Quotes About Honesty

When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed

Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.

All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.

I lied, therefore I thought.

Only when compassion is present will people allow themselves to see the truth.

He knows,I said. I tell him everything Does that go both ways? he asked. Does what go both ways? You said you tell him everything, he replied. You didn't say we tell each other everything

Take any ten years of your life, reduce them to two pages, and every sentence has to be three words long. It's a good assignment. You can't hide behind a sapling.

The drinking parent lied to the sober parent; the sober parent deceived the drinking parent. Most children of alcoholics have learned that no one can be trusted.

This was a religious problem, my father felt; people can want to be deceived. Do not deceive, the Kotzker rebbe insisted, and that also means do not deceive oneself by being gullible.

the love of truth is an act of the spirit.

If a man says to you, I have labored and not found, do not believe him. If he says, I have not labored but still have found, do not believe him. If he says, I have labored and found, you may believe him.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and beer.

in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!

If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.

I am nothing, truth is everything.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer

Bisa saja anda sering membohongi orang, bahkan sebagian orang selalu bisa anda bohongi, tetapi anda tidak bisa selalu membohongi semua orang.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.