Quotes about Honesty
Character is more than a man-to-his-God humility, for it involves transparency and accountability to others, not merely a private quest for purity.
— James Hayford
The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing.
— Thomas Jefferson
I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth.
— Marcus Aurelius
Shrewdness in public life all over the world is always honored, while honesty in public men is generally attributed to dumbness and is seldom rewarded.
— Will Rogers
God's Word is as good as He is. There is an old saying that a man is as good as his word. Well, God is as good as His Word. His character is behind what He has said.
— J. Vernon McGee
He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
— John of the Cross
No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.
— Herbert Hoover
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
— Joseph Addison
The truthful man is usually a liar.
— Alfred Nobel
They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.
— Charles Dickens
The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.
— Henry David Thoreau