Quotes About Honesty

I believe sex is a life force and I try to write about it as straightforwardly as I can. I try to let characters live within their desires and addictions, because most people are works in progress.

Jennings is too tough and honest a writer to let anyone off her moral hook, even her hero.

Les médiocres me tolère que d'être entourés de flateurs qui leur cachent à eux-même leur médiocrité.

To get a child's trust - you may know or not - is a very hard thing to do. They're so used to not believing adults - because adults tell tales and lies all the time.

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

I said anything I wanted because I don't believe in children I don't believe in childhood. I don't believe that there's a demarcation. 'Oh you mustn't tell them that. You mustn't tell them that.' You tell them anything you want. Just tell them if it's true. If it's true you tell them.

Kids don't know about best sellers. They go for what they enjoy. They aren't star chasers and they don't suck up. It's why I like them.

Stop believing what you want to believe. It's unbecoming

when we honestly bring our skepticism to God and diligently seek truth, He will not condemn us, but will help us find it.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love, for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.

A joke is a good camouflage. Next best comes sentiment... But the best camouflage of all - in my opinion - is the plain and simple truth. Because nobody ever believes it.

Die beste und sicherste Tarnung ist immer noch die blanke und nackte Wahrheit. Komischerweise die glaubt niemand.

Die Bild-Zeitung ist ein Organ der Niedertracht. Es ist falsch, sie zu lesen. Jemand, der zu dieser Zeitung beiträgt, ist gesellschaftlich absolut inakzeptabel. Es wäre verfehlt, zu einem ihrer Redakteure freundlich oder auch nur höflich zu sein. Man muss so unfreundlich zu ihnen sein, wie es das Gesetz gerade noch zuläßt. Es sind schlechte Menschen, die Falsches tun

I think the most important foundation about any relationship is just being honest. You've got to. My wife and I are honest to a fault with each other, and we're best friends on top of it, so we're very fortunate.

The egregious error committed by US statesmen and commanders was not that of lying to the world, but rather that of lying to themselves.

Even in the age of the social media revolution, PR's essence remains the same as always: honesty, integrity, and preparedness to react.

Social media's almightiness has brought about many things, but the main one is transparency. Total transparency everywhere and for everyone.

It doesn't matter who's right but what's right.

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.

At some point I believe one has to stop holding back for fear of alienating some imaginary reader or real relative or friend, and come out with personal truth.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.