Quotes About Honesty

If you seek authenticity for authenticity's sake you are no longer authentic.

That's what I must avoid: I mustn't put strangeness where there's nothing. I think that is the danger of keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything, you are on the look-out, and you continually stretch the truth.

No, my child, these things are impossible. It would have been better if she had recognize the truth courageously. She would have suffered once, then time would have erased with its sponge. There is nothing like looking things in the face, believe me.

I want no secrets or soul-states, nothing ineffable; I am neither virgin nor priest enough to play with the inner life.

I would like to see the truth clearly before it is too late.

Moi, je ne tiens pas les rancunes et j'avoue tout, complaisamment : pour l'autocritique, je suis doué, à la condition qu'on ne prétende pas me l'imposer.

Ötekilere yalan söylemesinden hoÅŸlan?yordum. Ama bana ayn? biçimde davranmamas?n? isterdim. Bütün bu ölülerin üstünden, çar??lardaki yankesiciler gibi anlaÅŸabileceÄŸimizi ve onun en sonunda bana gerçeÄŸi söyleyeceÄŸini ummuÅŸtum. Oysa hiçbir ÅŸey söylemedi bana, evet, hiçbir ÅŸey!

The beginning and almost the end of all good law is that everyone shall work for their bread and receive good bread for their work.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.

Being nice to governments doesn't work, they are such lying bastards.

There is a theme that runs through my work, and that is: the toxic property of keeping secrets.

I would not change [my past work] anymore than I would airbrush a photo of myself.

I really believe in my work and in no way think I'm taking advantage of anyone. I feel generous when selling my art.

We honor life when we work. The type of work is not important: the fact of work is. All work feeds the soul if it is honest and done to the best of our abilities and if it brings joy to others.

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.

Every one who has labored honestly in the past has aided to place knowledge and comfort within the reach of a constantly increasing number.

A fair day's wages for a fair day's work.

My manners also came from when I was in college and began participating in critiques. You have to speak with someone respectfully about their work and be honest and open, without hurting them.

I think the most important thing I learned from my dad is the importance of telling the truth...treat other people well, work hard at the job and tell the truth.

The evolution of a bourgeoisie is a healthy phenomenon when it grows and prospers thanks to bourgeois values: hard work, honesty, personal responsibility.

I regret that I stayed in my first relationship for too long. I didn't get that it wasn't working out.

It is proof of sincerity, which I value above all things; as, between those who practice it, falsehood and malice work their efforts in vain.

We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!

I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders.