Quotes About Honesty

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.

Linda Tripp has shown that a true friend is an archivist, a biographer.

You want a friend who's going to tell you the truth. That's what it's about. If you don't have a friend who's going to tell you the truth every time something comes up, you feel like he's not a true friend.

If you're going to think mean things about me or not be a true friend, then we don't need to be friends.

True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.

True friends: only a few have 'em, but only a few will admit that they don't.

Overall I think that the most important thing is to have true friends, and always to stay true to yourself and never try to be somebody that you're not.

Your true friends will tell you what they believe is true.

I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.

True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.

I love my husband very much. I knew it was real true love because I felt like I could be myself around that person. Your true, true innermost authentic self, the stuff you don't let anyone else see, if you can be that way with that person, I think that that's real love.

Preaching don't mean you are a true man. You got to go out and do.

Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.

The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion.

When you're able to be honest with yourself about who you are and finally can present your authentic true self to the world, you feel so much better about yourself, and it makes it easier for everyone else to feel better about you.

Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.

I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.

It's hard to live in a blind and aimless - or dishonest, rather - narrative when somebody in your family is going farther toward - or at least think they are and say they are - their true self.

Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.

All I can say is that I played the game in true spirit.

The way I write, I need to tell the true story. I can't just make a story up. So I have to let the things happen to me and allow myself to work through my thoughts.

What is truth? What is a true story? Who is telling the truth, and what is truth in this world today?