Quotes About Honesty

Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.

You get so used to lying that after a while it's hard to remember what the truth is.

Its very seldom you get paid for doing what you love and telling the truth at the same time. It seems they dont often coincide.

People don't want to know the truth.

Truth has within it the seeds of its own victory; Lies have within them the seeds of their own destruction.

In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.

No one is entitled to the truth.

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.

Maintaining silence about a dirty truth is another way of lying, a common practice in high places.

I think that in a general sense, the idea of getting comfortable with the truth in life is uncomfortable.

An honest lie is better than a boring truth.

Simple is the speech of truth.

The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.

Truth is a habit of integrity, not a strategy of politics.

Does coaching work? Yes. Good coaches provide a truly important service. They tell you the truth when no one else will.

I think the majority of musicians are interested in truth.

Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.

I don't think there's anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn't fashionable.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

If you take part of the truth, and try to make that part of the truth, all of the truth, then that part of the truth becomes an untruth.

You have to be intellectually honest with yourself and others. In my judgment, all great investors are seekers of truth.

My goal is to speak the truth in love. There are a lot of people speaking the truth with no love, and there are a lot of people talking about love without much truth.

So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth.

If you shut your door to all errors truth will be shut out.