Quotes about Honesty

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

Don't say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.

Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well - he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.

It is better to be the thorn in the side of your friend than his echo

whatever instances can be quoted of unpunished theft, or of a lie which somebody credited, justice must prevail, and it is the privilege of truth to make itself believed.

No pretense or wearing masks. No cliques. No hidden agendas, backroom deals, betrayals, secret ambitions, plots, or schemes.

The Day America Told the Truth, James Patterson and Peter Kim

When you pretend you don't feel hurt or angry or devastated, you're not fooling God. Be honest! Don't misunderstand; I am not encouraging you to be angry at God or to blame him. He deserves no blame. Rather, I am encouraging you to honestly confess to God your feelings of hurt, resentment, and anger. Often we look at suffering from our perspective and forget that God sees from another vantage point.

Marriage is not a commercial enterprise in which you replace a car you have tired of with another one. The truth is that the new car will lose its appeal, too, to say nothing about yourself.

Confess the truth until it moves from head to heart.