Quotes about honesty

There seems little correlation between poverty and honesty. One would rather expect the opposite dishonesty may not always pay but surely it sometimes does

You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing my conscience.

Honesty is too strong a drink to be unwatered all the time rather it should be given in doses.

It's funny sometimes you learn the most from watching people display their worst.

Guilt is a lazy feeling that takes no action the wings of integrity are the only thing that sets it free.

I cannot heave my heart into my mouth. I love your majesty according to my bond no more no less.

When you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is improvisation of the heart anything less is a well thought out and rehearsed script.

Most people couldn't be rich if they wanted to be honest most people couldn't be honest if they wanted to be rich.

There are no whole truths all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.

Tell him everything it is best. He will forgive you.

Real wealth is not the weight of coins it is the net value of your honesty

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.

A mind is a terrible thing waste it.

Sometimes it's not about your opinion it's about what's right...and knowing the difference.

A romantic relationship requires honesty between a couple.

Once you lose the honesty in a relationship, I mean, I think you don't have a relationship at all.

Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental things like anger, contempt, honesty, and the degree to which people are under the thumb of their lusts. Those things can be counted, but not as easily as offerings.

When the modern movement began, starting perhaps with the paintings of Manet and the poetry of Baudelaire and Rimbaud, what distinguished the modern movement was the enormous honesty that writers, painters and playwrights displayed about themselves. The bourgeois novel flinches from such notions.

I think probably honesty is the biggest quality I look for in a relationship. Being exactly who you are with the other person.

There is an interaction and action, reaction between two people. One should show honesty in a relationship. Be honest to your partner and tell him everything. How long can you do things with dishonesty and that's wrong. Don't get into a relationship if you can't be honest.

Honesty lies in understanding our close and necessary relationship with not wanting to hear the truth.

Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.

I think the most important thing for me in a relationship is honesty.

Even if you know that what you'll say will hurt a woman's feelings, I've learned that it's better to be truthful with her than it is to cover up. Ultimate honesty is what a relationship is really about.

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the market place. Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.

Power does not corrupt it merely elevates the degree in which something is done that has already been pursued.

Honesty is a fine foundation from which to build upon for if one was to really know what another thinks and how they feel…they would surely treat each other differently

Be yourself everyone else is already taken.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaA fool:A man trying to be honest with the dishonest.

Falsehood is never in words it is in things.

Don't change your mind just because people are offended change your mind if you're wrong.

There is always hope if we keep an unsolved problem fairly in view there’s none if we pretend it’s not there.

I had often wondered how to best decolonize my people... It must be done one human being at a time. Without that kind of help, Western society does not allow people to come to terms with their feelings. With honesty and therapy, my people can be made whole again.

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful to make the most of what we have to be happy with simple pleasures and have courage when things go wrong.

...[T]o be unfaithful to my maxim of prudence may often be very advantageous to me, although to abide by it is certainly safer.

Don't ever, ever try to lie to the internet - because they will catch you.

We all need a moral compass. Before you say or do anything, check your inner G.P.S. by asking, "Does this show respect for GodPeopleSelf?

There is something so pure and frank and noble about him that to doubt his sincerity would be like doubting the brightness of the sun.

The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that constant use of the scientific method must in the end leave its impress upon him who uses it. ... A life spent in accordance with scientific teachings would be of a high order. It would practically conform to the teachings of the highest types of religion. The motives would be different, but so far as conduct is concerned the results would be practically id

Humans are not a commodity, nor is our humanity. Fight to save the lives of those who can not save themselves, and in turn, you will have saved your soul.

So I still like to see you, my friend. I still like to sit in La Côte Basque and sip wine and eat fine food and indulge in our memories—the good ones, the ones we want to remember. So let’s do that. That’s the story we can tell ourselves, at night when we can’t sleep. We can tell ourselves that there is one other person in the world who sees it in the same way, who remembers. Who remembers her. Babe. And Gloria. And even Truman, I guess, as he was, back then. Our fun, gossipy friend. Our entrée

But I knew what it said. That I could be imperfect, but only so much. Human, but only within limits. And honest, to her or to myself, never.

​Retaining Character is the Toughest Challenge for Humans when they Level Up.

The eye of danger and the face of fear are what really pull off a person's mask.

I should stitch my mouth shut. Honesty is a compulsion that’s damned me more than once. But I just can’t hold it in anymore. The words build and explode out of me like an uncontainable sneeze.

It’s the simplest things that can convey a message….

The truth ain't pretty. That's how you can identify it.

I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt. - A

The truth is never dressed for the occasion.

I am reminded of yet one more reason why I avoid children, why I have remained intentionally childless. Children make ruthless biographers and terrifying judges.

The smart employer looks not for perfection but for an explanation of how the consequences of a dishonorable act affected the candidate and others.

Find a strong glue and stick yourself to honesty! You shall feel like a wind, so light and so free!

That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.

