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Quotes About Honesty

The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.
~ Barbara Cook
Real transformation requires real honesty. If you want to move forward - get real with yourself.
~ Bryant H. McGill
It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.
~ Buzz Aldrin
I think actions really do define how you feel, as opposed to just saying, "I care about you" or "I want to be with you."
~ Charlyne Yi
You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.
~ Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.
~ David Morrissey
The American people want to have trust in their leaders.
~ David Plouffe
For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe.
~ Deval Patrick
I hope that there are no persons that would want to think ill of me in any direction or any behavior.
~ Diahann Carroll
I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
~ Dolly Parton
I don't have to edit myself. I get to be me, warts and all, and that's ultimately what people want, and to trust each other implicitly.
~ Greg Behrendt
We need to care about reality more than we care about what we want to be true about it.
~ Greta Christina
Never say things to friends which you don't want to hear from enemies.
~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi
In real life, I try to be honest but not overshare. There are people that turn every conversation into a therapy session and you want to start charging them.
~ Hugh Dancy
Life is never easy so that is why I never lie about my age. I want credit for every damned year.
~ Lionel Shriver
I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.
~ Neil Cavuto
People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.
~ Paddy Ashdown
I think honesty is a big part. Because when you sing live, you want the audience to believe you.
~ Pixie Lott
I feel like it's very important that I'm doing what I'm doing, and I want to keep honoring that and try and do it as honestly as I can.
~ PJ Harvey
I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors.
~ Randi Zuckerberg
Don't force me into saying what I don't want to say, and what I won't say.
~ Ivan Turgenev
You know, I think what people want more than anything is they just want people to do what they say they're going to do.
~ Jason Chaffetz
Language always betrays us, tells the truth when we want to lie, and dissolves into formlessness when we would most like to be precise.
~ Jeanette Winterson
In the dark you can feel really close to a person. You can say whatever you want.
~ Jenny Han