Honesty Quotes and Messages

You cannot con an honest man.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

Honesty is only an illusion to those who seek their own selfish needs.

An honest man is believed without an oath, for his reputation swears for him.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Honesty pays, but it don’t seem to pay enough to suit a lot of people.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance.

When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth.

A leader should maintain a level of honor and honesty that should be valued and maintained by all.

It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood.

Every lie is two lies, the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.

No legacy is so rich as Honesty.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

Before you can lie to another, you must first lie to yourself.

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

Honesty is one of the most important parts of any marriage.

Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children.

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Sometimes it is more difficult to be honest with yourself than to try to please other people by saying what they want to hear.

Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.

The establishment of any relationship, both individual and expert is honesty.

To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.

Honesty, truth and decency all link together- by loving all of these, we can improve our families, communities and our society.

To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself

Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Always tell the truth. That way you don’t have to remember what you said.