Quotes About Honesty

Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Early in my career...I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility... I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I've never been sorry.

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not.

For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

There is something so pure and frank and noble about him that to doubt his sincerity would be like doubting the brightness of the sun.

What you didn't tell someone was just as debilitating as what you did.

This is a difficult balance, telling the truth: how much to share, how much to keep, which truths will wound but not ruin, which will cut too deep to heal.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong.

I've done more harm by the falseness of trying to please than by the honesty of trying to hurt.

Falsehood is never in words; it is in things.

Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable

Obedience simulates subordination as fear of the police simulates honesty.

One reason I won't compromise is because I believe honesty helps you win over the long haul. You can win a game tomorrow and lose a team. You can lose a game tomorrow and win a football team.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

It is not without good reason, that he who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.

Three simple words - freedom, justice and honesty. These sum up what the Liberal Democrats stand for.

The single best thing about honesty is that it requires no follow-up.

Honesty is not necessarily interesting. I don't want to hear about your dreams or your acid trips, probably unless you make them really interesting.

It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.