Abraham Lincoln Quotes about Honesty

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.

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.

Abraham Lincoln

Dog, Honesty, Humor

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

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Success, Honesty

Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

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

Abraham Lincoln

Honesty, Memories, Liars

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

Abraham Lincoln

Confidence, Respect, Honesty

Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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

Abraham Lincoln

Loyalty, Wisdom, Honesty

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Paul M. Angle (1958). “The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858”, p.25, University of Chicago Press

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Honesty, Important

Abraham Lincoln (2013). “Leadership Lessons of Abraham Lincoln: Apply the Principles of the Sixteenth President to Your Own Work and Life”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

Abraham Lincoln

Truth, Honesty, Libel

Gordon Leidner, Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches”, p.37, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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.

Abraham Lincoln

Honesty, Facts, Made

Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.594, Jazzybee Verlag

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.

Abraham Lincoln

Motivational, Honesty, Ambition

Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com

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.

Abraham Lincoln

Honesty, Favors, Favour

Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.49, Wildside Press LLC