Howard Gardner Quotes

Trust should be the basis for all our moral training.

I don't cheat.

There can be no mercy without truth.

I wish I could be honest and true, but truth as I see it is not something abstract, a pious generality---It is justice at work, righteous, demanding, disciplined, sincere and unswerving; otherwise, it is not, it cannot be truth at all.

Honesty is the cornerstone of character. The honest man or woman seeks not merely to avoid criminal or illegal acts, but to be scrupulously fair, upright, fearless in both action and expression. Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.

I entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against.

Either what we hold to be right and good and true IS right and good and true, for all mankind, or we're just another robber tribe.

Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.

Corruption wins not more than honesty.

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.

Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust.

I believe that there is something far nobler than loyalty to any particular man. Loyalty to the truth as we perceive it - loyalty to our duty as we know it - loyalty to the ideals of our brain and heart - is, to my mind, far greater and far nobler than loyalty to the life of any particular man or God. . . .

It is not enough that we are truthful; we must cherish and carry out high purposes to be truthful about.

What is morality, she asked. Judgement to distinguish right and wrong, vision to see the truth, and courage to act upon it, dedication to that which is good, integrity to stand by the good at any price.

Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you

Nor let us part with justice, like a cheap and common thing, for a small and trifling price.

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice.

You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.

Truth and, by consequence, liberty, will always be the chief power of honest men.

There is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.

Justice is inseparable from truth in human life.