Quotes About Honesty

Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination - so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.

It is always easier to deal in truth and honesty and follow these to their legitimate ends, than it is to construct and adjust a false superstructure upon a false base.

People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.

Every single fact I state in 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is the absolute and irrefutable truth...Do not let anyone say this or that isn't true. If they say that, they are lying.

I care what is actually true, even more than what I hope is true.

The right to search for truth implies also a duty.

I'm a big believer in playing truth and not doing things for effect. It's not about whether you look pretty or glamorous. It's about whether people connect.

All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.

The aim is freedom conscience and truth

i can nourish myself on nothing but truth

Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie.

Truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter.

I really love country music, just this idea of three chords and the truth.

Stereotypes are fast and easy, but they are lies, and the truth takes its time.

Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.

Make sure of two things. Be careful - microphones are always hot, and understand that in Washington, D.C., a gaffe is when you tell the truth. So, be careful.

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth.

Sharing truth is not the kind of gift that comes in wrapping paper - ripped open once and, there, you're done. No, this is a gift that must be unfolded.

Telling the truth without sensitivity can be a form of abuse.

Whenever someone tries to deny the truth, ultimately, reality betrays him.

Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. Comment is free, but facts are sacred.

Say things to the world that are true.

Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren't fantasies; they need to tell a truth.

For the first 10 years of my life in Congress, I had been too timid to tell the truth as I saw it. In a way I had betrayed my trust.