Quotes About Honesty

There is flattery in friendship.

I'm going to paraphrase Thoreau here... rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

When you have a problem, if you tell the truth, the problem becomes part of your past. If you lie, it becomes part of your future.

A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

You can spend a lifetime, and, if you're honest with yourself, never once was your work perfect.

You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

I just think we need more accountability and more transparency.

I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

Being safe is about being seen and heard and allowed to be who you are and to speak your truth.

If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.

Funny women are honest women.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

Own your words. Your words are the maps to your intentions.

Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.

Set up as an ideal the facing of reality as honestly and as cheerfully as possible.

If you must say yes, say it with an open heart. If you must say no, say it without fear.

Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.