Quotes About Honesty

A chi è nato senza coscienza, l'uomo che ne è afflitto deve apparire ridicolo. Per un criminale l'onestà è stupida. Non dobbiamo dimenticare che il mostro non è che una deviazione, e che per un mostro la normalità è mostruosa.

Samuel, she said, you're the most contentious man this world has ever seen. Yes, Mother. Don't agree with me all the time. It hints of insincerity. Speak up for yourself.

To a criminal, honesty is foolish.

Ä°nan?lmayan bir doÄŸru adama bir yalandan çok daha fazla zarar verebilir. Zaman?m?z?n kabullenemeyeceÄŸi bir doÄŸruyu desteklemek büyük cesaret gerektirir. Bir cezas? vard?r, genellikle de çarm?ha gerilmektir bu ceza.

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second.

Goddam it, whenever a person wants reassurance he tells a friend to think what he wants to be true. It's like asking a waiter what's good tonight.

There was no subject she could not discuss with Lee. And the few things she could talk about to her father and mother were thin and pale and tired and mostly not even true. There Lee was different also, Abra wanted to tell Lee only true things even when she wasn't quite sure what was true.

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second." "Who wants to be good if he has to be hungry too?

She was about as wide open as a fist.

There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily happen.

Thank you for wanting to honor me with the truth, my son. It's not clever but it's more permanent.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions.

I like old men. They can be wonderful bastards because they have nothing to lose. The only people who can be themselves are babies and old bastards.

I love you," he says, and the fact that he doesn't makes it true.

Wipe your mouth, there's still a tiny bit of bullshit around your lips.

Oh, that second bottle, Harry, is the sincerest, wisest, & most impartial downright friend we have, tells us truth of ourselves & forces us to speak truths of others, banishes flattery from our tongues and distrust from our hearts, sets us above the mean policy of court prudence which makes us lie to one another all day for fear of being betrayed by each other at night.

Tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember a story.

Your reputation is what you're perceived to be, Your character is what you really are

Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.

Be more concerned with character than reputation. Character is what you are, reputation is what people think you are.

Sincerity may not help us make friends, but it will help us keep them.

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.