Quotes About Honesty

Death cancels everything but truth… ? William Hazlitt, The Spirit of the Age

Facts are what facts are. Either you can live with them or you can't.

When you say what you think, be sure to think what you say.

God is in the truth.

There are plenty of good reasons for admitting mistakes, starting with the simple likelihood that you will probably be found out anyway—by

In his experience people (hardened criminals apart) who had something to hide and people who had nothing to hide had one thing in common. Faced by a policeman asking questions, they could never remain silent for long.

Then shun, oh! shun that wretched state, And all the fawning flatt'rers hate: Value your selves, and men despise, You must be proud, if you'll be wise.

A strange idea that one must say what one thinks in order to be understood.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It

Let us strike hands as hearty friends; No more, no less; and friendship's good: Only don't keep in view ulterior ends, And points not understood In open treaty. Rise above Quibbles and shuffling off and on: Here's friendship for you if you like; but love,— No, thank you, John.

Exposure to truth changes your life, whether that truth is about personal honesty and integrity or a divine revelation that organizes your place in the universe. This is why people run from the truth than move towards it.

Of all the mind games you could play in life, the most important is this one: always tell the truth to others and to yourself.

Living in harmony with truth means you are not harboring secrets or hiding behind old wounds, not betraying yourself or others.

realize the importance of the words of Polonius, "To thine own self be true." For without personal power, life is a frightening, painful experience.

Una de las mayores fuentes de sufrimiento es traicionarse a uno mismo: sentir o pensar de un modo y actuar de otro, sabiendo perfectamente que estás yendo en contra de ti mismo.

Un contrato no consiste en decir lo que pretendes, sino en pretender lo que dices. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES (Médico, poeta y humorista, 1809-1894)

But I have not openly admitted that breaking my word or lying are acts of darkness.

Everyone hides something. There's no such thing as a totally transparent person in this whole world

The truth is the truth whether you serve it up plain or top it with chocolate frosting. It's still the truth.

Honest autoethnographic exploration generates a lot of fears and self-doubt and emotional pain. Just when you think you can't stand the pain anymore that's when the real work begins. Then there is the vulnerability of revealing yourself, not being able to take back what you 've written or having any control over how readers interpret your story.

Just so you know, I'm straight. Totally straight. As an arrow. Her voice held a smile. So am I

That was the best of all. To speak the truth and be attended.

Being mad is no good. Nothing we can do is any good. That's the way it seems to me. All we can do is go around telling the truth.

Drunk enough to say I love you? - Caryl Churchill