Quotes about Honesty

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

Do not suffer your good nature ... to say yes when you ought to say no; remember that it is a public not a private cause that is to be injured or benefitted by your choice

I don't think I was a fine game coach. I'm trying to be honest. I think I was a good practice coach.

One thing about me is I try to be honest.

Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?

I'm 33 years old; I'm getting old. Every year is different, and as an athlete, you've got to be honest with yourself.

If you want to lead, you better love people. Even if you don't like them, you have to love them enough to tell them the truth.

It is easy to touch up your outward appearance, to look as if you have it all together. Your attempts to look good can fool most people. But I see straight through you, into the depths of your being. There is no place for pretense in your relationship with Me. Rejoice in the relief of being fully understood. Talk with Me about your struggles and feelings of inadequacy.

When you are with someone you trust completely, you feel free to be yourself. This is one of the joys of true friendship.

At the heart of the Ten Commandments is an Israelite's honesty about one's neighbor (Exod 20:16). At the heart of the Bible's ethic is telling the truth. Honesty mattered then and it matters now.

Martin Luther King Jr., closing down one of his sermons in the early days in Montgomery, speaks of what it means to be a witness: Honesty impels me to admit that transformed nonconformity, which is always costly and never altogether comfortable, may mean walking through the valley of the shadow of suffering, losing a job, or having a six-year-old daughter ask, "Daddy, why do you have to go to jail so much?

I've caught myself a time or two adding or embellishing. I don't think that pleases the Lord. I don't think He needs my dishonesty to convey His gospel.