Turkish Proverb Quotes

No virtue ever was founded on a lie. The truth, then, at all risks and costs - the truth from the beginning. Make a clean breast to whomsoever you need to make it, and then - face the world.

Honesty - however dangerous - should be as valuable as radium it seems to me.

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

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

We are men of action, lies do not become us.

Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.

Tell the truth and run.

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

If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.

Maybe sometimes you are punished for honesty, but I always prefer to be honest.

Real integrity means an answer. It doesn't just mean - it doesn't mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.

I am a man of principle. I will stick by my principles. I will tell the truth no matter where the chips fall.

Honesty is largely a matter of information, of knowing that dishonesty is a mistake. Principle is not as powerful in keeping people straight as a policeman.

It is very difficult to tell the truth.

There's power in the truth, just like there's power in making the right choice

Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.

I have been known for some time as a person who speaks the truth and speaks it strongly. I have always called a liar a liar and a hypocrite a hypocrite.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

We seek the truth and will endure the consequences.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.