Quotes about Honesty

Integrity is walk our talk.

We can "pose" and "put on" for a stranger or an associate. We can pretend. And for a while we can get by with it—at least in public. We might even deceive ourselves. Yet I believe that most of us know the truth of what we really are inside; and I think many of those we live with and work with do as well.

Integrity includes but goes beyond honesty. Honesty is telling the truth—in other words, conforming our words to reality. Integrity is conforming reality to our words—in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations.

A lie is any communication with intent to deceive.

What you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based… never compromise with honesty

Integrity is, fundamentally, the value we place on ourselves. It's our ability to make and keep commitments to ourselves, to "walk our talk

An agreement means very little in letter without the character and relationship base to sustain it in spirit.

Here are some examples of where you might be paying Trust Taxes or earning Trust Dividends:

Integrity includes but goes beyond honesty.

The deposit is to make the expectations clear and explicit in the beginning.

When we value correct principles, we have truth—a knowledge of things as they are.

Integrity also means avoiding any communication that is deceptive, full of guile, or beneath the dignity of people. "A lie is any communication with intent to deceive," according to one definition of the word. Whether we communicate with words or behavior, if we have integrity, our intent cannot be to deceive.