Quotes About Honesty

What I want are words that reflect my heart, not my cleverness.

You say you just want to be my friend. I know that you mean you want to relate to my mind but not my body. I can understand that and will not ask you to relate to me in a way that you don't want to, or talk to me about subjects you find uncomfortable. But likewise I refuse to castrate myself for you by pretending not to have the feelings I have. If you want me as your friend you will have to accept my penis along with me.

In order to see, I have to be willing to be seen.

Some Christians feel embarrassed to admit doubts because they've been told that if they just had enough faith, they'd harbor no doubts. They worry that people might find out about their doubts and, consequently, think less of them as Jesus's followers. If we meet someone who struggles in this way, let's be ready to remind them that since God knows our doubts already, we have nothing to lose and everything to gain by admitting them and asking for help.

Just be true, and there are no barriers.

It's tough because a lot of my friends in normal life, a lot of my friends in the entertainment business, and a lot of my friends in the wrestling business are gay. Just to say something spiteful and hurtful, I don't get it... if it was true and I was gay, I'd embrace it, and I'd tell you guys about it and I'd celebrate it.

The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

One who reveals your faults to you like a mirror is your true friend, and one who flatters you and covers up your faults is your enemy.

Character, simply stated, is doing what you say you're going to do.

One should try to be honest with oneself almost as a daily devotion.

I believe that if you go and ask a chief executive of a Goldman Sachs or a BP, and they answer you honestly...they want monopolies, they want government subsidies, they want preferences they're not interested in free markets.

People lie. People disagree. People make mistakes. To find out the truth, you have to know how to search for it.

Peacock and DeJohnette have the same kind of integrity as Jarrett in their life and their work, the same values and commitment. Above all, they followed their inner needs and instincts and were always scrupulously honest: they would never continue to work with Jarrett if they could not commit themselves to his music; in such a case, they would simply leave. There was also a mutual respect of a very high order.

Peacock and DeJohnette have the same kind of integrity as Jarrett in their life and their work, the same values and commitment. Above all, they followed their inner needs and instincts and were always scrupulously honest: they would never continue to work with Jarrett if they could not commit themselves to his music; in such a case , they would simply leave. There was also a mutual respect of a very high order." "Keith Jarrett: The Man and His Music

I made up my mind to tell Joe about what was going on at home after the funny business about Molly's letter. As I went to sleep I imagined myself telling Joe even about the the funny marble feeling that came over me from time to time. Then I remembered a lot of the whopping lies I had told Joe about my mother and father.

Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought.

Soms is een gedachte dichter bij de waarheid, bij de werkelijkheid, dan een handeling. Je kunt alles zeggen, je kunt alles doen, maar een gedachte kun je niet veinzen.

Love is not popular. Not noble. . . not love, no reward. Trust love. Is not love. Trust yourself.

Contests allow no excuses, no more do friendships.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

That's basically the gangster code. Just be yourself. Just be you, dog. The easiest way to get your card plucked around a gangster is to be a fake. If we feel like you're trying too hard, if you're trying to act like you're from the street, you're in trouble.

bring in certificates of fully completed classes. I wanted to show the board that I was applying myself to change. I wanted them to see that I had the training and desire to work an honest job out in the world.

Burning and torture here lasts but a little while, but if I die with a lie on my soul, I shall be tortured forever. I am innocent.

From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.