Famous honesty quotations

   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.  Nice Word by Josh Billings

   Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.  Meaningful Quotation by Mark Twain

Inspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Great Words, Witty Proverbs
   I am different from Washington; I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.  Good Quote by Mark Twain

   The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - Let there be truth between us two forevermore.  Wise Phrase by Ralph Waldo Emerson

   A little candor never leaves me. It is what protects me.  Wise Phrase by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

   Often, the surest way to convey information is to tell the strict truth.  Famous Saying by Mark Twain

   It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.  Nice Word by Jerome K. Jerome

   The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.  Meaningful Quotation by Ambrose Bierce

   Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.  Good Quote by George Herbert

   There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.  Wise Phrase by Thomas Sowell

   Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.  Wise Phrase by Austin O'Malley

   Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.  Famous Saying by Robert Brault

   Reality is bad enough. Why should I tell the truth?  Nice Word by Patrick Sky

   With lies you may get ahead in the world - but you can never go back.  Meaningful Quotation by Russian proverb

   People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.  Good Quote by Richard J. Needham

   Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing the matter with this, except that it ain't so.  Wise Phrase by Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935

   Respect for the truth is an acquired taste.  Wise Phrase by Mark Van Doren, Liberal Education, 1943

   Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it.  Famous Saying by Emily Dickinson

   No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.  Nice Word by Abraham Lincoln

   If you want to ruin the truth, stretch it.  Meaningful Quotation by Author Unknown

   Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.  Good Quote by Thomas Jefferson

   A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.  Wise Phrase by Mark Twain

   A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.  Wise Phrase by Charles Edward Montague, Disenchantment

   I don't mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.  Famous Saying by Samuel Butler, Note-Books, 1912

   Honesty pays, but it don't seem to pay enough to suit some people.  Nice Word by Frank McKinney Kin Hubbard



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