Quotes about Honesty
no one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack nor deceitful in maintaining the course of truth, but had shown quite enough and even too much vehemence.
— Martin Luther
an enemy is not more baneful than a flatterer.
— Martin Luther
But the truth will win out.
— Martin Luther
In lying fashion you ignore what even children know.
— Martin Luther
A sham friend is more hateful than an open enemy.
— Martin Luther
You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say
— Martin Luther
I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen.
— Martin Luther
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
— John 3:18
No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
— Anonymous
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, --else it is none.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
— St. Jerome