Quotes About Honesty

You need not laugh; 'tis perfectly true.

I liked the premise of this material. I love the marriage relationship. They kind of keep each other honest, and they enjoy each other's sense of humor. Kind of a sexy but boring relationship.

Some truths are truths, no matter who says them.

My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.

I don't like lies," said Bran, and I knew I'd failed to keep the pain of his revelation from my face. "Not even lies of omission. Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.

Truth is without flourishes or manners and runs with a logic all its own.

I know that, too," he said, his voice tender. "You should know that you can't hide things from me." "Good," I said, my voice fierce. "Good. Then you know, you know I love you.

My mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was the truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something they think will get the results they want.

He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself.

There are some things that honest, honorable people don't do to the people they love. They don't propose marriage on TV. They don't bring home small cuddly animals without checking with their spouses first. And they don't tell their ex-husband they love him in front of a crowd that includes their daughter and his current wife right before he goes off to almost certain death. It didn't help that most of us could tell that she wasn't lying.

Stop that , Anna scolded him. You don't need to hurt because I do. But I do , Charles replied, more honestly than he intended.

Sometimes the most interesting part of the conversation with someone who can't lie is the questions they don't answer.

I am always careful with the truth. It is a powerful thing and deserves respect. (Tad)

Once he started lying to me, it would be harder to get him to trust me with the truth.

Yes, sir," she said, clearly not believing him. He reminded himself that a man's word didn't count for much in this modern day.

By the time a person was my age, they should know that life isn't fair and quit pretending that it ought to be.

I'm not dating Adam.

She would have to learn to accept that he was a man of his word. In the meantime he would give her something to think about.

He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself. So he stayed silent.

He didn't want to scare her any more than she already was. He could have told her that he had no intention of bedding her, but he tried not to lie. Not even to himself. So he stayed silent.

you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something that will get the results they want.

His voice was soft and sweet as molasses; but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of a person's mouth was truth. After they have a chance to think about it, they'll change what they say to be more socially acceptable, something they think you'll be happier with, something that will get the results they want.

Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.

Then we'd be living a lie," Padmé told him gently. "And one we couldn't keep