Quotes About Honesty

Perhaps it is in speaking of our falseness that we can be true.

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

Don't compromise yourself - you are all you've got.

Don't compromise yourself, you're all you've got.

Truth, of itself, does not kill.

Expose human ties for what they really are and you are most likely to find the worst forms of betrayal staring back at you."

Lies and partial truths complicate life."

It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief

We have not yet proven that they can. But if we do, it will be because we faced the truth unflinchingly. We will have to shun the shakedown artists and guiltmongers. Whites will have to turn their backs on cowardly, dishonest behavior designed solely to escape charges of "racism." They must reject wholesale, off-the-shelf accusations and search for explanations that go deeper than the sloganeering, grandstanding, and buffoonery that now control the field.

Charges of racism are not a form of debate; they are meant to silence debate. Accusations of racism are often transparent attempts to choke off honest discussion.

Let's be honest about the fact that many of us from all races are racist. . . . We've lied about progress."132

Sanoin ihmisille totuuden, aina, sain itselleni lisänimen: Riidanhaastaja.

I hate fake people. You know what I'm talking about. Mannequins.

If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying.

And what do the poets have to say about it? — They only lie!

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

I'm obsessed with trying to recount events as accurately and honestly as possible, but in practice the only thing I'm really any good at is telling you how I feel.

I want somebody like my mom. My mom is a very charitable woman. She's the sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for the second sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for honesty and a big heart.

Only falsehood wraps itself in a flood of words. Truth is brief.

Faithfulness is not just about your body. If you have committed to a person, then you have committed to them as a person. This implies the fidelity of your eyes, your heart, your imagination, your speech, your intentions, and all that makes you up as a person....The real value of love is proved by being 100 percent faithful.

It was more important to be honest. "We glide over the offensiveness of names and calm down our consciences by eulogistic mellifluous terms, until our very moral senses are dulled," she wrote. "Let things be shown, let them come forth in their real colors, and humanity will not be so prone to a sin which is glossed over by a dainty public!

people valued politeness more than truth

People will respect you more if you are open, honest, public, and responsive during a crisis. Don't hide behind spin or try to keep your bad news on the down low. You

It's OK if it's not perfect. You might not seem as professional, but you will seem a lot more genuine.