Quotes About Honesty

The mirror does not flatter, it faithfully shows whatever looks into it; namely, the face we never show to the world because we cover it with the persona, the mask of the actor.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

It seems to me that I despised you. My joy at finding you again was not genuine.

Let us therefore verify what we have said above concerning the truth, beginning with ourselves.

No sabes aún que el camino hacia la verdad sólo está abierto para el que carece de intenciones?

Joe nodded. "We're required to report bullet wounds.

So it was a two ear confession. Those are the best kind you know. The most reliable.

Outrageous accusations should be met with outraged denials if the person accused was innocent.

road into the trees. He switched hands often. Ron said, "Sometimes you just have to tell women things even if you don't really mean it. I think they know you're bullshitting

The truth is frequently more dangerous than a lie.

If only one existence listens to it and takes it into consideration, then you don't even have to tell the truth. In telling other things, you will invariably tell the truth as well, even if you or the truth wish otherwise.

A dor é a única emoção que não usa máscara.

Mas a verdade é que chega-se sempre longe demais quando não se quer Ir Direto Aos Fatos

Fearful as reality is, it is less fearful than evasions of reality.

Boasting is what a boy does, who has no real effect in the world. But craftsmanship must reckon with the infallible judgment of reality, where one's failures or shortcomings cannot be interpreted away.

intersection of Broadway and Houston Street. Here, it was once sagely remarked, you could fire a shotgun in any direction without hitting an honest man;

Wealth without goodness is a worthless increase, and goodness needs substance.

There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.

Bless your critics for their honesty. They do not criticize you to be a blessing to you, but the end product may be the same.

Teach me the wilderness simplicity. Help me to point to you, honestly and joyously, as the threshold of all that really matters.

I want to live a real life. I don't want to dream any longer.

And the thing about understanding yourself, knowing your true colors, is that you have to be true to them. For if you don't, they change, and so do you.

I much prefer it when things are straightforward. They don't have to be simple or easy, but they do have to be fair.

It's hard to be on your high horse when you are falling on your face.