Quotes about Honesty

So, lesson learned: some goodbyes are not for a season, they are forever. but when two good people part ways and don't cause harm to each other, it may actually allow for more good to be done in their respective callings….. …..Remember, some people appear to say the right things, but their actions betray their words.

Lies flee in the presence of truth.

Prayer is such an intimate act, a place of vulnerability. It is, hopefully, when we are our least guarded, our most honest selves. And this is good, of course; this is as it ought to be. When we come to God, we certainly want to come as honestly and openly as we can; we want to be our truest selves before him. Prayer lets us be in a place of need.

He woos, he confronts, he delivers, he heals, he shoots straight, and then he uses intrigue. He lives out before them the most compelling view of God, shows them an incredibly attractive holiness while shattering the religious glaze. But still, he lets them walk away if they choose.

I never tell lies, but I am a savage.

Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones.

People think you want them to do something or say something special...you don't. You just want them to be themselves, so you can be yourself.

Image is what people think we are; integrity is whar we really are.

Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.

You can't fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience.

If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.