Lewis Carroll Quotes

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

It is very wholesome exercise, this trying to make one's words represent one's thoughts, instead of merely looking to their effect on others

Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right.

When I say something, I mean it.

Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

Tell the children the truth.

I'm going to be as sincere as I can in delivering the message I think is right. If people agree, great, and if they don't, I did my best.

Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it

My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks.

I decided I am not going to say things I do not mean anymore.

I refuse to lie to children.

When you have children, there is no room for lies, no room for anything but the truth. Anything other than that is a bad example, I believe.

I insist on the truth. I surround myself with people who tell the truth.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest.

We must Think what we Say, and Mean what we Profess.

I would prefer to just continue to speak about truth and to speak about what makes sense.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about.

It's impossible to always get across what I'm trying to say, but, if I just stay honest, then I'm not going to look back on any of these interviews and wonder what I was trying to do or be.