Quotes about Honesty

I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.

I try to write the books I would love to come upon that are honest, concerned with real lives, human hearts, spiritual transformation, families, secrets, wonder, craziness - and that can make me laugh.

I told them that I cannot lie when a writer asks me what's my feeling not doing the game. I said I have to be honest. And my honest reply to you is, obviously, I'm a loyal team player. I will go where my bosses tell me to go.

I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail.

The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds of honest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible.

I believe that a long step toward public morality will have been taken when sins are called by their right names.

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

You can't run away from yourself.

I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.

The most essential quality for leadership is not perfection but credibility. People must be able to trust you.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.