Quotes About Honesty

Truth is a pressure, and I see us all shying away. But, my friends, from truth there can be no escape.

But ownership bereft of propriety was a lie.

Strings for when I'm lying, Fiddler for when I'm telling the truth.

What gesture will you make, to announce to all the true colour of your soul? How long will we all wait for you to find your courage?

to hide weakness behind bluster was to hide nothing at all.

The critical part of herself could well have sneered at the contrivance, as if the only genuine gestures were the small ones, the ones devoid of an audience. As if true honesty belonged to solitude, since to be witnessed was to perform, and performance was inherently false since it invited expectation.

Truth is stronger than lies, and love is stronger than fear.

Adamantly, Paul said, "You know I did not come tickling your ears like other speakers do. I did not try to exploit you." The apostle obviously did not buy into the tired mantra that so many chant today—while the message stays the same, the method is free to change.

Reality Testing—the ability to see things as they actually are, rather than the way you wish or fear they might be;

Relationships fall apart when the guy turns into a wimp or the girl has no more secrets.

truth is the one thing no one needs to be protected from.

anything you do in the dark. In other words, it's any act that you try to hide from others. So, what kind of person are you when the shades are drawn? That's really the question. "Integrity," as Dr. Werjonic used to say, "has no private life." But, of course, no one has complete integrity because everyone has things to hide. All of us act differently when no one is watching.

We're desperate to be truly known by others; yet we go to incredible lengths to hide who we really are. We say we want truth, then rationalize it away when it gets too personal.

THE MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA(1929) the 'honesty' of documentary as compared with fiction film, the 'perfection' of the cinematic eye compared with human eye.

It seems to me, that if there is a bad taste in your mouth, you spit it out. You don't constantly swallow it back.

I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.

The Doctor: 'You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, but you really think they're lying to make you feel better?' Amelia: 'Yeah...' The Doctor: 'Everything's going to be fine.

The problem was me. I was...I was a pathological liar. Or am, I should say. Lying is like alcoholism, one is always "recovering".

This is reality, Greg.-Elliot from E.T.

Having been given that public trust, we have a responsibility to share with the public.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

The clothes have no emperor.

Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.

Real dread is knowing that your thoughts lie to you, even when you think you are being honest