Quotes About Honesty

Three things I want in a relationship: Eyes that won't cry, lips that won't lie, and love that won't die.

Bestfriends has 11 letters, but so does Backstabber.

If you are a reliable, honest journalist, sources will open up and trust you and share good information.

Wir brauchen keine Dichter mit guter Grammatik. Zu guter Grammatik fehlt uns Geduld. Wir brauchen die mit dem heißen heiser geschluchzten Gefühl. Die zu Baum Baum und zu Weib Weib sagen und ja sagen und nein sagen: laut und deutlich und dreifach und ohne Konjunktiv.

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

If a man is a fool, the best thing is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."~

When we lose twenty pounds... we may be losing the twenty best pounds we have! We may be losing the pounds that contain our genius, our humanity, our love and honesty.

When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.

We have the best chance of communicating our thoughts if we are sincere and speak from the heart, without hidden intent.

Relationships require complete integrity. The first time you lie or are untrue to your partner, you condemn yourself and your partner to a second-class relationship. First-class relationships are possible only in an atmosphere of total trust.

I pledge to tell you the truth, to be kind, but sometimes to be blunt. Together, let's examine the stories you're making up to see how many of them are based in reality. Personally, prior to the age of 36, almost every story I had was based in a lie. But I'd like you to remember that it doesn't take nearly as many words to tell the truth as it does to bullshit somebody.

When you play, make sure you're honest enough to confront your own deficiencies. That's why practicing is a sign of morality in a musician. It means that you're willing to subject yourself to self-scrutiny of the highest order.

Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other's good faith, but also in their capacity to arrive at the truth.

I'm going to tell it like it is. I hope you can take it like it is.

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn't gambling, he's cheating.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it.

People often say what is right and do what is wrong; but nobody can be in the wrong if he is doing what is right.

The corrupt heart breaketh out by the lewd tongue.

Everyone tries to be an optimist. But being an optimist is a bit boring and not honest. Losers are more interesting than winners.

Literature is subservient to nothing but truth.

there was no shame in admitting you didn't have the answer, it was a necessary step toward the truth.