbought voices. For those unhappy persons who have been scared by imminent fear on their own and their children's behalf from obeying the impulse of their conscience, I feel nothing of resentment--nothing but pity and compassion.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool.

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

I've made some great mistakes in my life, but, you know, they were honest mistakes.

If I could I would melt into your arms I would fall like ten dead languages I would not front I would not lie to you I don't think I could lie anymore I have grown too old for such youthful pursuits I want to love someone before I die Hurry It won't be long now

So easy to not say what you think To not do what you want Hard to take rejection Easy to hurt someone else and not know it Easy to make it hard

The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you?re a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.

Four things a man must learn to doIf he would make his record true:To think without confusion clearly;To love his fellow-men sincerely;To act from honest motives purely;To trust in God and Heaven securely.

He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.

His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.

You know I say just what I think, and nothing more and less. I cannot say one thing and mean another.