Quotes About Honesty

People have faith in me because of my track record.

You're not going to hear me sing about being on a tractor or being married... because I don't know anything about that.

There is no friendship in trade.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

We are a company built for fair and open trade.

Despite what anti-aging ads say, growing older can be better. I feel better in my skin, 100 percent. You have greater effects of gravity, but the better sense of yourself you have is something I wouldn't trade. Women who lie about their age - 'why?'

I don't trade my vote for money.

What politicians do is they never get the rhetoric wrong, and the price they pay is they don't speak the truth as they see it. Now, I will speak truth as I see it, and sometimes I don't get the rhetoric right. I think that's a fair trade-off.

Our regulatory bodies strive to create honest dealings, fair trades, and a situation in which no one has an advantage over anyone else. But human beings aren't honest. And all trades are made because one person thinks he's getting the better of the other, and the other person thinks the same.

I wasn't aware I was trading on my good name; I've never had a good name.

People talk about how you make team spirit - is it golf days or going out drinking together? That doesn't count. When you drink, you just tell lies to each other anyway and talk rubbish.

The heavens listen to what is said on these cobbles. Laws of man and nature come together here. Here you must be firm. Here you must be true.

When I meet a couple, I'm always interested to know if they have been together for a long time, or how loyal they are, because I know that will impact on how much I'm prepared to trust them.

I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes.

Being attractive and being credible can and do go together.

Unfortunately I don't have my grandparents, but Mum and I are working quite well together. That's candid, that's frank. Your grandmother is never going to lie to you.

If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.

The laws all true wanderers obey are these: 'Thou shalt not eat nor drink more than thy share,' 'Thou shalt not lie about the places thou hast visited or the distances thou hast traversed.

Travellers ne'er did lie, Though fools at home condemn 'em.-Antonio

Old men and far travellers may lie with authority.

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Working on your biceps? Try chopping down a cherry tree.

You can't run away from yourself