Quotes About Honesty

no one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack nor deceitful in maintaining the course of truth, but had shown quite enough and even too much vehemence.

an enemy is not more baneful than a flatterer.

But the truth will win out.

In lying fashion you ignore what even children know.

Terence, Andria, I, 1, 41: Obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit.

Hogyan merészeltek bizonyságot mondani minden fölött, amirÅ'l csak beszéltek, mintha nem is lehetne szavaitokban tévedés?!

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen.

Depuis le début de cette lettre, j'ai réfléchi à la violence. A la tienne, à la violence en général. Tu as réagi radicalement, entièrement, comme l'expression honnête de ce que tu es : un être capable de résister. Je te comprends mieux, d'autant plus que j'identifie cette violence en moi, par exemple, dans ma décision de m'isoler . Je ne frappe pas les gens, je les fais disparaitre

Grief expressed out loud, whether in or out of character, unchoreographed and honest, for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give them. Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honors what it misses.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

An open and unguarded heart is the natural result of relaxing into trust.

Zwei Freunde, die einander nicht sagen können, dass sie keine mehr sind - das ist das elendste Verhältnis überhaupt

Zwei Freunde, die einander nicht sagen können, dass sie keine mehr sind - das ist das elendeste Verhältnis überhaupt

The future was eventually all about what you had really done, not what you wished you had done.

People only know what you tell them, child. Remember that all your life. Only tell your secrets to people you know will keep them just what they are. Who will keep them as they were meant to be. Kept. Secret.

Once things were said out loud, they could never be taken back. They were out there for ever.

The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.' George Santayana 1863-1952 'There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.' Isaiah 48:22

Tell the truth and shame the Devil, remember.

If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.

Susie: Okay, Calvin. But you know what? You can't say, youcan'texpectanythingfrommeI'mbroken! And turn around the next minute and say, ohwoeismeeverybodytreatsmelikeI'mbroken! Which one is it? I can treat you the way I really feel, or I can treat you careful. Me: Real. Just be real.

I've figured out there's a difference between the meaning of the word 'real' and the meaning of the word 'true.

Remember I told you the truth so that the words and the real might be one again, giving you power. Remember me, and love me anyway.

When did you trust someone to hold a truth as carefully as you did?