Quotes about Honesty

Integrity means that if our private life were suddenly exposed, we'd have no reason to be ashamed or embarrassed. Integrity means that our outward life is consistent with our inner convictions.

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

Nothing speaks louder or more powerfully than a life of integrity

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.

A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real.

But we need to pray daily for humility and honesty to see these sinful attitudes for that they really are, and then for grace and discipline to root them out of our minds and replace them with thoughts pleasing to God.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word." (The Great Exchange)

It's not enough to agree that we do tolerate at least some of them. Anyone except for the most self-righteous person will acknowledge that. "After all, no one is perfect," may be our attitude. But to honestly face those sins is another matter. For one thing, it is quite humbling. It also implies that we must do something about them. We can no longer continue to ignore them as we have in the past.