Quotes About Honesty

Truthful lips endure forever, the lying tongue, for only a moment.

Thou shalt not steal.

Public servants are obliged to level with everybody, whether or not they'll like what he has to say.

Our failure in recent years has not been the failure of the people to meet the challenges placed before them, but rather the failure of both our great political parties to place those challenges honestly and courageously before the people, and to trust the willingness of the people to do the things that really need to be done.

Truth is so good a thing that falsehood can not afford to be without it.

When you have made a catalogue of your friend's faults it is only fair to supply him with a duplicate, so that he may know yours.

I don't just try to be funny.

You need to find a way to live your life, that it doesn't make a mockery of your values.

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it.

The four things that matter in life: 1) love 2) honesty 3) faith 4) courage.

To allow the situation to get caught up in "They misled me" or "I was lied to" or "They did the wrong thing and I'm doing the right thing" had the effect of turning it toxic.

I like you but you mightn't feel the same way about me, and I wouldn't blame you. To save us both from any awkward moments I've figured out an easy way to do this. Nod if you're even slightly interested in getting to know me. Write a ten page explanation if you're not.

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.

He hated words. Words glossed every real thing with brittle artifice and deceit. Words were always lies, always intended to deceive even when they held the truth. . . .

I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.

It's the great temptation for small groups of people to slide into a state where they're not quite telling each other the truth and they're not quite celebrating each other. Instead, they tolerate each other, they accommodate each other, and they settle for sitting on the unspoken matters that separate them.

Future Strong leaders are driven by a core question: What do I want my legacy to be? That requires a lot of searching one's inner truths, and being brutally honest about how that compares to one's daily actions.

To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.

A writer doesn't owe a reader hope—the only obligation is honesty...

With that in mind, here's my Nerd Code of Conduct: ?Be open and be honest. ?Don't pretend you know what you don't know (often a little too easy to do). ?Show the world as it is, rather than the way you wish it would be. ?Respect facts; don't deny them just because you don't like them. ?Move forward only after you trust your design.

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