Quotes About Honesty

Beauvoir left their home wanting to call his wife and tell her how much he loved her, and then tell her what he believed in, and his fears and hopes and disappointments. To talk about something real and meaningful. He dialed his cell phone and got her. But the words got caught somewhere south of his throat. Instead he told her the weather had cleared, and she told him about the movie she'd rented. Then they both hung up.

And now you see why lies matter. The actual fib might not matter, but what it shows us is that what you say can't always be trusted. You can't always be trusted.

But correct and right were two different things. As were facts and truth.

Not everything needed to be brought into the light, he knew. Not every truth needed to be told.

As a good rule of thumb, if you have to lie, you might be doing something wrong.

Chief Inspector Gamache's says there are 'four sentences that lead to wisdom: I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong.

Just because it's the truth doesn't make it less insulting.

it's not the truth about others that will set you free, but the truth about yourself.

the four sentences that lead to wisdom. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I need help. I don't know.

Sobriety isn't for cowards, Chief Inspector. Whatever you might think of an alcoholic, to get sober, really sober demands great honesty, and that demands great courage. Stopping drinking's the easy part. Then we have to face ourselves. Our demons. How many people are willing to do that?

There's no wrong answer. Just the truth.

I'm sorry.' 'I was wrong.' 'I don't know.

A lie was a light. One that grew into a floodlight, that eventually illuminated the person among them with the biggest secret. The most to hide.

They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean.' Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. 'I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. And one other.' Gamache thought for a moment but couldn't bring it to mind. 'I forget. But we'll talk more about it tonight, right?

Gamache had asked not because he didn't know the answer, but because he wanted to see if Peter would lie to him. He had. And if he'd lie about that, what else had he lied about?

They are four sentences we learn to say, and mean.' Gamache held up his hand as a fist and raised a finger with each point. 'I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. And one other.' Gamache thought for a moment but couldn't bring it to mind.

Stating a truth, but leaving out a greater truth.

You need to learn to say: I don't know. I'm sorry. I need help and I was wrong.

I'm sorry. I was wrong. I don't know. I need help.

Of all the things we keep inside the worst are the secrets. The things we are so ashamed of, so afraid of, we need to hide them even from ourselves. Secrets lead to delusion and delusion leads to lies, and lies create a wall. Our secrets make us sick because they separate us from other people.

A barometer of a moral deficit.

You know Gabri, he wears his heart on his sleeve.' In fact, there were times Olivier wondered whether Gabri hadn't been born inside out. Before

Just because it's the truth doesn't make it any less insulting.

Mother told us everything. Kaye would only give us her name, rank and serial number, which turned out to be her phone number. Couldn't get a straight answer out of her." Gabri turned to Reine-Marie. "I don't give straight answers either." "Nor should you, mon beau Garbri," said Rein-Marie.