Mark Shields Quotes

He that would speak the truth must have one foot in the stirrup.

Speak nothing but the truth, and you'll soon be considered dangerous.

Truth is often attended with danger

He who speaks the truth must keep one foot in the stirrup.

Like all virtuous people he imagines he must speak the truth.

He that is ashamed to speak the truth has need to be ashamed of himself.

I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.

I've tried to do away with lying in my life in the last few years, but it's hard.

All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.

If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.

There is no greater virtue than honesty.

It is not right or manly to lie even about Satan.

The righteous man takes his life in his hand whenever he utters the truth.

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.

Only the difference between truth and lies, courage and cowardice.

it's always best to tell the truth.

Unethical conduct is actually the conduct of destruction and fear; lies are told because one is afraid of the consequences should one tell the truth; thus, the liar is inevitably a coward, the coward is inevitably a liar.

If you are going to do something that you have to lie about, don't do it, it's very simple.

I don't think telling the truth ever gets anyone in trouble in the long run. Maybe the day after, but not in the long run.

Integrity is the courage and self-discipline to cooperate and initiate according to the Divine, which you know in your heart as Truth.

If you handle truth carelessly, it will cut your fingers.

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

George Washington was the president who could never tell a lie, and Richard Nixon was the president who could never tell the truth. Donald Trump is truly the president who can't tell the difference.

Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile.

There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.