Quotes about Honesty
May we be people of honesty and integrity trying to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances.
— Thomas Monson
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.
— Winston Churchill
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
I think track records are very important. If you start early trying to have a perfect one in some simple thing like honesty, you're well on your way to success in this world.
— Charlie Munger
He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
— Samuel Johnson
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
— George Washington
It takes courage to live through suffering; and it takes honesty to observe it.
— CS Lewis
I study the Bible all week, pray to the Lord, and then I speak from my heart. It's all about brutal honesty.
— Mark Driscoll
Honesty is the best policy, says the familiar axiom; but people who are honest on that principle defraud no one but themselves.
— James A. Garfield
Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
— William McKinley
If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.
— Confucius
What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.
— Cicero