Quotes About Honesty

When it comes to defamation, slander, or libel, the truth is an absolute defense to the allegation.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. —Buddha

Even his dearest friends would have admitted that he possessed not a single good quality.

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.

Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.

I'm a plain man, I am; no nonsense about me.' And no manners, grace, or generosity, either.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

Confess your sins to the Lord, and you will be forgiven; confess them to men, and you will be laughed at.

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying.

There are people so addicted to exaggeration they can't tell the truth without lying.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

Only thing I remember from school is to keep my eyes on my own paper.

Why can't you say it?" I hardened my voice. "Because I'm telling you, you never have. I'd have remembered." He stared at me with disbelief. [...] " Love you? Of course I love you. Baby, I fucking worship you.

He never lied to me. I just didn't ask the questions I didn't want to know the answers to.

I think it was Mark Twain who said, "Get your facts straight, and then you can distort them as much as you like.

I don't know if real courage lies in storming barricades or simply not denying the truth.

I spent months in research. I even dropped out of school for a time to study in the historically rich libraries of Europe. And I found evidence. Evidence in abundance. Evidence I would not have believed had I not seen it with my own eyes. Finally I could come to only one conclusion: If I were to remain intellectually honest, I had to admit that the Old and New Testament documents were some of the most reliable writings in all of antiquity.

The first to speak in court sounds right—until the cross-examination begins" (Proverbs 18:17).

To write a story about New York that only deals with people in your age and socioeconomic bracket, that feels dishonest to me. So much of New York comes from everyone bumping into each other.

A whole and grown-­up person would go and simply tell him. I'm in love with you. A whole and grown-­up person would ask him. Can you please love me back?

I had a strict No Assholes policy, and I'd never met a cheater of either sex who wasn't some stripe of asshole underneath the He doesn't understand mes and the We drifted aparts and the She won't do that thing I need in beds

oh that's right, you never lie unless your mouth is open and words are coming out of it

I mean, what's wrong with treating something as a day job? Day jobs are perfectly respectable. We're all here to make rent money by tricking people into buying things, right, so why try to elevate it?