Honesty

When you are honest, you build strength of character that will allow

 you to be of great service to God and others. You will be

blessed with peace of mind and self-respect. You

will be trusted by the Lord and will be worthy to

 enter into His holy temples.

For the Strength of Youth Pamphlet

 

 

Being honest will enhance your future opportunities and your ability to be guided by the Holy Ghost.

For the Strength of Youth Pamphlet

 

Honesty embraces many meanings, such as integrity, sincerity, according to the truth, just, honorable, virtuous, purity of life, moral character, and uprightness in mutual dealings.

Delbert L. Stapley, Honesty & Integrity, April 1971

 

We also must remember once and for all that honesty, respect, and honor as such are not for sale on the market block. They are ingredients that you and I and all people

should put into our daily lives.

Delbert L. Stapley, Honesty & Integrity, April 1971

 

Carlyle said: “Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one rascal less in the world.” Can there be a truly honest man without him being a good man, or can there be a truly good man without him being an honest man? It seems honesty must begin with oneself; otherwise we could not recognize this quality in others. We see things not as they are, but as we are. It is the responsibility of each of us to be honest ourselves—honest in our dealings and relationships, honest in our church membership, honest in keeping the commandments of God.

Delbert L. Stapley, Honesty & Integrity, April 1971

 

Honesty and integrity as perfected virtues in parents are more

likely to become the heritage and rich endowments

of their children. Parents cannot give to

their children that which

they do not possess.

Delbert L. Stapley, Honesty & Integrity, April 1971

 

George Eliot has said: “There is only one failure in life possible and that is not to be true to the best one knows.”

Delbert L. Stapley, Honesty & Integrity, April 1971

 

Only in an atmosphere of freedom and trust could values like honesty and integrity truly flourish and thus encourage others to pursue their rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

David B. Haight, Ethics & Honesty, October 1987

 

Individuals may deceive and even go undetected or unpunished, but they will not escape the judgments of a just God. No man can disobey the word of God and not suffer for so doing. No sin, however secret, can escape retribution and the judgment that follows such transgression.

David B. Haight, Ethics & Honesty, October 1987

 

Honesty is not only the best policy,

it is the only policy!

David B. Haight, Ethics & Honesty, October 1987

 

There will never be honesty in the business

world, in the schools, in the home,

or anyplace else until there is

honesty in the heart.

Richard C. Edgley, Three Towels & a Twenty-Five Cent Newspaper, October 2006