Quotes about Honesty
Shrewdness in public life all over the world is always honored, while honesty in public men is generally attributed to dumbness and is seldom rewarded.
- Will Rogers
God's Word is as good as He is. There is an old saying that a man is as good as his word. Well, God is as good as His Word. His character is behind what He has said.
- J. Vernon McGee
He who loves is not ashamed before men of what he does for God, neither does he hide it through shame though the whole world should condemn it.
- John of the Cross
No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.
- Herbert Hoover
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
- Joseph Addison
The truthful man is usually a liar.
- Alfred Nobel
They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.
- Charles Dickens
The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.
- Henry David Thoreau
I have always deeply desired to be an honest man who said it when I struggled, stumbled and worried. I longed to be a man with real friends - friends who knew me at my worst and loved me.
- Matt Chandler
If anybody ever dares to compare Bob Dole to Clinton, then they're comparing a criminal to an honest man.
- Sonny Bono
I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.
- John Adams