Quotes About Honesty

Though he knows he cannot win, the reactionary has no desire to lie.

Die Wahrheit des Menschen ist nichts weiter als eine aufrichtige Überzeugung. Wahrheit ist, was wir als Wahrheit beurteilen, nachdem wir die Gründe erwogen, die Argumente bedacht und unsere Überzeugung auf das breiteste Fundament der Aufrichtigkeit und Ehrlichkeit gestellt haben. Die Wahrheit ist eine Tugend - wie die Blüte, die manchen harten und knorrigen moralischen Wurzeln entstammt. Vielleicht sollte man in der Logik lediglich ein Kapitel der Ethik sehen.

La filosofía honesta no pretender explicar sino circunscribir el misterio».

De muchas cosas me pueden culpar mis enemigos. Pero de dos, jamás: de ser ladrón o maricón"[40

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.

I can call nothing by name if that is not his name. I call a cat a cat, and Rollet a rogue.

In great affairs men show themselves as they wish to be seen, in small things they show themselves as they are

I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun.

You can ask me pretty much anything. There'll be things I'll go, 'That feels a little too personal.' But most things I don't have a fear of being asked about.

I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.

When we were in the design studio I always was pretending like I was in a closet asking my friend before I step out into the world what do I look like? And everybody wants that honest friend before they go and go to dinner or go to an event.

It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense of humour like me.

We must fight their falsehood with our truth, but we must also fight the falsehood in our truth.

Truth and clarity are complementary.

I have to adhere to the truth," I said.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words.

Believe me when I tell you that there is no lie quite so obvious as the one where you try to protest that you have washed your face ready for bedtime while you are still sporting an enormous ear-to-ear purple smile of dried Ribena.

DONT EVER BE AFRAID TO COME TO ME N CRY ...DONT EVER HESITATE TO LOOK ME N THE EYE DONT EVER BE AFRAID TO TELL ME HOW YOU FEEL. REMEMBAER YOUR MY GIRL N WE GOTTA KEEP IT REAL.

Do friends make better mirrors?

Best thing about friends: they know you inside and out. Worst thing about friends: They know you inside and out. My turtle shell is useless.

Rather face the consequences if the truth rather than the reprocussions of a lie

Friends tell each other what nobody else is willing to tell you.

A própria sincera, ao expressar-se, torna-se insincera.