Quotes About Honesty

Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.

You can tell it any way you want, he said, you can be I or he or she or we or they or you and you won't be lying, though you might be telling two stories at once.

Yeah but," Collingswood said cautiously. "Only, it's not totally admirable, is it, given that it's total fucking bollocks." They stared some more. "Well," Vardy said. "That is true. I would have to concede that, unfortunately." Neither of them laughed, but they could have done.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden.

The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their right names.

The man who comes with a tale about others has himself an ax to grind.

He who praises me on all occasions is a fool who despises me or a knave who wishes to cheat me.

Kendi ay?b?n? örtmek isteyen ba?kalar?n?n yüzüne kara çalar.

Ee, o?lum, paran?n hüküm sürdü?ü yerde, güzel söze ve güzelli?e yer kalmaz.

This is not pessimism but rather casting a cold eye on things. It is only one man's story, and I think that things will go better, but difficulties exist and nothing is served by hiding them under a poetic veil or under a lyricism of the past. I am against slogans.

Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

it can be the honesty and trustworthiness of our sources, not their status, that allows them to act as authorities. Sometimes

At work and in life, we often pretend that we want truth when we're really seeking reassurance: "Do these jeans make me look fat?" "What did you think of my poem?" These questions do not crave honest answers.

SURRENDER—Pray Psalm 139:23–24: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Commit to respond to whatever the Holy Spirit reveals to you.

Never let your mouth write a check that your ass can't cash.

One of the surest signs of a bad or declining relationship with a customer is the absence of complaints. Nobody is ever that satisfied, especially not over an extended period of time. The customer is either not being candid or not being contacted. —Theodore Levitt Business School Professor, Harvard University

You begin to understand that warriorship is a path or a thread that runs through your entire life. It is not just a technique that you apply when you are unhappy or depressed. Warriorship is a continual journey. To be a warrior is to learn to be genuine in every moment of your life. That is the warrior's discipline.

Come, let me know whether thou art a creature of good or not.' And he replied: `I am a man.

I have been thinking, my love, and on my return, I would like to reveal the truth of us, of myself. I am tired of this restrictive masculine role.

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

Fidelity is a natural extension of trust and honesty;

Well, that's because trust without honesty is blind trust, and blind trust is never wise.