Being honest both with ourselves and with others is very important. It’s through being honest and acting with integrity that we develop a strong character that can be relied upon. And an honest person is of much greater service and more respected by others.
Honesty can be difficult at times, of course, and the temptation to lie can be great. These great honesty quotes can help to firm your commitment to being a person of honesty and integrity, and remind you of your responsibilities.
The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but, in the end, there it is.
Winston Churchill
Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears.
Rudyard Kipling
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it.
A lie may take care of the present, but it has no future.
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
~ Albert Einstein
The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
~ Albert Einstein
If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.
