Quotes About Honesty

But falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, as Jonathan Swift once said.

Je comprends seulement maintenant pourquoi les gens mentent sur leur passé, pourquoi ils disent qu'ils sont une chose autre que la chose qu'ils sont réellement, pourquoi ils s'inventent un être qui ne présente aucune ressemblance avec qui ils sont réellement, pourquoi quiconque voudrait avoir le sentiment de n'être de nulle part, de ne venir de personne, d'être tombé du ciel, voilà tout, complet.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

He felt that he was lying, and in some way being disloyal as well, but he said only, "He was instantly killed. He didn't have to feel any pain.

I have betrayed no confidence and no trust. I simply wrote a letter in which I stated the truth--for the Government or anybody else.' 'A letter in which you accuse the Government...' 'Of course I accuse. If the Government uses falsehoods and the blind eye to conduct its affairs, then shouldn't I accuse? If I am betraying a trust to reveal it, then I am still right and you cannot make me wrong.

HONESTY COMPOUNDS. It compounds exponentially. No matter what happens in your bank account, in your career, in your promotions, in your startups. Honesty compounds exponentially, not over days or weeks, but years and decades. More people trust your word and spread the news that you are a person to be sought out, sought after, given opportunity, given help, or given money. This is what will build your empire.

You're only working with if you count the money at the end of the night. Otherwise you're working for.

If anyone is unwilling to descend into himself, because this is too painful, he will remain superficial in his writing. . . If I perform to myself, then it's this that the style expresses. And then the style cannot be my own. If you are unwilling to know what you are, your writing is a form of deceit.

Tu proponi il tuo sguardo alla realtà. Se non proponi te stessa, proponi una menzogna, un'astrazione.

Certo, e poi non si può dare a un altro quello che non si ha: Nemo dat quod non habet.

Natacha! ¿Cómo pensás que te voy a mentir?

No habra nadie que destruye de tu alma la verdad.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

It was all about eyes, the truth.

How easily the truth is lost, and how persistent lies are.

Generally speaking, we can and should say everything. We just have to choose the right time, otherwise the truth can be worse than a lie.

Abuse counselors say of the abusive client: "When he looks at himself in the morning and sees his dirty face, he sets about washing the mirror.

The vast majority of women who say that they are being abused are telling the truth. I know this to be true because the abusers let their guard down with me, belying their denial.

Pointing fingers at other countries can be a way to ignore the serious problems in our own.

A lie is like a snow-ball; the longer it is rolled, the larger it is.

Civilization has been thrust upon me... and it has not added one whit to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity.

Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of truth, honesty, generosity, equity and brotherhood as a guide to mundane relations.

Children and fools speak true.

There must be some honest lawyers at the New York bar, and some impartial judges on the New York bench, but I should not like to be set to find them.