Quotes About Honesty

Be history, instead of just watching it happen from the sidelines.  Try something new, even if it scares you to death.  Learn because you love to learn, not because you're being tested.  Don't whine – there is always someone who's having a worse day than you are.  Be honest with yourself, and you'll never have anything to hide.   

You might tell yourself that candor is the foundation of a relationship, but even that would be untrue. You are far more likely to lie to yourself, or your loved one, if you think it will keep the pain at bay.

It is amazing, I realize, how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot remember what color you started with.

Why didn't you tell me? Delia says, stung. Why don't any of us tell you anything? I respond. We love you.

There are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can deliver him into the hands of his enemy, when he trusts you. You can break a promise. The question is, if you do any of these things, are you also betraying yourself?

You can't buy a clean conscience.

There are two reasons to not tell the truth -- because lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt.

Then again, it didn't take me long in the world of corporate law to realize that truth is an afterthought in court. In fact, truth is an afterthought in most trials. But there were six million people who were lied to, during World War II, and somebody owes them the truth.

I hate that you didn't trust me enough to tell me the truth.

It's not that he doesn't love you enough to tell you the truth," she said. "It's that he loves you too much to risk it.

An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology

Only the liar knows if he's lying

I told you because I didn't know how not to.

Perhaps he'd always known that the truth of a person lies in the heart.

We may not see eye to eye, but we can respect each other's opinions and find the truth in them. Perhaps in those honest conversations, instead of demonizing each other, we might see each other as imperfect humans, doing our best. —Jodi Picoult, March 2018

I think it's rude to stick a smile on your face and pretend you like talking to someone when in reality you'd rather be sticking bamboo slivers under your fingernails.

on top of a print of a turbaned man with a face as old as honesty.

Truth vibrates when it's drawn across the bow of pain.

When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.

when someone looks in a certain direction as they process a question or as they answer it, is that they are thinking—it is not per se indicative of deception.

A rule of thumb: the truth teller merely conveys, while the liar often tries to convince.

Truthful people convey, the dishonest try to convince.

Az egész reneszánsz ezt a vágyképet dédelgette, fák alatt meghúzódó, h?vös házban jó és bölcs barátok csendes, der?s, mégis komoly társalgásának a képét. Nyugalom és harmónia. Az egész évszázad az egyszer?ség, Å'szinteség, igazság és természetesség megvalósítására törekedett.

as to tell him so to his face. Our minister endeavored to