Johnny Depp Quotes

I refuse to lie to children.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

Character is the starting point from which we go on. When I say a man has character, I mean that when you go to that man and say, 'What are the facts in this case?' he will tell you the truth, justly, truly, and wisely as he knows, with the minimum of exhibitionism and the maximum of devotion to the common cause.

Never lie to your mother. That's like the biggest lesson that I learned, learned throughout my life, you know?

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.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.

There is no truth without responsibility following in its wake.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed.

If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself and wipe myself off the face of the earth.

A good way to make children tell the truth is to tell it yourself. Keep your word with your child the same as you would with your banker.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Being truthful is a necessity because when I'm not being truthful it takes a toll on me. I don't have any room for it in my life. I don't have an across-the-board opinion on honesty in relationships. But for me, personally, it's paramount.

A writer has to live with a sense of honor.

Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a lie and made other people suffer, I think that's very difficult when you reach this age.

The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.

With lies you may go ahead in the world, but you can never go back.

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."

You can't do a good deal with bad people, and you can't do a bad deal with good people. I often use that as my compass.

The NFL goes to great lengths to protect what it calls 'the integrity of the game.' The same should be said for us as individuals. Integrity, the truthful interaction of word and deed, not only creates leaders in the locker room who are worthy of being followed; it is also vital for success at home.

We must neither behave as children by resisting honesty, nor allow ourselves to be treated as children by having honesty withheld.

If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.