Honesty Quotes

"A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not."

- Ernest Hemingway

"Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise."

- Sahih Muslim

"No legacy is so rich as honesty."

- William Shakespeare

"It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar."

- Jerome K. Jerome

"Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like."

- Dennis Prager

"Honesty is something you can’t wear out."

- Waylon Jennings

"It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

- Noel Coward

"Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones."

- John Lennon

"How many lies can you tell before you are a liar? Once someone has lied to us we look back on past conversations and ask: “What else has he lied to me about?”"

- Michael Josephson

"A half truth is a whole lie."

- Yiddish Proverb

"It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place."

- Henry Louis Mencken

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

- Winston Churchill

"Honesty pays, but it don’t seem to pay enough to suit some people."

- Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard

"The cruelest lies are often told in silence."

- Adlai Stevenson

"Worse than telling a lie is spending the rest of your life staying true to a lie."

- Robert Brault

"Reputation, trust and credibility are assets no organization can afford to lose and the surest way to lose them is to lie."

- Michael Josephson

"People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty."

- Richard J. Needham

"Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships."

- Stephen R. Covey

"I am different from Washington; I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won’t."

- Mark Twain

"You can’t lie to liars without becoming a liar. We can’t cheat a cheater without becoming a cheater. Fighting fire with fire doesn’t protect trust it merely leaves you with the ashes of your integrity."

- Michael Josephson

"Liars can soften resentment with apologies and promise to never lie again, but remorse alone won’t heal the wound or obliterate the scar caused by a lie."

- Michael Josephson

"At its root, lying is intentional dishonesty, deliberately trying to make a person believe something that is not true."

- Michael Josephson

"No tener pelos en la lengua."

"Happy Birthday to the only person who will be honest with me when my makeup looks weird."

"I promise I’ll tell you if you start turning into your mother/father if you do the same for me."

"Honesty is an expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people."

"I’m sorry if you don’t like my honesty, but to be fair I don’t like your lies."

"Honesty is the highest form of intimacy."

- Unknown

"Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half."

"Respect is earned. Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned."

- Unknown