Honesty Quotes

"When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie."

Criss Jami

"I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

Mark Twain

"A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent."

William Blake

"No penance equals truth, no sin equals falsehood; in the heart where truth lives, there the Divine resides."

Kabir

"There is no praise like the praise of never lying; it brings every other virtue without effort."

Thiruvalluvar

"Outer purity comes from water; inner purity is revealed by truthfulness."

Thiruvalluvar

"Half a truth is often a great lie."

"No legacy is so rich as honesty."

"The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie."

"When in doubt, tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends."

Mark Twain

"I never know how much of what I say is true."

Bette Midler

"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge."

Confucius

"If one does not lie to one's own conscience, one lives in the hearts of all."

Thiruvalluvar

"The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end."

Harriet Beecher Stowe

"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

Noël Coward

"Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist."

Mary Kay Ash

"Do not speak what your own heart knows to be false; your conscience will burn you for it."

Thiruvalluvar

"Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult."

George Eliot

"Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges."

Herman Melville

"All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know."

"Always tell the truth – it's the easiest thing to remember."

David Mamet

"Honest people don't hide their deeds."

Emily Brontë

"Truth sits upon the lips of dying men."

Matthew Arnold

"One who speaks truth from the heart surpasses those who perform penance and give gifts."

Thiruvalluvar