Quotes About Honesty

I can't believe I told you all those things and we've ended up talking about how great I am.' 'But we're not. You've confused the two things again. You're not great. You're a shallow, feckless, self-indulgent... wanker.' 'Thanks.

El príncipe prudente debe preferir rodearse de hombres de buen juicio a los que dará la libertad de decirle la verdad

He'll admit to his feelings when he's in his cups. The valet nodded. That's true, ma'am. If we could get him drunk. Clara stifled a laugh. I am not certain I would want a man who has to be drunk to admit his love for me.

I see someone who's really good at saying the right things, but when push comes to shove, doesn't mean a thing he says.

You hear a sound and it's truth turning in its grave.

By heart, this is not an expression I use lightly. My heart is weak and unreliable.

There is no other way of guarding against adulation, than to make people understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth. On the other hand, when everyone feels at liberty to tell you the truth, they will be apt to be lacking in respect to you.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

El cinismo es la única fuerza bajo la cual las almas vulgares rozan lo que se llama sinceridad»

The pure soul is a pure lie.

it is not only he who speaks contrary to what he knows who lies, but even more he who speaks contrary to what he does not know

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.

If now isn't a good time for the truth, I don't see when we'll get to it.

A friend tells you the truth, that your breath stinks and you need a bath. An enemy tells you that you look great and you shouldn't change a thing.

It's all because of doing things by halves and saying things by halves, being good by halves, that the world is in the mess it's in today.

A fault confessed is half redressed.

Sex is my practice. It's where I always strive to be my best self. I try to be as honest as possible, as present as possible, as centered as possible, as kind as possible, as generous as possible without being a doormat.

Life is short. People are not easy to know. They're not easy to know, so if you don't tell them how you feel, you're not going to get anywhere, I feel.

Even if we do not like to show our weakness to the world, we should have friends, genuine and true like mirrors, clearly revealing our faults so that we can face and cure them. Let me be your mirror.

Después de todo, ¿qué es una mentira? No es sino la verdad enmascarada», escribió Byron.

yo creo que todos los movimientos, todas las grandes organizaciones, de este mundo, son mentiras y ganancias para alguien. Yo lo que creo es que la gente deberia causar el menor daño posible a los demas seres humanos

imposible encontrar a doce hombres, honrados

I don't say you're self-censoring - I'm sure you believe everything you're saying; but what I'm saying is, if you believed something different, you wouldn't be sitting where you're sitting.