Quotes About Honesty

I am an old man. I am entitled, am I not, to say what I think?—and of course to stray from the point.

People say a lie is just a lie, but I say why deny the obvious child.

Describe the situation as you see it without exaggerating, making judgments, or explaining how you feel about it.

This lack of empathy also means that someone with NPD has no capacity for intimacy. This is a hard message to take in, we know. But we encourage you to become honest about what's not beneath your loved one's veneer of superiority.

In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents, and it makes them fanatical because they are forced to suppress elements of truth of which they are dimly aware

Nothing makes us so lonely as our secrets.

Loyal par paresse, honnête par lâcheté, bon par relâchement, doux par crainte, intelligent par avidité, sobre par hygiène - c'est ainsi que l'on peut avoir toutes les vertus.

Still hovering at the back of my mind is a stereotype of Norwegians as descendants of ax-wielding barbarians, but this ancient image clashes wildly with the gentleness, honesty and generosity of the Norwegians I have met on my journey.

Never separate the life you lead from the words you speak.

Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.

The truth is overrated.

Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody—there's a lot of people.

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in education these days arises, not from defects in the students,teachers or schools, not from want of equipment or technology, but from the downright ignorance of the nature of honor, virtue and kindness. Sound education... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection of childhood, on unselfish performance of teachers and on accountability and reliability.

Well, truth is often hard to hear, but truth is freeing. And regarding cancer, the truth is this: money—rather than what's best for the patient—rules. And that's the truth.

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. —Oscar Wilde (1891)

If I can write one sentence, simple and true every day, I'll be satisfied.

And that's when he finally tells me his name is Ernest. I'm thinking of giving it away, though. Ernest is so dull, and Hemingway? Who wants a Hemingway?

There wasn't anything simple about them, and I preferred that, and trusted it. My life wasn't simple either.

we'd given up trying to fool anyone, even ourselves.

I wasn't raised to acknowledge my own feelings, let alone stick up for myself like that. That's movie dialogue, not real life.

I want to write one true sentence, he said. If I can write one sentence, simple and true, every day, I'll be satisfied.

Marcus?" he asked a moment later, while Marcus lowered them to the ground. "Do you like Sam?" "Aye, I do," Marcus told him. "I love her." "But Tabitha said one of the Whites told her you don't love anything." "Well." Marcus kissed the top of his head. "The White was wrong.

You are not thinking of reading law, are you? he said. Oh God no! John Calley stood holding the paint can. I am looking for honest work.