Quotes About Honesty

Really?" I asked when they were gone. "Did you have to say that?" "I speak my mind, Sage. Don't you believe in telling the truth?

That's not what I meant! What happened?" He shrugged. "I told the truth." "Adrian!" "I'm serious. She asked me what my greatest strength was. I said getting along with people." "That not bad," I admitted. "Then she asked me what my greatest weakness was. And I said, 'Where should I start.'" "Adrian!

La verdad es que cualquier cosa de la que no puedas hablar ya está fuera de control en tu vida.

did with his psalms, use prayer to ventilate vertically. Tell God your frustrations. Cry out to him. He's never surprised or upset by your anger, hurt, insecurity, or any other emotions. So tell him exactly how you feel.

God also listened patiently to David's many accusations of unfairness, betrayal, and abandonment. God did not slay Jeremiah when he claimed that God had tricked him. Job was allowed to vent his bitterness during his ordeal, and in the end, God defended Job for being honest, and he rebuked Job's friends for being inauthentic. God told them, "You haven't been honest either with me or about me — not the way my friend Job has…. My

Real fellowship happens when people get honest about who they are and what is happening in their lives.

Algunos dieron las mejores respuestas que pudieron, otros admitieron que acababan de plantearse la razón de vivir, y otros fueron más sinceros al responder que no tenían ni la menor idea. ¡En efecto, varios le pidieron al profesor Moorhead que les escribiera de vuelta y les dijera si había encontrado la razón de vivir!

Lo que puede parecer un atrevimiento, para Dios es autenticidad. Dios escucha las palabras apasionadas de sus amigos; se aburre con los clichés reverentes y previsibles. Si quieres ser amigo de Dios, debes ser sincero con él, comunicarle lo que de verdad sientes, no lo que piensas que deberías sentir o decir.

Los líderes aceptan la culpa; los perdedores se la pasan a otro.

The Bible tells us to speak the truth in love because we can't have community without candor. Solomon said, An honest answer is a sign of true friendship. Sometimes this means caring enough to lovingly confront one who is sinning or is being tempted to sin.

Don't try to sound cool. Guys do that all the time, and I'm telling you it's a complete turnoff, okay? Just be you. You're cute; live with it. But don't try to sound like James Bond or something, because you're not. - Summer Sumner

When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.

there are no secrets unless you keep them to yourself, and this was the greatest secret I had ever had to keep in my life so far.

No-one got rich being honest, the customers have to be diddled

Your daughter's a cheat and a liar," the father said

You're cheating people who trust you.

Truth is more important than modesty

Some things that are labeled Christian aren't true, and some things that aren't labeled Christian are true. Some atheists say lots of things that are true, and some Christians are full of shit.

It's important to embrace several truths about yourself and those around you, beginning with this one: who you AREN'T isn't interesting.

If your faith is threatened by something that's true, then it wasn't much of a faith to begin with, was it?

I'm convinced being generous is a better way to live. I'm convinced forgiving people and not carrying around bitterness is a better way to live. I'm convinced having compassion is a better way to live. I'm convinced pursuing peace in every situation is a better way to live. I'm convinced listening to the wisdom of others is a better way to live. I'm convinced being honest with people is a better way to live.

Confession is like really, really healthy vomit. It may smell and get all over the front of your shirt, but you feel better—you feel cleansed—when you're done.

Which leads to another question: When Matthew tells us that some of Jesus's followers doubted, does this undermine the story, or is this the exact kind of honesty that reflects how people actually are? When each of the Gospel writers includes the part about the women being witnesses, why risk it? What a strange thing to include knowing it would discredit their story, unless women actually were the first witnesses.

Be honest about your joy.