Quotes About Honesty

People are simply not willing to look at their problems honestly and admit that they have problems.

My my, the cruelest lies are often told without a word My my, the kindest truths are often spoken, never heard

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good i know of everyone

The dignity of truth is lost with much protesting.

Nor shall our cups make any guilty men:But, at our parting, we will be, as whenWe innocently met.

To overcome frailty is one definition of courage; to acknowledge it with honesty is another.

Yet this honesty demanded emotional deception, fraud in a virtuous cause, a sacred duplicity. He was telling MI6 every secret truth he could find while lying to his colleagues and his bosses, his family, his best friend, his estranged wife and his new lover.

Assuming that my words would be taken at face value was my first mistake.

I had a favorable impression of McCain, a straight talker and an effective senator.

I told her truthfully that it had been more my fault than hers.

Today I wonder whether we should have been more forthcoming, and not only because our vagueness has promoted the mistaken view that we could have saved Lehman.

only a fool attempts honesty with a man in love. In my experience, the blunter one is enumerating the deficiencies of an affianced, the more likely that marriage becomes - placing you on the wrong side of a wronged wife until divorce do them part.

When facts become secondary to emotion, truth dies. And a society that doesn't value truth cannot survive.

point out that throwing around accusations without evidence makes your opponent a piece of garbage

Our author warns us that inspiration, enthusiasm, earnestness, even honesty about what one believes is no guarantee of truth.

Loving talk is cheap when costly deeds are required.

If you try to chase it, if you try to follow trends and anticipate what the next thing is going to be, you will fail. You just have to leave it, you have to go with what it is. You have to be true, you have to be honest.

You say you're a different man But you know that's a lie The truth is gonna set you free And so am I

L'onestà politica non è altro che la capacità politica.

Courageous leaders obey God rather than men and will be rewarded, they are honest law-abiding citizens.

No pienses todavía en esas cosas de remontarte mucho, que eres más pelado que un huevo—le dijo ella—

Don Francisco Penáguilas, padre del joven, era un hombre más que bueno, era inmejorable, superiormente discreto, bondadoso, afable, honrado y magnánimo, no falto de instrucción.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.