The truth brings with it a great measure of absolution, always.

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.

Where is the dignity unless there is honesty?

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.

Honesty is being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone.

Who lies for you will lie against you.

When truth is divided, errors multiply.

A half truth is a whole lie.

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

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

A clean mouth and an honest hand
Will take a man through any land.

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.

Honesty is fearing a negative response and telling the truth anyway.

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.

A true friend will tell you the truth to your face, not behind your back.

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

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.

Most of us are honest all the time, and all of us are honest most of the time.

An honest man is still an unmov'd rock,
Wash'd whiter, but not shaken with the shock:
Whose heart conceives no sinister device;
Fearless he plays with flames, and treads on ice.

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

Dare to be true nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment.