George Washington Quotes

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

I don't like to tell lies.

Don't tell lies, ever. No matter what - not even little white lies.

I'm not big on lying. I don't like that at all.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement.

He who does not need to lie is proud of not being a liar.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

It is my belief... that the truth is generally preferable to lies.

They should have picked a different city to name after a man who reputedly never told a lie.

I never told the truth so i can never tell a lie.

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we can be lied to. As I write, I think of myself as putting my eye under oath, so that what I write is the truth about my characters.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

I don't really lie about anything, I have to be honest. I like to live with the truth.

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

I've always operated under the notion that audiences don't always know when they're being lied to, but that they always know when they're being told the truth.

The truth is the truth is the truth. And as long as you tell the truth, you'll be okay in the end.

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

I feel honesty always works.

I never lied to a person in my life; my kids didn't, either.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself.

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Don't lie if you don't have to.

I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.