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

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

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...

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...

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things....

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things....

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...

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...

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

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

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

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...

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....

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Let the tent be struck.

Let the tent be struck.

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

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

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

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

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...

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance...

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance...

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...

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...

This war is not about slavery.

This war is not about slavery.