Yevgeny Yevtushenko Quotes

My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.

Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral principles.

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

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.

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

Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.

Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.

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.

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

Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say.

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

Actually I don't know if honesty is a strength or some kind of weakness.

Honesty is a selfish virtue. Yes I am honest enough.

There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is worth six of it.

Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth.

There is no greater virtue than honesty.

Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage.

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.

That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty.

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

Honesty is better than any policy.

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.

Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.

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.