80+ Honesty Quotes That Will Remind You to Stay True

Mark Twain Quote: Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.

Mark Twain

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.

Thomas Jefferson

Honesty is something you can’t wear out.

Waylon Jennings

If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? 

Lois McMaster Bujold

Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.

Mark Twain

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Gandhi

It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that mental lying has produced in society.  When a man has so far corrupted and prostituted the chastity of his mind as to subscribe his professional belief to things he does not believe he has prepared himself for the commission of every other crime. 

Thomas Paine

Honest is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

Don Marquis

Every one of us lives his life just once; if we are honest, to live once is enough.

Greta Garbo

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.

Lemuel K. Washburn

No honest man will argue on every side.

Sophocles

William Thackeray Quote: Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

William Thackeray

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. 

Lee Iacocca

When truth is divided, errors multiply.

Eli Siegel

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.

Arthur Brisbane

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

William Shakespeare

Supporting the truth, even when it is unpopular, shows the capacity for honesty and integrity.

Steve Brunkhorst

An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

Alexander Pope

Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, these are strong forces pushing you toward failure.

Joseph Sugarman

Honest people don't hide their deeds.

Emily Bronte

When we are not honest, we are cut off from a significant resource of ourselves, a vital dimension that is necessary for unity and wholeness.

Clark Moustakas

Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

Lao Tzu