Quotes about Honesty

Geographically speaking, you can't get to where you want to be unless you know where you are the begin with. You need a reference point. Similarly, you can't get to where you want to be in life until you are willing to admit where you are to begin with. Self-deception makes that next to impossible.

The people closest to you routinely catch the flak thrown off by the explosive stuff you normally work so hard to keep hidden.

Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.

A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately.

Most of us want to be proven right more than we want to know what's true. We aren't on truth quests. We're on confirmation quests.

If it suddenly became impossible for us to cover up all the junk we normally hide from the rest of humanity, I have a feeling we would all get real motivated to deal with the source of what ails us.

When in doubt tell the truth.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.

Whether we're talking about leadership, teamwork, or client service, there is no more powerful attribute than the ability to be genuinely honest about one's weaknesses, mistakes, and needs for help.

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

Truth will prevail.