Larry McMurtry Quotes

There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue.

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

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived.

Honesty is the cornerstone of character.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness.

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.

One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his integrity. He was an honest man, and he would tell the truth.

Never, ever cheat, especially yourself, even if you are absolutely, positively sure that you can get away with it.

I just know that I don't want cheating. I refuse. I deepened myself but I don't believe in myself because my thought is invented.

A clean and sensitive conscience, a steady and scrupulous integrity in small things as well as large, is the most valuable of all possessions, to a nation as to an individual.

Our probity is not less at the mercy of fortune than our property.

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.

If we are honest and fair, then we are known by that. If we are not, alas, we are known by that as well. What we want to do is do right, but you have to say it, you have to show it, and not stop.

Those who are living the principle of honesty know that the Lord does bless them. Theirs is the precious right to hold their heads in the sunlight of truth, unashamed before any man. Brothers and sisters, the Lord requires his people to be honest. May we desire with all our hearts to be honest in all our relationships and in all the things that we do.

Honesty is better than any policy.

The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness.

I hate cheating. I won’t put up with it. I don’t do it myself.

For I can raise no money by vile means. By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas

Integrity is important in building relationships. And is the foundation upon which many other qualities for success are built, such as respect, dignity, and trust.

Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth - of carefully respecting the property of others - of scrupulously abstaining from all acts of improvidence which can involve him in distress, and he will just as likely think of rushing into the element in which he cannot breathe, as of lying or cheating or stealing.

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.

A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.