Abraham Lincoln Honesty Quotations

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

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case, favour to me,would be injustice to the public, and therefore I must beg your pardon for declining it.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully.