Quotes about Honesty

I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known...

There are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness.

I cannot lie to you any more than I could lie to myself," Paul said. "I know this. Every man should have such an auditor.

My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

The three legs of the agreement-tripod are desire, data and doubt. Accuracy and honesty have little to do with it.

a man must permit his deeds and his words to agree. When your actions describe a system of evil consequences, you should be judged by those con sequences and not by your explanations.

I already have good administrators—uncorruptible, sagacious, philosophical and open about their errors, quick to see decisions.

My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

These are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness . . . —FROM THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL:

Could you be anything but bluntly honest with a wide-awake human being?

They are never going to invite you back, so you might as well open your mouth and unload both barrels of that gun. Say what you got to say.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.