Quotes About Honesty

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.

The ability to talk about sensitive areas of our lives with each other has greatly enhanced our marriage. We are able to relate to each other as best friends, to confess sin, or to reveal deep feelings without being accused or mistrusted.

You must cultivate emotional openness in your relationship in order to build this level of intimacy. Allow your spouse to share their feelings without judgment or rejection. Celebrate honesty, as long as it is done in love. And share your feelings every day.

In a functional relationship, there is a complaint counter where you can be honest without fear. It is just like going into a department store to complain about something you purchased. The best stores always offer their customers a pleasant experience if they need to complain or return something. This makes people feel safe in shopping there.

And so I pray I am today as honest with myself, with life all around me and below and above me, with all who I encounter.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.—Noel Coward

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.— Colin Powell

The next time someone lies to your face, tell them that Boo You Lieeeeee...

There is a part of me that wishes you would tell me what I want to hear, but I appreciate that you are being honest about the struggle. It will do," she said. "For now.

What happens when you finally decide to tell the truth and no one listens?

Crime, que sei, é fazer traição, ser ladrão de cavalos ou de gado... não cumprir a palavra...

Crime, que sei, é fazer traição, ser ladrão de cavalos ou de gado... não cumprir a palavra..." — "Sempre eu cumpro a palavra dada!" — gritou de lá Zé Bebelo.

E assim se passaram pelo menos seis ou seis anos e meio, direitinho deste jeito, sem tirar e nem pôr, sem mentira nenhuma, porque esta aqui é uma estória inventada, e não é um caso acontecido, não senhor.

Briguei muito mediano, não obrei injustiça nem ruindades nenhumas; nunca disso me reprovam.

Agora, nunca ter querido dar uma escapulidinha de vez em quando, nunca ter fantasiado uma trepada fora é mentira. Mentira que muito raramente pode ser sincera, mas, mesmo nestes casos, não deixa de ser mentira.

Pergunte a um cientista nuclear o que é a realidade e ele vai gaguejar, se for honesto. Mas existe uma realidade percebida, e o ser humano não pode tolerá-la e aí altera a percepção.

Não falava isto por modéstia, que nem sequer considerava uma virtude respeitável, mas por honestidade e porque queria que vissem que não existem homens especiais e que o herói pode ser qualquer um, a depender de onde esteja, do que faça e de como o que faz é interpretado pelos outros.

My father was a physicist and also an activist. My first public protest was with my dad at Stanford. I came by all that honestly.

Staring down hard truth takes guts.

You don't mince words." "Just garlic.

Awareness of the little ways that we tend to be dishonest with ourselves leads to great strides in applying honesty and integrity to all our interactions.

Better to walk through life simply and without masks, than to lose ourselves in the pursuit of identities that are purely cosmetic and commercial. Then, at least, we will be known for what we are rather than for what we are not.

The Flock have come a long way in their acceptance of this, and when a professional refused to deal with them in a straightforward manner and, in fact, manipulated and deceived them in return-they rebelled fiercely but self-protectively.

Jo knew she had to be utterly truthful, even when her version of the truth conflicted with what Lynn wanted to hear. Truth was vital to Jo, because she had a hard enough time keeping track of the spotty reality she experienced.