Quotes About Honesty

Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.

What Americans value and strive for is straight talking, plain saying. They don't go in for ambiguity or dissembling, the etiquette of hidden meaning, the skill of the socially polite lie.

What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.

If a statement is untrue, it is not the more respectable because it has been said in Latin.

A man should be honest and up front about his intentions towards a woman, he should respect said woman and be considerate of her feelings.

There are no secrets.' The thing smiled, showing a row of even, childlike teeth. 'None worth keeping. Only the ones you hide from yourself, which are the most damaging and hurtful of all. Truth is truth, and lie is lie. Tell yourself one's the other and all the world turns kilter.

What is plain should be said plainly.

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

Para decidir si algo está 'bien' o 'mal', tenemos una regla muy sencilla: la redacción debe ser verdadera. Debemos escribir lo que vemos, lo que oímos, lo que hacemos.

Pour décider si c'est "Bien" ou "Pas bien", nous avons une règle très simple: la composition doit être vraie. Nous devons décrire ce qui est, ce que nous voyons, ce que nous entendons, ce que nous faisons.

Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.

Some truths were too ugly to be easily embraced.

Nate might be a poor dumb bastard, but at least he wasn't a dishonest, fraudulent dumb bastard, and that ought to count for something.

When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.

However honest you may be, your heart is small and your fist is tight. Fall again, mount again, learn how to count again!

A friend is somebody who says the same things to your face that they would say if you're not in the room.

You can't handle the truth . You can't handle the sad but historic reality. - Lt.Col Nathan Jessep

Mrs. Delson had called it "promising", which I took to mean it was promising. But you eventually realise something if you're inundated with empty compliments like that- You've got loads of potential, Alistair! You've got the makings of someone great, Alistair! It's all part of a comforting but dishonest language that's used to encourage, but not to praise.

Lorsqu'on ne peut attaquer le message, on attaque le messager.

But you can thank God the Lord for His inconceivable goodness, which can be recognized daily and hourly throughout your entire existence, if only you honestly try! Your whole life shall therefore become a thanksgiving!

A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?

We have too many high sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust