Inspirational Quotes on Honesty

“Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.”

“If a man postpone[s] any open acknowledgement... that his own faith is in direct opposition to the assumptions on which all the conversation of his new friends [are] based... he will be in a false position. He will be silent when he ought to speak and laugh when he ought to be silent. He will assume, at first only by his manner, but presently by his words, all sorts of cynical and sceptical attitudes which are not really his. But... they may become his. All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”

“Safety and happiness can only come from individuals, classes, and nations being honest and fair and kind to each other.”

“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”

“The frequent requiring and using of oaths, is a poor reflection on Christians, who should be of such acknowledged fidelity, as that their sober words should be as sacred as their solemn oaths.”

“You'll always stay young if live honestly, eat slowly, sleep sufficiently, work industriously, and worship faithfully.”

“I'm not condemning people. God's going to do that. I just want to be honest with people. I just want to tell them the truth. ... People don't want to know what I have to say. They want to know what God has to say.”

“Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straightforwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferiors, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.”

“The worse men are, the less they are bound by oaths; the better they are, the less there is need for them. Our Lord does not enjoin the precise terms wherein we are to affirm or deny, but such a constant regard to truth as would render oaths unnecessary.”

“Honesty is better than any easy comfort.”

“An honest heart seeks to please God in all things and offend Him in none.”

“The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.”

“Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile, some have a sad expression, some are pensive and diffident, others again are plain, honest and upright.”

“If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own.”

“An honest heart is open to the Word.”

“The eyes have one language everywhere.”

“Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty.”

“Thou oughtest to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.”

“Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.”

“An honest heart loves the Truth.”