Quotes About Honesty

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.

Photography is truth.

even a tiny bit of deceit is dishonorable when it's used for selfish or cowardly reasons. - Mr. Penderwick

Jeffrey, Jeffrey, I'm so happy to be with you at last," said Skye. "Thank you." Jeffrey turned away to hide his sorrow. "But what is this? Aren't you glad to see me?" "Of course I am, dear Skye." He turned back to her, his face ablaze with honesty. "But it is your beautiful and talented sister, Jane, whom I prefer.

Remember my words: Be truthful, be kind to one another, and you will attain peace. We will meet again in another life.

Every night I go over what I did in the day, in ethical or moral terms. Have I treated people properly? Did I tell the truth?

Nothing false will survive. Nothing true will perish.

I want to stop not knowing who and what and where I am. I want to stop being confused and unclear. I want to stop pretending lies are true and that I understand things when I don't. I want to stop playing make-believe and find out what's real.

I know he is--sensitive--on some points, Detective, but you must bear in mind how hard it is for an honest man to do his work in relative obscurity, while dishonest men attain wealth and renown. That is why corruption is so pernicious. It breaks the will of good men.

If its not done ethically, advertising won't be trusted. If consumers don't trust it, advertising is pointless.

believed were some of his strongest: the work ethic to locate those homes, the social skills to negotiate with people ranging from rich lenders to working-class contractors to poor renters, and the desire to make money in crafty but fundamentally honest ways.

don't expect me to be all dear diary this and dear diary that

Most people don't seem to appreciate a person as honest as me. So don't ask me how George Washington ever got to be president.

Once people know you're a CHEATER it follows you wherever you go.

I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger.

Anybody can be charming if they don't mind faking it, saying all the stupid, obvious, nauseating things that a conscience keeps most people from saying. Happily, I don't have a conscience. I say them.

I'll tell you the truth, everything you hear is a lie.

I'm a liar, but this is the truth. I

If there's one thing that's 100 percent true about every intoxicated person in world history, it's that you shouldn't believe them when they say they love you. The only difference between you and that slice of cold pizza back at their apartment is that they haven't met the pizza yet.

if we all learn anything from being alive on this planet, it's that people will lie to you, especially about how much or little they care about you. And I would guess there's a lot more similarity in how we suffer than the way we experience joy.

I told him point-blank so there would be no mistake: This person he wanted to know better did not exist; I was who I seemed to be from the outside. That would never change.

Honesty was often just a way of being cruel.

And a soul is just a delusion that lives in the body. No delusion survives death. Death is more honest than that.