From The Morning Prayers

A person should always be G-d fearing in private - physically private areas, as well as in the innermost recesses of his heart, also out in the open, and a person should always acknowledge the truth, and should speak the truth to others and when he or she rises should say: Master of All Worlds, it is not on the basis of our being righteous that we present our supplications before You, rather it is due to your abundant mercies...