One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.–Maya Angelou
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Always tell the truth. That way you don’t have to remember what you said.–Mark Twain
I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.–Malcolm X
The folks who know the truth aren’t talking…. The ones who don’t have a clue, you can’t shut them up! –Tom Waits
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.– Martin Luther King Jr.
A half truth is a whole lie. –Yiddish Proverb
When you know the truth, the truth makes you a soldier. –Gandhi
Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. –Henri Frederic Amiel
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie…deliberate, contrived and dishonest…but the myth…persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. –John F. Kennedy
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.–Jesus
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8 Responses to “Honesty Is the Best Policy”
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Nice – and useful – collection of quotes here. I’m sure I’ll be using these quotes a lot.
Ya.. that is true but only for the personal satisfaction but not for success. LOL. You can’t show me a total honest person who is successful in the society.
I totally agree. We should be as honest as possible. These are great quotes you have here.
As what they say, “the truth will set you free”. Telling the truth i a great feeling. Rather than living with lies and fallacy, you feel guilty with yourself and carrying that conscience in your heart. Thanks for sharing those nice quotes!
I love the quote by Mark Twain that said tell the truth so you don’t have to remember anything. This is sooo true. When you start to lie it becomes like a job and usually takes more lies to keep the first lie safe. Thanks for sharing these.
I love to read your blog its really very intresting.
Brilliant quotes, just the sort of thing you want to read when you need a bit of motivation!
and didnt realise how cute you were…