Balaam Quote by Joseph Butler

Deviation from either truth or duty is a downward path.

— Tryon Edwards

Doubt is not the enemy of justice; overconfidence is.

— Carol Tavris

Honesty is the mother of confidence; it unites, combines and solidifies society. Dishonesty is disintegration; it destroys confidence; it brings social chaos. . . .

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“When in doubt, you face the possibility of deception.. when you are decieved, you face the possibility of diversion... when you are diverted, you…

— Hope D. Blackwell

A deliberate rejection of duty prescribed by already recognized truth cannot but destroy, or at least impair most seriously the clearness of our mental…

— Henry Parry Liddon

“I am in doubt as to the propriety of making my first meditations in the place above mentioned matter of discourse; for these are…

— René Descartes

“We have come to a point in time where using common sense, speaking factual truths and asking honest questions have been deemed radical behavior.…

— Gary Hopkins

“there is no obscuring of responsibility such as “I try to be honest.” We are honest or we are not honest.”

— Dr. Brian Ogawa

“To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again,…

— George Orwell

There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and…

— O. Henry

“Ignorant men imagine that dishonesty is a short cut to prosperity. July Twenty-First. HONESTY is the surest way to success. The clay at last…

— James Allen

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

— Hosea Ballou