Quotes About Honesty

Face reality as it is, not as it was, or as you wish it to be.

The third way is less common and certainly less of a layup—a culture of integrity, meaning a culture of honesty, transparency, fairness, and strict adherence to rules and regulations. In such cultures, there can be no head fakes or winks. People who break the rules do not leave the company for "personal reasons" or to "spend more time with their families." They are hanged—publicly—and the reasons are made painfully clear to everyone.

I dabbled in things like Howlin' Wolf, Cream and Led Zeppelin, but when I heard Son House and Robert Johnson, it blew my mind. It was something I'd been missing my whole life. That music made me discard everything else and just get down to the soul and honesty of the blues.

In work and in life, no matter how smart, talented, and beautiful you are, you also have to be a good person.

The truth would set her free. Only then would she be able to get on with her life.

I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.

I am lying to myself. I am always lying to myself and I really must stop it. I am alone. My friends don't know how to talk to me or write to me any more

Prove it. I'll measure your words against your actions, and from that I will determine your worth.

If Melissa Miller were an artist, she would have painted the world in vicious streaks of red. Nothing like Picasso's rose period, all soft and cheerful and so optimistic that it made you want to puke. Missy's red phase would have been brutal and bright enough to cut your eyes. Missy's art would have been honest.

Be brave, be clever, and be true to your heart.

as Citus said:alexender is right not to bear freeborn men at his table who can only tell him the truth. He is right. It is fitting for him to pass his life among barbarians and slaves, who will be proud to pay their adoration to his Persian girdle and his splendid robe

Everything concealed will be revealed.

While I may be guilty of many things, one of them is not that I would lie to you. I will tell you every awful truth," he promised. "I will not lie to you, at least not about big things. If you ask about hairstyles, butt size, or shoes, then I might resort to creative answers.

will you stop trying to be brave! It's me, Mama! You can be honest with me." -Hetty

What should he say to this woman that wouldn't entail ornamenting the tunic of lies he wore?

The worst derangement of the spirit is to believe things because we want them to be so, not because we have seen them for what they are.

Le malheur avait mis les habits du mensonge Ils étaient d'un beau rouge couleur du sang du cœur Mais son cœur à lui était gris Penché sur la margelle il me chantait l'amour Sa voix grinçait comme la poulie Et moi dans mon costume de vérité je me taisais et je riais et je dansais au fond du puits Et sur l'eau qui riait aussi la lune brillait contre le malheur la lune se moquait de lui.

Il y a deux mensonges fondamentaux: celui qui proclame 'je dis la vérité' et celui qui affirme 'je ne peux pas dire.

You cannot bullshit the stopwatch.

It wasn't like that, darlin'." [Darcy] said quickly. "I swear on my mother's soul it wasn't!" Bronte bit her lip, trying not to smile. "Your mother is still living, is she not?" Darcy grinned sheepishly. "Yes, but…just the same.

Perdoname también el que te quiera como a mí mismo; porque me soy infiel, porque me engaño".

If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable we have to take action.

Be real with Father and resist the urges to crawl back into your shell and silently endure lifelessness.

I'm not going to be in a relationship that I don't fully trust.