Quotes About Honesty

Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled.

One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth.

Where there is truth, there also is knowledge which is true.

A seeker of truth will never begin by discounting his opponent's statement as unworthy of trust.

Much of what I say might sound like it's stirring up trouble, but it's the truth!

Do not attempt to benefit by rebukes one who boasts of his virtues, for he loves to display himself can not be a lover of truth.

We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth.

In everything, without doubt, truth has the advantage over imitation.

It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.

Give me truth; cheat me by no illusion.

The little bit of truth contained in many a lie is what makes them so terrible.

I like to push people till I get the truth out of them.

Truth is no rounder than a horse's eye.

The truth is a precious commodity. That's why I use it so sparingly.

To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.

In writing, I shall always confine myself strictly to the truth, except when it is attended with inconvenience.

Truth itself is something you live, not something you think.

It is in the nature of truth not to be at fault.

The truth which may not be told, is the truth which cannot be told.

Well, if I am not vulgar, neither is my book. I wrote myself. Suggestiveness is always vulgar. But truth never. My book is not even remotely suggestive. I call things by their names. That is all.

An American who can make money, invoke God, and be no better than his neighbor, has nothing to fear but truth itself.

The truth usually has a slightly ugly look.