Quotes About Honesty

Never promise more than you can perform.

Admonish thy friends in secret, praise them openly.

Ready tears are a sign of treachery, not of grief.

Speech is a mirror of the soul as a man speaks, so is he.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

You should not live one way in private, another in public.

Take heed that if you deceive, lie, intrigue, cheat, you thereby demean yourself. belittle yourself, confess your own weakness beforehand, play the part of the slave of the harem who feels himself the inferior of his master. Do this if it so pleases you, but know that humanity will regard you as petty, contemptible and feeble, and treat you as such. Having no evidence of your strength, it will act towards you as one worthy of pity — and pity only.

Should you speak to a man who understands commerce, he will tell you that the everyday business transacted by merchants would be absolutely impossible were it not based on mutual confidence. The habit of keeping his word, the desire not to lose his credit, amply suffice to maintain this relative honesty.

Write in the sand the flaws of your friend.

Today we need a special kind of courage. Not the kind needed in battle, but a kind which makes us stand up for everything that we know is right, everything that is true and honest. We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics, so that we can show the world that we are not afraid of the future.

Everyone who is honest is interesting.

Brave men hide their deeds as decent folk their alms. They disguise them or make excuses for them.

Steal from one man, it's plagiarism. Steal from a thousand men, it's research.

Also, it's a little odd to assume all your patrons are thieves.

A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.

A messager deliverer deserves mor for work then fakes.

A mí me gustan las personas que dicen lo que piensan. Pero por encima de todo, me gustan las personas que hacen lo que dicen.

A liar should have a good memory.

Sincerity is barely an explanation: it is never an excuse.

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

I'm not trying to counsel any of you to do anything really special except dare to think. And to dare to go with the truth. And to dare to really love completely.

The truth brings with it a great measure of absolution, always.

An honest answer is an act of love.

Sometimes grownups forget stuff they've said.