The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

Quote by Robert E Lee

Topics: Honesty Quotes

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things...

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things...

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be...

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be...

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than...

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than...

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love...

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love...

This war is not about slavery.

This war is not about slavery.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light....

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light....

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light...

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light...

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never...

Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never...

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he...

He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he...

Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to...

Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to...

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We...

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We...

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Our blunders mostly come from letting our wishes interpret our duties

Our blunders mostly come from letting our wishes interpret our duties