Quotes on Truth And Honesty

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

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

I used to believe in God. The Christian one, that is (There are a few thousand to choose from. But I was born in a country where the dominant religion was Christianity so I believed in that one. Isn't it weird how that always happens?). Luckily I was also interested in science and nature. And reason and logic. And honesty and truth. And equality and fairness. By the age of eight I was an atheist.

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

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

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

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.

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

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.