Jim Butcher Quotes

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

I don't cheat.

Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.

I'm a very firm believer that a liar is a cheat and a thief and a crook. I don't like liars. I never lie. I always told my own child, "If you murder somebody, tell me. I'll help you hide the body. But don't you lie to me.

Who, under pressing temptations to lie, adheres to truth, nor to the profane betrays aught of a sacred trust, is near the summit of wisdom and virtue.

A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

Lies don't fix things. They don't even make things easier, at least not in the long run. Best to tell the truth and then clean up an honest mess.

Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend.

Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really.

I never lied to a person in my life; my kids didn't, either.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

No matter what you do, be honest. That sticks out in Washington.

I never really tell lies, and sometimes it has worked against me.

I cannot stand dishonesty among people, the tendency to prevaricate.

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.

You want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught.

He who purposely cheats his friend would cheat his God.

An honorable man or woman is one who is truthful; free from deceit; above cheating, lying, stealing, or any form of deception. An honorable man or woman is one who learns early that one cannot do wrong and feel right. A man's character is judged on how he keeps his word and his agreements.

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.

Honesty is better than any policy.

Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth - of carefully respecting the property of others - of scrupulously abstaining from all acts of improvidence which can involve him in distress, and he will just as likely think of rushing into the element in which he cannot breathe, as of lying or cheating or stealing.

Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.

Widespread cultural acceptance of lying is a primary reason many of us will never know love

You can't cheat an honest man.