George Bernard Shaw Quotes

There are no degrees of honesty.

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

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to.

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.

I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.

I have a sensible set of values that tell me to never lie.

I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied.

Integrity is integrity. I don't push it to the side because I'm talking to Julia Roberts.

Athletics carries its own set of truths, and those truths are diminished when manipulated by people with agendas.

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.

Sincerity is moral truth.

The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying.

I want to be as honest as I possibly can. I sleep better at night.

We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person.

In my work, I'm always striving to be as honest as possible.

When I do things, I do things honestly.

I try to be honest in what I do and in everything I do. I try to be honest with my family.

I'm honest to a fault.

Honesty is a foundation, and it's usually a solid foundation. Even if I do get in trouble for what I said, it's something that I can stand on.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.

Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral principles.