Quotes about Honesty

Each time a thought came knocking on the door of her mind, she viewed it cautiously. Was it true? Was it honorable? Was it pure or lovely? Was it of good repute?

Sometimes you have to tell the truth, no matter how hard it is. Even when it doesn't change anything. People seem to make the same mistakes over and over again.

Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions... Keep me from lying to myself... Help me abandon my shameful ways... I believe in your commands; now teach me good judgment and knowledge.

You teach the heart as well as the mind. Sometimes the truth is hard to bear, but it's better to walk in the light of truth than to live in the darkness of lies.

Rumors aren't worth the sand we walk on.

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.