Quotes about Honesty

One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things — is that not a sage indeed?

The Master said: 'Artful speech and an ingratiating demeanour rarely accompany virtue.

A wise man is never cheated, a virtuous man is never worried and a courageous man is never afraid.

I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt.

My daddy always told me to just do the best you knew how and tell the truth. He said there was nothin to set a man's mind at ease like wakin up in the morning and not havin to decide who you were. And if you done somethin wrong just stand up and say you done it and say you're sorry and get on with it. Don't haul stuff around with you.

It's a life's work to see yourself for what you really are and even then you might be wrong. And that is something I don't want to be wrong about.

Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt change.

Truth has no temperature.

If you break little promises you'll break big ones. That's what you said.

Do you think I lie to you? No. But you think I might lie to you about dying. Yes. Okay. I might. But we're not dying. Okay.

All my life, he said, I been witness to people showin up where they was supposed to be at various times after they'd said they'd be there. I never heard one yet that didnt have a reason for it. Yessir. But there aint but one reason. Yessir. You know what it is? No sir. It's that their word's no good. That's the only reason there ever was or ever will be. Yessir.

I only know that every act which has no heart will be found out in the end.