Quotes About Honesty

We shall seek the truth and endure the consequences.

Uncalled for excuses are practical confessions.

The only way I'm gonna trip over a bitch is if she lies on the floor.

Trust in the person's promise, who dares to refuse what they fear they cannot perform.

Remember that reputation and integrity are your most valuable assets—and can be lost in a heartbeat.

Own your work and compound credibility.

I would give almost anything I have to reverse the course of my life in the last three years…. I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them.

Only a life lived in service to the truth can be a good life.

The point is I don't love your wife. I love your daughter, sir.

This is what you have to ask yourself: Do you want to be good, or just seem good? Do you want to be good to yourself and others? Do you care about other people, always, sometimes, never? Or only when convenient? What kind of person do you want to be?

after all, in all truth there is the seed of falsehood.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

You can trust Charlie Crist.

PROMISES means EVERYTHING but after they are broken SORRY means NOTHING

I'm interested in trying to explore what I think is the truth at a given time in my life, and part of the process of being honest is - in my mind - talking about the idea that you're watching a movie. You're sitting here watching a movie. And I like that. It appeals to me intellectually, and also in a way I can't even explain.

Say who you are, really say it in your life and in your work. Tell someone out there who is lost, someone not yet born, someone who won't be born for 500 years. Your writing will be a record of your time. It can't help but be that. But more importantly, if you're honest about who you are, you'll help that person be less lonely in their world because that person will recognise him or herself in you and that will give them hope.

What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks who would pull out a picture of his grandkids from his wallet. For us, the factory would never do. And turning away from our birthright—our grandfather in the white socks—is the thing that ruined us.

If we succumb to fear, we start holding back, and do that all-to-common dance of getting close, then pulling away. When we remember that our safe harbor depends on our awareness and honesty, we're less likely to make internal compromises, put on masks, or act like a chameleon to attract a partner or keep a hurtful relationship together. If we live by truth, we may have pain, but we will always rest securely in ourselves.

More than anything else, I want myself. I want to live with integrity and truth. I'm not going to hide the jewel of who I am, nor will I mask my imperfections. No bargains, no avoiding reality, no conning myself, no lies.

Remember, it's better to speak up and let a relationship fall apart than to live in fear, or sacrifice your integrity.

Some of the often told stories we use to con ourselves: It's getting better. Nobody's perfect. S/he had a hard childhood. I know s/he really loves me, s/he just has a hard time showing it. S/he has so much potential. I'm sure it will get better. Don't ever marry potential or plan on someone changing. Ask yourself, why would it get better? Why would this person change?

Not that we knew of, but I believe she did tell him everything, and I think, Flora, he ought to know everything, especially now. I never could bear the way the Mackenzies used to have of thinking their parents must be like enemies, and keeping secrets from them.

But I MUST say what I feel and think in some way — it is such a relief! But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief.

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