Quotes About Honesty

My jaw has been wired and rewired. It's incredible to think people would fake that.

Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin.

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

He is good and wise who always speaks the truth, acts on the dictates of virtue, and tries to make others good and happy.

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

It is often wise to reveal that which cannot be concealed for long.

It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.

I'm not strong-willed enough or unkind enough... or maybe simply not wise enough to tell a journalist that a subject is out of bounds.

I wish I could say I was wise and clever, but I'm really not.

Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust.

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.

I think people like that I speak my mind, but I think I can speak my mind in a better way sometimes and choose my words a little bit more wisely.

My frankness has got me into a lot of trouble. I try to temper it down now. As you get older, you get wiser.

For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.

I wish to spend my life's twilight being just who I am. I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. Now is the time I wish to find someone, and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion with me.

You have to show reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child.

I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.