Quotes About Honesty

I know the pros and cons of being absolutely blunt.

I know the pros and cons of not being diplomatic.

I do not wish to produce prose that draws attention to itself, rather than the world it describes.

He convinced me that if we're going to have honest government that you can't leave it up to the crooks and that honest people have to get involved in government. So I did. I got involved as a criminal prosecutor with the U. S. Justice Department.

I've served Ohioans starting as a county prosecutor in 1976 for, for 30 years. I think they know my integrity. I think they know my honesty. I think they knew who, who I am.

I have faith in the people. Honesty will prosper.

We try and be as open as we can, and to protect the secrets that we must protect.

I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.

I'm out there to be real, and I think people respond to that. If you have some image that you're protecting, eventually people get sick of it, and I can't imagine living that way for an entire lifetime. I'd rather just be who I am, and that's good enough.

The British public are not children who need protection from the truth.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

My feeling is, when you are writing an essay, you don't make anything up. This may be a very Protestant notion, and I'm aware of the fact that memory is fallible, that if I had access to films or some absolute documentary evidence of what happened, it might look different; we get confused and fuzzy.

Cheating is nothing to be proud of.

People can call me arrogant, but why should I lie? Of course I feel strong, and of course I am proud as well.

I always try to say what I'm thinking, what I'm feeling, and without fear of what others will say or think, and that's how I've always lived. Sometimes, this has ended up hurting me, and other times, it has helped me, but I think you can never forget who you are, and I've always been myself, and that one of the things I'm most proud of.

Listen, not all of us are proud of what we say or do at times.

The biggest thing is to make sure that when something comes out about you that is false that you prove it's not true.

I've done whatever it takes to prove I am a clean athlete.

The real strong have no need to prove it to the phonies.

I am not good at first or second impressions, and you have to spend some time with me to know me. Also, I don't want to put my best foot forward and prove something, as that is not me. I would rather be me and have you like me for who I am, instead of being someone else.

You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.

If I think something is right, I'll fight for it - always have. If it's wrong or I've been proved wrong, I'll walk away, and I'll apologise.

I feel very ashamed to have chosen a brother like Azam Khan. Maybe it was a wrong choice for me to call him a brother and he proved in reality he is not the person he pretends to be.

I have never lied about my relationship with Bill Clinton. The only proven liar, at this point, and the only admitted liar, is Bill Clinton; not Gennifer Flowers, not Kathleen Willey, not Paula Jones and not Monica Lewinsky, at this point. He is the only proven liar.