Honesty Quotes and Sayings

“Be prepared and be honest.” – John Wooden

“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.” – Josh Billings

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

“You can fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time.” – Aesop

“Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Honest hearts produce honest actions.” – Brigham Young

“Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.” – Sophocles

“The truth brings with it a great measure of absolution, always.” – R.D. Laing

“Pretty much all the honest truth telling in the world is done by children.” – Oliver Wendell

“Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.” – Thomas Jefferson

“A lie may take care of the present, but it has no future.” – Author Unknown