Quotes About Honesty

Si alguien duda de su veracidad, o piensa que no es posible que un hombre se engañe a sí mismo de este modo,—debo aconsejarle que por un momento se remita a sus propias reflexiones; y entonces podré aventurarme a poner por testigo de mis aseveraciones a su propio corazón'.

Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures. Certainly cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest. People lie when you ask them what they eat when they are alone. A salad, they tell you. But when you persist, they confess to peanut butter and bacon sandwiches deep fried and eaten with hot sauce, or spaghetti with butter and grape jam.

In writing, as in life, always be true to your character.

Why are you being so mean? Friends tell friends the truth. yeah, but not to hurt, to help.

People who have to announce that they are trustworthy deserve to be lied to.

Apologies mean nothing if you don't mean it.

Did you read last nights assignments? Say yes' and get hammered again. Say no' and the same thing would happen.

Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie.

The false innocence you render for them by censoring truth protects only you.

Why are you being so mean?" "Friends tell friends the truth." "Yeah, but not to hurt. To help.

It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.   Mr.

It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.

Halloween - the day when we could pretend to be whatever we wanted - seemed to be letting everyone be who they really were.

She was too honest, too natural for this frightened man; too remote from his tidy laws. She was, after all, a country girl; disordered, hysterical, loving. She was muddled and mischievous as a chimney-jackdaw, she made her nest of rags and jewels, was happy in the sunlight, squawked loudly at danger, pried and was insatiably curious, forgot when to eat or ate all day, and sang when sunsets were red.

Be honest with yourself; set the alarm for the time the Real You will get up, not the Ambitious You, because the Ambitious You doesn't really exist.

I realized that you don't try on a pair of pants, fart in them, and then put them back on the shelf, and the same rough politeness applied here, too. Plain and simple, I bled on it, I bought it.

Bad boyfriends don't disguise themselves; their girlfriends do it for them.

Madam, there is no treachery in the truth. There may be pain, but to face honestly all possible conclusions formed by a set of facts is the noblest route possible for a human being." Holmes could be surprisingly empathetic at times

Madam, there is no treachery in the truth. There may be pain, but to face honestly all possible conclusions formed by a set of facts is the noblest route possible for a human being." Holmes could be surprisingly empathetic at times, and his words now had a gentling effect on the lady.

Madam, there is no treachery in the truth. There may be pain, but to face honestly all possible conclusions formed by a set of facts is the noblest route possible for a human being.

And I won't deny your neighbors will take you more seriously if you tell them you've written a novel. (Of course if that's the main concern, just go and tell them. You don't have to write anything. Just lie a little. Don't worry—they won't beg to read the manuscript.)

Being dead means never having to do anything sneaky.

If you are lying, you have built your lie on true foundations.

Faith and fear, they tell me, can't coexist. I try to practice by doing what I'm afraid to do, and I manage (now and then, anyway) by means of faith. Faith that I will do myself more good than harm by the risks I am willing to take as a writer. And faith, finally, that the best service I can do myself is to do the best and most honest work of which I am capable.