Quotes About Honesty

I'm as big as snob as they come, but money is a terrible barometer of a person's worth. The standard I used is what a person is choosing to do with his life. So for me a struggling musician (someone dedicated to their craft, not some slacker) is much better than some lame investment banker. And the fact that she lied seemed like she was ashamed. She dismissed my anger as if I were overreacting.

I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.

Geçmi?in ac? gerçekleriyle yüzle?meden, hesapla?madan gelece?e nas?l ilerleyece?iz ki?

Lies are usually caused by undue fear of men.

A man who does not endeavour to seem more than he is will generally be thought nothing of. We habitually make such large deductions for pretence and imposture that no real merit will stand against them. It is necessary to set off our good qualities with a certain air of plausibility and self-importance, as some attention to fashion is necessary.

Truth from the mouth of an honest man and severity from a good-natured man have a double effect.

Nothing is as old as the truth, and nothing is as new as the truth.

It is easy to know truth, but most difficult to be truth. It is not in knowing truth that life's purpose is accomplished; life's purpose is accomplished in being truth.

Every seeker after truth must remember one thing: that the first step in the path of truth is to become true to oneself.

Anthony is far too besotted a fool, Kiernan," Jesse said bluntly. "He hasn't been making love to you in dark corners. He allows you to dangle him along at your whim and asks for nothing in return but one of those devastating smiles. Well, I'm not Anthony, Kiernan. I love you, but my mind is my own, and I cannot change what I see as right or wrong for you or for anyone else. Do you understand that?

I used to admire people who could hang with anything. Now the women I admire the most are women who never pretend to be different than they are. Women like that express their anger. They admit when they're down. They don't beat themselves up over their bad moods. They allow themselves to be grumpy sometimes. They grant themselves the right to be grouchy, or to say nothing, or to decline your offer without a lengthy explanation.

Here's the thing: being nice is worthless if you're just going to feel resentful about it in the end.

White lies are in chapter two of the bestfriend handbook. They are to be used sparingly and only under extreme circumstances. I'm pretty sure finding out your boyfriend of more than a year is a total jerk qualifies.

You tell me your truth like your spreading your wings and that's the most beautiful thing about your life.

If keeping your word costs you the one thing you love the most, then what was it even worth keeping in the first place?

Promise little and do much.

A rich man has no need of character.

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

When in doubt, tell the truth. —Mark Twain

The truth shall set you free.

It isn't always easy to bear your soul to perfect strangers, harder still, sometimes, to do so to loved ones.

No one benefits from you not following your truth.

What was clear, however, was that the Buddha was born male, then cut off all his hair one day and got enlightened, then ended up looking like a girl. And as if that weren't enough, the Buddha also seemed to feel that even things as unalterable as bodies were temporary, and what mattered was if you were good and honest, and forgiveness solved everything. That was how, whatever else they were, Claude and Poppy became Buddhists for life.

Dispelling fear. Taming what was scary not by hiding it, not by blocking it or burying it, not by keeping it secret, but