Quotes About Honesty

The dog that fetches will also carry. (Translation If someone reveals another's secrets to you, the same person will reveal your secrets to the world.)

That's not fair." "It's not," he agreed. But it's the truth. Never assume that the two will ride side by side.

Packets don't lie.

Keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness and communication is the key to love.

This is a terrible way to live—unfulfilled because you could not ask for something that you really wanted or, worse, didn't ask for to avoid pain. Fear of rejection and fear of hearing a "no" to your ask has always prevented many people from asking.

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

Be brave, be kind, be honest, be true— remember these things are alive within you.

We're your friends. Our job is to tease you mercilessly about your foibles, rag you about your upright, honorable nature, and point out to you when you're being a complete dolt.

The thing about death is that it's honest.

Doing the right thing has power.

If you couldn't face the truth about yourself, then you weren't ready for the truth about anything

When it came down to it, Sandy didn't have much use for words because so many of the ones he had heard over his life had been lies.

Men don't want candy that's been unwrapped. Maybe for a lark, but not when it comes to marriage. It may still be perfectly clean, but if it's unwrapped, they don't know where it's been.

I think humans are only capable of small moments of honesty. Then they get tired and back away. It's something to foster, this ability to keep it for longer. How to keep being honest and aware.

Integrity battles with the desire for connection and rarely wins.

Well, the truth is that a lot of people lie about their health, they lie about the finances, they lie about things at work, they lie about things.

In a world where everything could be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, it was too incredible to think that this could not.

Very few people want to hear the truth. Bogie was like that, my mother was like that, and I'm like that. I believe in the truth, and I believe in saying what you think. Why not? Do you have to go around whispering all the time or playing a game with people? I just don't believe in that. So I'm not the most adored person on the face of the earth.

And that's when I realize the thing about the truth. It always comes out, no matter what you do.

Manipulating situations is one thing, but lying is another. My theory (especially with girls) is that if you don't lie, you can't be held responsible for anything bad that goes down.

the truth is, he just doesn't love me.

Because the truth is, I wouldn't care if she lied to me, except for the fact that I love her. And once you love someone, you can't really put up with them lying to you. It just doesn't work. It makes things into a big mess.

But now I'm thinking that wanting to end up with a great storyteller might have been a bad idea. Because girls who can tell great stories are also great liars.