George Henry Lewes Quotes

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

I do not believe in hypocrisy.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

I try as much as possible not to utter a single line that I don't believe in.

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.

Your honesty is not to be based either on religion or policy.Bothyourreligionand policy must be basedon it.

I try to be honest.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

I don't want to lie. I dislike dishonesty. And I work in Hollywood, a town and a business that relies on a lot of falsehoods with people hiding behind different facades. I don't want to be a part of that.

I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

Integrity is incredibly important to me. As long as you're authentic, you can do no wrong.

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

Honesty is praised and starved.

Honesty is wonderful, but I suspect it's also overrated.

We shall not hold the dangerous axiom that 'truth is the best policy,' because policy is but a means to an end; and truth is an end, not a means.

Sincerity is the norm of Heaven and the law of our nature. China and the West agree on this point, for without sincerity, no human prince could ever found a state, and no earthly teacher could ever establish a religion.

Doing things right in politics is no different than doing things right in life: Tell the truth, be yourself.

The thing for me is to always tell the truth. Not to preach, but to tell the truth.

Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.

May we be people of honesty and integrity trying to do the right thing at all times and in all circumstances.

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.

Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth.

Integrity is honesty carried through the fibres of the being and the whole mind, into thought as well as action so that the person is complete in honesty. That kind of integrity I put above all else as an essential to leadership.

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.