Quotes About Honesty

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.

cultures—people are spontaneously generous if forced to make instant decisions but begin to gravitate toward more selfish strategies if given time to think. All of this suggests that honest behavior is governed by automatic mental processes, whereas controlled processes are involved in lying or faking. In other words, effortless, unselfconscious behavior—behavior that is wu-wei—acts like a window into our true character.

are spontaneously generous if forced to make instant decisions but begin to gravitate toward more selfish strategies if given time to think. All of this suggests that honest behavior is governed by automatic mental processes, whereas controlled processes are involved in lying or faking. In other words, effortless, unselfconscious behavior—behavior that is wu-wei—acts like a window into our true character.

If he [Pound] is not careful he will take to meaning what he says instead of saying what he means.

We shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.

The art of life is to show your hand. There is no diplomacy like candor. You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do. Nothing is so boring as having to keep up a deception.

I ask you, what do I have to hide? The fact that I'm not half the man I wanted to be? The fact that these little pieces of wisdom I string together add up to not much at all?

Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.

Able leaders understand that nobody can really serve as an example by trying to do so. When we see an attempt to set an example, we suspect it is phony and not deeply rooted. People become real exemplars, trusted and looked up to, by being what they appear to be.

Truth is life's most precious commodity.

Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God.

You can tell the nature of the man by the words he chooses.

confirmed Lincoln's view that

It is morally as bad not to care whether a thing is true or not, so long as it makes you feel good, as it is not to care how you got your money as long as you have got it.

the side, yet the key was did they blink. Liars

A baby that grows in the lap of Muslim parents; but appears unfair and dishonest; conversely, a baby that grows in the lap of non-Muslim parents and becomes fair and honest; sure, I will salute and respect the fair and honest one.

A cheap-minded stays cheap, even after having a high position.

A fake and false one, cannot stay in front of reality and truth; it collapses naturally.

A humble, courteous and lovely attitude is the beauty of talk; whereas, truth with honesty is the soul of talk

A real journalist only states, neither collaborates nor participates.

A weak figure or subject can neither stand independently nor execute its will precisely; thus, it fails to actuate its notion. Consequently, it is worse than a strong dictatorship that empowers and enforces its objectives significantly since not every dictator can be dishonest in every dimension. Indeed, as such insight and concept, an honest dictatorship is better as a comparison between a weak and corrupt democracy in those societies where people stay self-idiot.

Adopt and increase: The quality of mind; with Knowledge The level of conduct; with Ethics The status of character; with Honesty The standard of life; with Justice Such Qualification beautifies the World

an honest dictatorship is better as a comparison between a weak and corrupt democracy.

An honest one cannot survive among the dishonest ones; whereas, a dishonest one can survive among the honest ones. Similarly, a sheep cannot survive among the wolves; conversely, a wolf can survive among sheep; indeed, the world is as that as dishonest and wolf precisely.