Quotes About Honesty

Truth is beauty

If a man lies to you, don't get mad; get even. I once dated a guy who waited three months into our relationship before he told me he was married. I said "Hey, don't worry about it. I used to be a man."

There are words we say in the dark. There are words we speak in the light. And sometimes they're the same words.

In what you say of another, apply the test of kindness, necessity and truth, and let nothing pass your lips without a 2/3 majority.

To avoid contact with someone so as not to have to address the truth is a form of lying by omission, regardless of good intentions.

Love is the dominant force, and in its light there is no deception.

There are no shadows in which deceptions can be born, no dance of appearances:

A talent for truth is real property. If a man loves truth better than things, people like to be around where he is. Almost everybody wishes he could be honest, but you can't have the spirit of truth when your heart is set on dickering for things.

The stars are honest and sensible. But humanity is insane !

I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it.

Whosoever is found variable, and changeth manifestly without manifest cause, giveth suspicion of corruption: therefore, always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, and declare it, together with the reasons that move thee to change.

I'd say a man is someone who is honest, strong-minded, moral, genuine, just a good human being.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

Don't tell your friends their social faults they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

What humbugs we are, who pretend to live for Beauty, and never see the Dawn!

It is far better to know the painful truth than to live with a kindly falsehood.

Honesty is the best policy. But insanity is a hell of a lot more effective in court. So your set, McMullen

Friends are nice. You can tell' 'em stuff, but you can swear like a gangster at an enemy. And that's all right, too.

Honest friends is kinda nice, but it's hard to beat a big-ass lie and a six-pack of brewskies.

Trust is important to any relationship… and easier to come by if you get a picture of a guy's wife buck naked.

Be true to yourself, be kind to others, be honest, don't say anything if you have nothing nice to say

Romance is strange in this way. It's an attraction that can't be analyzed rationally with any sense of honesty. You either fall for a guy, or you don't. This is why people always say that love is based on chemistry and sparks flying. After all, "love at first sight" happens a lot, and you don't know a person when you first see him.

You may lie.

If you desire a man to tell you comfortable lies about your prowess, and so fetter any hope of true excellence, I'm sure you may find one anywhere. Not all prisons are made of iron bars. Some are made of feather beds.