Quotes About Honesty

He who speaks the truth often has no ruth.

The great consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

He who is merely just is severe.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

Men use thought only to justify their wrongdoings, and speech only to conceal their thoughts.

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Love truth, and pardon error.

One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.

The greatest consolation in life is to say what one thinks.

There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.

Great is truth, and all powerful.

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump!

Have the courage to say "no!" Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. Do it now!

Have the courage to say "no!" Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

How shall Integrity face Oppression? What shall Honesty do in the face of Deception, Decency in the face of Insult, Self-Defense before Blows? How shall Desert and Accomplishment meet Despising, Detraction, and Lies? What shall Virtue do to meet Brute Force? There are so many answers and so contradictory; and such differences for those on the one hand who meet questions similar to this once a year or once a decade, and those who face them hourly and daily.

She asked a vendor if it would not be a good idea to inform the customer that his order will come late. No, he would get mad. Well, what happens when you deliver order late? He gets mad. Then why didn't you tell him in advance, so that he could prepare? He would get mad twice.

All I have is a voice To undo the folded lie.

To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say, is a keen observer of life. The word Intellectual suggests straight away. A man who's untrue to his wife.

Words have no word for words that are not true.

o be entirely honest, I know of nothing quite so boring as Christianity without Christ.