Quotes About Honesty

Be real. Tell the truth. God can handle it.

Until we say the truth, there can be no tenderness. As long as there is desire, we will not be safe

Anything you got to do with your own kind in secret, something's wrong with it. You feel bad about it inside.

Why does this matter? Because—as the Greeks knew—participation in the way you are governed not only heightens a collective sense of responsibility for the things government does, it also keeps our rulers honest and holds authoritarian excess at bay.

So why has this potentially self-destructive system of economic arrangements lasted? Probably because of habits of restraint, honesty and moderation which accompanied its emergence.

The truth of authenticity is different from the truth of honesty. To be authentic is to live as one wishes others to live; to be honest is to admit that this is impossible.

A former-girlfriend told me, "He has great respect for women. And a blatant disrespect and disregard for women. Not when he's speaking to you, but in his actions. They're not genuine. He's not honest. He's not a good husband. He gets bored easily. He's not monogamous. He's very controlling. And he's not that sweet to them.

It seemed to me that the baker had an honest response to the painting. Van Ruijven tried too hard when he looked at paintings, with his honeyed words and studied expressions. He was too aware of having an audience to perform for, whereas the baker merely said what he thought.

Era un pensiero doloroso ma la verità lo è sovente.

They do not practise the art of conversation in quite the way the English do, but are straightforward to the point of bluntness.

Stay true to yourself and the answer will become clear

I'm sick of reading a bunch of hand-wringing bullshit intended to please your circle of friends, or assuage one's guilt of some kind or another. Take a position, have a point of view and fucking live or die with the consequences or don't write.

I am for integrity, if only because life is very short and truth is hard to come by.

If you hate me, than kill me or shut the fuck up

Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk." —Peggy Noonan

Depicting yourself as a whole person on the page doesn't only mean recognizing your role in a bad situation. It means being emotionally authentic. It means showing all of yourself: the shameful parts, the embarrassing parts, the parts that you might regret or that you wish weren't true.

Being alone feels more honest.

Because that's what secrets are about—shame. Shame, along with the belief that keeping a secret will protect you or someone else, comes from the idea that there is some part of us so monstrous, so terrible, so inhuman, that it must not be known.

It was always easier to genuinely praise than to try and find something nice to say about rubbish.

No, really," said Jack, blushing to show that he wasn't embarrassed at all. "Do

The sermon passed into the general confession, and Phryne admitted with perfect frankness that she had done those things which she ought not to have done and left undone those things which she ought to have done.

just want one grown-up in parliament, just one. Or maybe two. I wouldn't want the only one to die of loneliness. One person who will not take a party line of safe in-between wishy-washiness, who will say, this is evil, this is wrong, not only that, this is silly, I won't support it .

The mistake most of us make in our crucial conversations is we believe that we have to choose between telling the truth and keeping a friend.

You know what? We need to talk about this. I'm glad you asked the question. Thank you for taking that risk. I appreciate the trust it shows in me.