Quotes About Honesty

The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Never be proud of doing the right thing;

The feelings of politicians are rarely transparent.

Adams drew back. He wanted Hannah, but he did not live for her. Making a name for himself was more important. He told her that he could not marry for years, until his practice was established. He knew that his honesty would doom the relationship, and Hannah in fact began to see others. Adams's ambition had triumphed over love.

A good man is not a perfect man; a good man is an honest man, faithful and unhesitatingly responsive to the voice of God in his life.

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

Let's not talk so much about vice. I'm against vice in all forms.

Halt," said the elegant diplomat, "when you asked me to marry you, did you think we could just sneak off to a glade in the woods with a few close friends and get it done?" Halt hesitated. "Well, no...of course not." As a matter of fact, that was exactly what he had thought. A simple ceremony, a few friends, some food and drink and then he and Pauline would be a couple. But he felt that it might not be wise to admit that right now.

Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalise it. Recognise it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us. Not even Halt,' he added, seriously.

Just wanted you to know, there's been no . . . funny business between me and your mam. No . . . hanky-panky, if you know what I mean?" For

Although I'm sure you're not an impostor.

Als de majesteit mijn advies enkel op prijs stelt als ik het met hem eens ben, hecht hij blijkbaar geen enkele waarde aan mijn raadgevingen. - Arald

What I understand," he said, "is that there is very little about you that is excellent and that Aseikh is a term of honor. There's nothing honorable in a man who hides his face behind a blue woman's hanky.

Man is his own star and the soul that can render an honest and perfect man commands all light, all influence, all fate.

Careful. The easiest thing to spot is gaps of integrity in others.

The liberal's problem is his misunderstanding of the true nature of God. He begins with love instead of beginning with holiness. The death of the "Lord's goat" shows the necessity of a death to pay for sin. I used to say, "God owes no man anything," but I was wrong. God owes every sinner the wages of sin, namely death as the penalty for sin. God is honest and will pay the earned wages.

When we risk no contradiction,It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction.

Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either.

when someone is honest and vulnerable, they wring my heart - I want to hug them for being real...

you disappoint me -I am the worst liar in the world - I can't hide my pain or my need so I make a bouquet of my sorrows and give them to you ...

Other women I can flatter and praise – but to you, I must tell the truth...

true authority is not based on control - it's based on truth...

when you're broken, everything gets a little honester - you make mistakes and don't give a damn - you give up on perfection, but get real...