Jennifer Lawrence Quotes

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out.

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.

There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite.

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.

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.

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

The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.

Never lie under any circumstances.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past.

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.

Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.

People do peculiar things in life and they do for whatever reason but I think one of the greatest crimes in life is when you lie.

I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things.

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.

Major Major had lied, and it was good. He was not really surprised that it was good, for he had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.

Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

So, I think that's the centerpiece of morality: Don't lie. But to do that, you have to go a step further and find out what the truth is.

A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

In matters of honesty, there are no shortcuts; no little white lies, or big black lies, only the simple, honest truth spoken in total candor... Being true is different than being honest.

I refuse to lie to children.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

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

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