Honesty Quotes

  • "A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."
  • "The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think."
  • "The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold."
  • "As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
  • "The surest way to remain poor is to be honest."
  • "For truth is precious and divine; Too rich a pearl for carnal swine."
  • "An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought."
  • "The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper."
  • "Peace if possible, truth at all costs."
  • "You can always get the truth from a politician after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency."
  • "There are still some honest people left in the world, but they never seem to find anything you lose."
  • "Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes by chance."
  • "Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway."
  • "Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth."
  • "Men occasionally stumble on the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened."
  • "Anything more than the truth would be too much."
  • "In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
  • "Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it."
  • "It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place."
  • "Time discovers truth."
  • "Fine words and insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue."
  • "The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."
  • "I never did give anyone hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell."
  • "If it is not seemly, do it not; if it is not true, speak it not."
  • "Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him."
  • "Dare to be honest and fear no labor."
  • "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!"
  • "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom."
  • "No legacy is so rich as honesty."
  • "Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?"
  • "The day is for honest men, the night for thieves."
  • "If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."
  • "When in doubt, tell the truth."
  • "An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."