Quotes About Truthfulness

I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world.

I once called the head of a network a liar. In hindsight, I should have called him an incompetent liar.

If you have a difficult message to deliver in any circumstance, it's always best to do it first up-front, and probably be a bit harder than you have to be because it's always easier to be nicer afterwards.

I have no problem with answering questions honestly or even looking outside the box and answering private questions.

we live now in circumstances that encourage rather than discourage lying; evidence and activity are more easily concealed, and the need to rely on demeanor as an indicator of a person's truthfulness is greater. And our evolutionary history has not prepared us to be very sensitive to the behavioral clues relevant to lying.

If you couldn't face the truth about yourself, then you weren't ready for the truth about anything

I think humans are only capable of small moments of honesty. Then they get tired and back away. It's something to foster, this ability to keep it for longer. How to keep being honest and aware.

I shall always tell you everything.

Do you know how fast you were going? Fang looked at the speedometer...No, he said truthfully. I tagged you at seventy miles per hour,she said, pulling out a clipboard. I let out an impressed whistle. Excellent! I never thought we'd be that fast. Fang shot me a look and I put my hand over my mouth.

I was the biggest liar for no reason, and then as I got older, I thought, 'Why am I lying to everybody?' I would hear other people lie and be like, 'You sound so stupid.' So then I would just change my lies. The only person I lie to is my little sister, when I steal her clothes.

I can't lie I can't tell you that I'm something I'm not No matter how I try I'll never be able to give you something Something that I just haven't got

I always come from truth.

I try to phrase criticism in the nicest possible way, but I also never lie. If people ask, I assume it's because they want to know. People are not dumb about these things; they can tell when a compliment isn't sincere.

I'm someone who likes to acknowledge the obvious and not feel like we must do or say things because it's what we're supposed to do.

Nunca mais farei nada, para ninguém, que não sinta vir do fundo do meu coração. Não irei a eventos, não farei ligações, não escreverei cartas, não patrocinarei nem participarei de nenhuma atividade que não faça ressoar em cada fibra do meu ser. Agirei sempre com a intenção de ser sincera comigo mesma.

If you always speak your mind, the evil man will avoid you.

I do not say these things for a dollar, or to fill up the time while I wait for a boat;

Strategic and coy are for jackasses.

Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men.

I will speak to them,' he said 'with a straight tongue.

Affectation of candour is common enough; one meets it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design - to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad - belongs to you alone.

The law is for people who have nothing to hide.