Quotes about Honesty
Nay, you'll be ashamed of me everyday of your life, he answered; and the more ashamed, the more you know me; and I cannot bide it.
— Emily Bronte
I reject any pretence at kindness you have the hypocrisy to offer.
— Emily Bronte
Good words., I replied. But deeds must prove it also.
— Emily Bronte
You shouldn't lie till ten. There's the very prime of the morning gone long before that time. A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o'clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.
— Emily Bronte
Well, say I promise I won't speak: but that does not bind me not to laugh at him!
— Emily Bronte
Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.
— Epictetus
And who can give to another the things which he has not himself?
— Epictetus
Avoid taking oaths.
— Epictetus
But at the bottom of all the gloom, there is a sense that we are responsible for each other -- if not for each other's happiness. There is empathy, admiration, respect for the other's intelligence and honesty.
— Erica Jong
The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.
— Amy Grant
You live in a dangerous place when you sacrifice integrity for security.
— Amy Grant
Honest, simple work for young people is essential to their well-being.
— Jay Parini