What American would not want truthful and complete information about every product sold in the United States so that we can be more capable of making wise decisions concerning our lives and the lives of our loved ones? These are our friends and our family members suffering from so many forms of cancer, several diseases of the heart, emphysema, poor circulation, blindness, strokes, various skin disorders, bad breath, asthma, poverty, clogged arteries, disfigurement, rotting teeth and gums, birth

He was right: not about her playing him, or about her laughing at him, but certainly about her carelessness, about her casual disregard for how he would feel if he found out, and about the stunning lack of depth it exposed in her character.

I'm glad she's not faking affection. It's more honest than what her husband is doing, at least. Dislike is an emotion I can respect.

Deep love is no inusual nowadays. It's just for a few brave those understand it's an everydat's journey, fed it with respect, honesty, faith and lots of laugh.

The great man will come when all of us are feeling great, not when all of us are feeling small. He will ride in at some splendid moment when we all feel that we could do without him."We are then able to answer in some manner the question, "Why have we no great men?" We have no great men chiefly because we are always looking for them. We are connoisseurs of greatness, and connoisseurs can never be great; we are fastidious, that is, we are small."When Diogenes went about with a lantern looking for

Darling, you know and I know that everything is straight between us at last beyond the furthest abstract definition in metaphysical terms or any terms you want to specify or sweetly impose or harken back.

Honesty defines self respect.

A make believe life doesn't win friends and influence people. It bores the crap out of those living the dream.

But may the truth be told. May the true self may be found. May the truth rule the world more than ever. How easy life will be if everyone is just true to themselves, true to their words, true to their actions and true to life?

People seem to overlook an old man losing his mind if he occasionally made light of it.

If you want to be a good parent then be a great leader. You should live a life with passion for someone and something. The legacy you leave your children shouldn't be how you suffered in gratitude for a life you had no passion for. Rather, it should be how grateful you are to a God that believes fairytales can come true because they came true for you.

From whomsoever one hears anything, it is wisdom to understand the true import of it.

Truth, most succinctly defined is: That Which Is So. Non-Truth, most succinctly defined is: That Which Is Not So.

Lies are like paper-Mache in a rain storm.

Once dishonesty is introduced, distrust becomes the hallmark of future dealings or associations.

Honesty is the only trick to not trick anyone.

If you cannot find a soul mate, at least find a foul mate

You can say no if that is more truthful than a resentful yes.

I am proud to say that I am not in it for the money. If I made a million dollars, I would donate most of it to various charities and libraries.

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.

Honesty. Sobriety. My virginity. No way to regain the first two, I almost gave away the last.

Blame is the lie by which we convince ourselves that we are victims. It is the lie that robs us of our serenity, our generosity, our confidence, an our delight in life . . . For it is the act of blaming that can't co-exist with self-responsibility -- or with freedom from inner agitation and strained relationships. Abandon the practice of blaming, and we see the fear melt away that we have associated with being honest about ourselves and taking the full measure of responsibility for our emotional

Secrets are lies by another name.

The smallest grain of natural honesty and benevolence has more effect on men’s conduct, than the most pompous views suggested by theological theories and systems.

being honest to the people around you is the best thing you ever do to them,but expecting the same from them is the worst thing you ever do to yourself

I am the false character that follows the name around.

I'll only tell you what matters. And, the truth is, everything matters.

You can't do a good deal with a bad guy. The dishonesty tax is too high and is not something you will factor into your side of the equation.

Imagine if we had no secrets, no respite from the truth. What if everything was laid bare the moment we introduced ourselves?

You did listen." He sat back, nodding his head. "Okay, then. Now tell me what you really thought.""I told you. It was interesting.""Interesting," he said, "is not a word.""Since when?""It's a placeholder. Something you use when you don't want to say something else." He leaned a little closer to me. "Look, if you're worried about my feelings, don't be. You can say whatever you want. I won't be offended.""I did. I liked it.""Tell the truth. Say something. Anything. Just spit it out.""I—" I began,

Communication works best when we combine appropriateness with authenticity, finding that sweet spot where opinions are not brutally honest but delicately honest.

An honest man speaks truth, don't expect him to speak sweet.

An honest man is a debtless man, he doesn't owe anyone anything.

Embrace the magical gift of serenity in your daily life. Nothing beats patience, humility, honesty and tranquility.

She made him feel guilty at times. The problem was that she was so honest herself, almost transparent. It seemed criminal to be deceiving her.

... honesty is like seeing a crackhead up close: it ain’t that fucking attractive.

Life is energy, give others the energy you want to receive from others!

Honesty is the best insurance policy.

How often do we listen and act to the call of honesty, serenity, humility and generosity?How many "soft pillows" do we use for a life time?If only everyone uses a "soft pillow," then what a better world it could be to have many genuine hearts.

I had the good fortune and opportunity to come home and to tell the truth; many soldiers, like Pat Tillman… did not have that opportunity. The truth of war is not always easy. The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

By the river of forgetfulness, I found honesty.

What has to do with your ability to fall asleep is not caffeine. It’s having a clean conscience. I have a clean conscience so I can drink all the caffeine I want.

Carry on an undefiled undertaking.

We live in a world full of duplicity.We are surrounded by people with duplicitous nature.They will be shooting arrows to question our honesty at every step we make.Therefore,it is our duty to protect ourselves by using our integrity as an armor and march forward, victoriously.