Robert A. Heinlein Quotes

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

Since in the long run deception is likely to be found out, your character had better not only seem good, but be it.

No one is perfect but without honesty you've got nothing.

I never hurt anybody in this business, ever.

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

'Do other men, for they would do you.' That's the true business precept.

If I'm elected, at the end of four years or eight years I hope the people will say, "You know, Jimmy Carter made a lot of mistakes, but he never told a lie."

I don't cheat.

However roguish a man may be, he always loves to deal with an honest man.

You can't cheat an honest man.

Honesty's the best policy.

The intention of cheating no one lays us open to being cheated ourselves.

Never lie under any circumstances.

sometimes it's okay to cheat on things - but don't ever cheat on people. because once you start, it's very hard to stop. you find out how easy it is to do.

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

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

Honesty is always the best policy.

Truthfulness is the main element of character.

Your character holds the key to your trustworthiness.

A man will pass better through the world with a thousand open errors upon his back than in being detected in one sly falsehood. When one is detected, a thousand are suspected.

Be fair in all your dealings, may it be in your family or in your business. At the end of it all, what matters is not how much money you make but how honest you are.

Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?

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

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

There are ways of fighting for your interests. I never do something in business that I wouldn't do in life.