honesty Quotes (20)

“Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.”

“Open rebuke is better than secret love.”

“To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.”

“A fault is fostered by concealment.”

“One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.”

“He who makes excuses, accuses himself.”

“I can promise to be sincere, but not to be impartial.”

“A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts.”

“The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment.”

“The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.”

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

“Censure is often useful, praise is often deceitful.”

“The critic should describe, and not prescribe.”

“It is the truth that irritates a person.”

“To conceal ignorance is to increase it. An honest confession of it, however, gives ground for the hope that it will diminish some day or the other.”

“Good medicine tastes bitter but cures illness; honest words offend the ear but benefit conduct.”

“Give honest and sincere counsel.”

“A lie is like a snowball: the longer it rolls, the bigger it gets.”

“To say you know when you know, and to say you do not know when you do not — that is the foundation of speech.”

“Honesty is the surest capital.”