Quotes About Honesty

The Middleman: "So what's it going to be? Keep the secret or death?" Wendy Watson: "What do you think?" The Middleman: "Ma'am specificity is the soul of all good communication.

No vi razon para no decirle la verdad, y sin embargo tuve la sensacion de no hacerlo al hacerlo.

it's ridiculous, isn't it, that after all these centuries of practice, after so many incredible advances and inventions, we still have no way of knowing when someone is lying; naturally, this both benefits and prejudices all of us equally, and may be our one remaining redoubt of freedom.

no me hubieras dicho nada, si me hubieras mantenido en el engaño. Cuando se lleva uno a cabo, hay que sostenerlo hasta el final.

risa delata a quien finge y niega su nombre y es casi inconfundible en cada persona

De nuestros pensamientos no hay testigos, no tenemos por qué ser respetuosos ni corteses en ellos.

As you embark upon a difficult conversation, ask yourself, "Have I said what is at the heart of the matter for me? Have I shared what is at stake?" If not, ask yourself why, and see if you can find the courage to try.

Say What You Mean: Don't Make Them Guess

If you are having a difficult conversation, and someone asks why you disagree, how come you never say, "Because what I'm saying makes absolutely no sense"?

You can preface their expression with an admission that you are uncomfortable with these feelings, or that you aren't sure they make sense, but follow that preface by expressing them. Your purpose here is simply to get them out. You can decide what, if anything, to do about them later.

Smugglin' that by me? That's like tryin' to smuggle sunrise past a rooster.

Feed the truth. Starve the lie.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!

It was the irrepressible Twi'lek who finally said what they were all thinking but didn't have the courage to bring up. "You know you both naked, right?

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

may I be I is the only prayer

Jamie, when the stakes are high, I never cheat. I consider myself too important to do that.

It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.

You cannot love your partner one moment and attack him or her the next.

Those who do not attempt to appear more than they are but are simply themselves, stand out as remarkable and are the only ones who truly make a difference in this world.

Confession is always a good place to start when we feel lost.

but on Barsoom no man lies; if he does not wish to speak the truth he is silent.

How much he could believe of it, he did not know; for he did not know the man, and he had learned to suspect that every civilized man was a liar and a cheat until he had proved himself otherwise.

meant action was expected. But it wasn't too late. All I had to do was tell him