Quotes About Honesty

...but I'd learned a long time ago that the worse things are, the more people lie about them.

A liar with a pen is a writer

I whispered across the bars to Jackaby as I rose, "Shall I tell them the truth?""Have you killed anyone?" he asked, quietly."No, of course not!""Then I can't imagine why you shouldn't.

Because you're a girl and when a girl says she's fine, she's lying.

You know you're about as forthcoming as a mime.

if lying would be a crime, we would all be in jail right now

There's no such thing as business ethics; there's just ethics. And ethics makes no concessions for the real or imagined necessities of making a profit.

It's much easier to conjure characters strictly from your imagination than to have to think about whether you're representing people in a truthful way.

It is good to know the truth but it is better to speak of palm trees.

I don't have a 'side'—I'm responsible for what I say and nothing else.

The deceiver loses when there is correct response from the deceived...

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Be candid with everyone.

A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

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.

Don't ever promise more than you can deliver, but always deliver more than you promise.

I'd be conceited if I said I could, but I'd be lying if I said I couldn't.

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.

Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.

The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.