Quotes About Honesty

I'm frightened of nothing anymore," answered Fell simply, "except lies. For they're the real killers.

better to keep a good conscience with an empty purse, than to get a bad opinion of myself, with a full one.

See, you can't rewrite, 'cause to rewrite is to deceive and lie, and you betray your own thoughts. To rethink the flow and the rhythm, the tumbling out of the words, is a betrayal, and it's a sin, Martin, it's a sin." --Hank (Kerouac)to Martin (Ginsberg) in the film Naked Lunch

A fearful man who knows he is fearful is far more trustable than a fearful man who isn't aware of his fear.

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.' By

This is what we can achieve when, as Feynman said, we keep learning more about how not to fool ourselves.

I've turned down jobs because I've said, 'Honestly, I can't find my way in. I can't do it. I love you, as a director. I think the script is good. You deserve better than I think I can do.'

People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.

Upon the exposure of his bribery, it is reported he said, "I should have paid more.

I write not for sensation, but for Truth. I leave judgement to the hearts of my good Readers everywhere.

In order to build a good reputation, you have to view your own actions in the same way that the people judging you will view them.

Never ask one of your peers to carry bad news for you. If there's going to be a disaster in any part of the organization that you're running, whether it's a personnel issue or a financial issue, always inform the boss yourself.

No, youngsire, the truth. It's a whimsy of mine; at table we speak of each other with candor." "Only at table?" "Isn't that enough? We spend the rest of the day repairing the damage.

Non, je n'ai rien caché. Après toi, il n'y a eu personne. J'aurais pu, mais je n'ai jamais pu.

Habría sido capaz de ver en su regreso algo distinto del oportunismo. Pero ni siquiera me permitió esa mentira.

Quand deux personnes se mentent sur le même sujet, il y a peu de chances de se démasquer.

Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking?

Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like a good person so that people (including myself) will approve of me? Is there a difference? How do I ever actually know whether I'm bullshitting myself, morally speaking?

While other people's excessive attachments and personal falsity often seem glaringly apparent, it is never easy to know the lies of our own life.

The human capacity for self-deception is astounding. This is taught by Scripture (Jeremiah 17:9) and confirmed by psychology. Some people are highly skilled in deceiving others. However, their duplicity pales in comparison with the endlessly creative ways in which each and every one of us deceives our self.

This is not a quote by me, but one of my favorites: "If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.

The Centre is very important to me it's about trust - about truth.

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

Reliability in this largely rational sense is the repeated experience of links between promises and action.