Honesty & Integrity Quotes

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Honor lies in honest toil.

There are really four 'headlines' for me: honesty, integrity, hard work, and what I call a 'can-do' attitude. You could call that 'can-do' attitude optimism, but it is not Pollyannaish optimism. Rather, it is a 'we'll figure it out' type of mentality.

We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell the truth about everything, no matter what the consequences.

The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity and character is whatever faith we have in our own integrity.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

My integrity means more to me than any fame or money. When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.

I think probably honesty is the biggest quality I look for in a relationship. Being exactly who you are with the other person.

Honesty is the best policy.

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

The principle of acting in good faith is at the heart of decent work.

Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

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

I think the most important thing for me in a relationship is honesty.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Humor, humility, and, of course, honesty, all are qualities that work in public and cultural diplomacy.

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

Asking in faith requires honesty, effort, commitment, and persistence.

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.

Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't.

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth.

Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of the one for the other.

I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.

Integrity reveals beauty.

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

The greatest asset, even in this country, is not oil and gas. It's integrity. Everyone is searching for it, asking, 'Who can I do business with that I can trust?'

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

At the end the day because I believe so strongly in leadership, what I look for first, what I try to assess, is integrity.

Authenticity, living your truth, kindness - these are necessary virtues.

It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don't try to give them half the story. You don't try to hide the story. You treat them as - as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate.

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.

Integrity is a very important and an almost indispensable virtue that all leaders must possess. This is especially true in the Philippine context because we Filipinos really respond to leadership by example.

It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.

The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.

My strength would be my honesty and my passion towards my work.

We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.

If you're as honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out.

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

Integrity is critical to our lives - and to our dreams of achievement. We must remember that without integrity, nothing else matters and that with integrity, nothing else matters.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.

Honest communication is a rare thing.

Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times.