Quotes About Honesty

To know the truth—to accept without bitterness

as if to be caught happy in a world of misery was for an honest man the most despicable of crimes.

Would that we might spare the reader what is to come and say to him in so many words, Orlando died and was buried. But here, alas, Truth, Candour, and Honesty, the austere Gods, who keep watch and ward by the inkpot of the biographer, cry No!

Lies will flow from my lips, but there may perhaps be some truth mixed up with them; it is for you to seek out this truth and to decide whether any part of it is worth keeping. If not, you will of course throw the whole of it into the wastepaper basket and forget all about it.

Because it is a thousand pities never to say what one feels, he thought...

Because it is a thousand pities to never say what one feels

Her simplicity fathomed what clever people falcified.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people.

Be true to your Dick.

When I hear a critic speaking of an author's sincerity I know that either the critic or the author is a fool

It is easy for him and me to decipher now a past destiny; but a destiny in the making is, believe me, not one of those honest mystery stories where all you have to do is keep an eye on the clues.

That the poor little fellow because he lied too often was finally eaten up by a real beast is quite incidental.

Deserve it, then. Take the cold bath bravely. Enjoy what is and not pine for what is not. Take yourself in hand and master yourself. Make yourself do unpleasant things, so as to gain the upper hand of your soul. Be honest, frank and fearless and get some grasp of the real values of life.

Look, we say stuff to women all the time. We say we'll call them, then we don't. We tell them they're beautiful, then spend the evening looking at other women. We say we don't love them when we do, and say we do when we don't. Christ, if I was a woman, I wouldn't listen to a goddamn thing any man ever said to me.

Having an honest relationship with time is no simple task. First, you have to open up to the possibility that time is your friend, there to help you, and that recording future plans in whatever way you see fit isn't a burden but rather something that strengthens your pursuit of your dreams.

He who does not trust enough, Will not be trusted.

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.

To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.

I'm in love with you Renata. I know I'm not a poet – shit, not even close. I don't have all the fancy words I wish I could say to you … but I want you to know that what I'm feeling for you is real. I love you.

She slanted him a wary look. "Are you just trying to make me feel good? If so, don't bother." "If I was trying to make you feel good, believe me, you wouldn't have to ask. You'd know.

The truth gets uglier the longer you try to hold it down.

the quest for truth by someone who isn't afraid to pursue it, no matter the cost.

And, what the hell, since she was being honest, she wasn't half in love with Lucan. She was full-on, flat-out, head-over-heels, never-going-to-get-over-this-one, in love with him.