A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

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.

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.

If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.

There’s one way to find out if a man is honest – ask him. If he says, ‚Yes,‘ you know he is a crook.

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

As long as the people don’t fear the truth, there is hope. For once they fear it, the one who tells it doesn’t stand a chance. And today, truth is still beautiful… but so frightening.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy – but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that’s how I am guided.

When you’re faced with an opponent, the media asks the questions, and I answer truthfully. I don’t hold back.

It’s very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.

My fans don’t feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I’m going through now, they’ll hear about it on a record someday. They’ll hear the real story. There’s a little bit of lag time. It’s not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it’s much more accurate.

A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

At fifty everyone has the face he deserves.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people.

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

There is no index of character so sure as the voice.

My number one thing? Don’t overleverage yourself. Don’t say you can do something when you really can’t.

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Integrity has no need of rules.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

I never promise anything. I don’t promise anything to my mum. I don’t promise anything to the supporters.

It is better to be deceived by one’s friends than to deceive them.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Don’t say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them.

I’m not trying to get myself up a notch on the ladder by shoving somebody else down on the ladder, whether it’s a candidate or the president of the United States or anybody else. I just don’t believe that’s the way one oughta campaign, I’ve never done that.

Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain’t so.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

For as one star another far exceeds, So souls in heaven are placed by their deeds.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

Dreams are the touchstones of our character.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.

If someone lies, well, you had a choice to trust that person or not. I think the way my father raised me, well, he trusted everybody. And that worked for him.

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

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

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Always be sincere, even if you don’t mean it.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.