Honesty
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
— William Shakespeare
“Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.”
— Fred Rogers
“It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.”
— Victor Hugo
“A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.”
— Edgar J. Mohn
“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
— Mark Twain
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all title, the character of an honest man.”
— George Washington
“If you want to be trusted, be honest.”
— Unknown
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on.”
— Winston Churchill
“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.”
— Sophocles
“Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.”
— James Altucher
“He that loses his honesty has nothing else to lose.”
— John Lyly