Quotes About Honesty

Do all you have agreed to do, and do not encroach on other persons or their property.

People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

Sometimes there's nothing worse than the truth. It can be harder and sharper and hurt more than a knife. The truth can clear a room faster than tear gas.

You have to burn beliefs when they become convenient lies solely for the purpose of gaining and holding power.

Being compassionate is actually very brave because it involves taking an honest look at your own self. In order to feel compassion towards yourself, you must be willing to face your pain instead of burying your head in the sand. That's the essence of bravery.

Un gerente liberador debe ser por completo honesto con su gente; debe apoyarla, ser amistoso y también muy exigente.

I don't much like it when people commit unsavory acts and try to shift the blame onto me.

Our country needs more tough critics like you who don't just swallow the hype like everyone else. So many writers might as well be on the payroll — be it entertainment industry or government.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.

What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one's own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?

My strong point is not rhetoric, it isn't showmanship, it isn't big promises-those things that create the glamour and the excitement that people call charisma and warmth.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

Well, I'm not a crook.

The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

We must maintain the integrity of the White House, and that integrity must be real, not transparent. There can be no whitewash at the White House.

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

Reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.

A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma... It's about integrity

Magna est veritas, et praevalebit: truth is mighty, and will prevail

I once heard a writer say, 'It's easy to write a novel, you just slit your wrist and let it bleed on the pages.' She was right...Sophocles and Freud believed that we are defined by our fears. There's a lot of truth to that. When you share your greatest fears, your vulnerability, we bond in that honesty. We connect with each other and we don't feel so alone. And that's what books are really about. Connecting.

If you love only those who give you happy news, you will never love those worthy of your trust. For those who love you will speak truth, and truth is not always happy, but it is always a blessing.

Elgen can twist the truth all they want, but they can't change

Their life is a lie. I would rather live an honest life than an admired lie.