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Quotes About Honesty

My commitment is not to consistency but to the Truth.
~ Anthony de Mello
Physical scientists probably deserve the reputation they enjoy for incorruptibility and unswerving devotion to pure truth. The reason for this is that it is not worth while to bribe them.
~ Anthony Standen
The truth is that perhaps everything has a price, but certainly everyone has to pay more price only for their lies.
~ Anuj
Affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgment have.
~ Aphra Behn
Man can live his truth, his deepest truth, but cannot speak it.
~ Archibald MacLeish
Comedy is funny when it comes from truth, and that's always the rule of them. It's about how far you can push that boundary.
~ Ari Graynor
Compromise cannot be allowed in cases where the exact truth is ascertainable.
~ Arthur Lynch
Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth.
~ Arthur Ransome
I don't read the magazines that make things up about people. I know what the truth is. I don't sort of indulge in my own fodder. I don't really care what they write about me.
~ Ashton Kutcher
If you handle truth carelessly, it will cut your fingers.
~ Austin O'Malley
By presenting a faithful and honest record of my experience as a mother, I hope to show both my readers and my children how truth can redeem even what you fear might be the gravest of sins.
~ Ayelet Waldman
Be conscious of God and speak always the truth.
~ Barack Obama
I've always thought the most patriotic thing you could do in a democracy is to speak the truth as you see it. And that's what we're supposed to be about in America. Freedom of speech.
~ Barbara Boxer
Lies are infinite in number, and the truth so small and singular.
~ Barbara Kingsolver
I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
~ Barbra Streisand
Lying - remembering beauty in truth.
~ Beatrice Sparks
I will never apologize for being me, speaking the truth & giving all of me to the world. I will never apologize for being real & how I feel.
~ Behdad Sami
Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth.
~ bell hooks
I've gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.
~ Ben Folds
I knew a girl, her name was Truth. She was a terrible liar.
~ Ben Harper
Tell troth and shame the devil.
~ Ben Jonson
I have no problem with being vetted. What I do have a problem with is being lied about and then putting that as truth.
~ Benjamin Carson
I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.
~ Benjamin Carson
I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.
~ Bernie Mac