Quotes About Honesty

Be willing to face life squarely and get down beneath the surface of life where the verities and realities are to be found.

You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.

If you really want a life which has no boredom in it, drop all masks, be true. Sometimes it will be difficult, I know, but it is worth it. Be true.

...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.

One of life's regrets is that you didn't always tell the truth, and now it's too late, because the truth has changed.

Grow up. Get a life. Life is pain. Anybody who tells you something other than that is trying to sell you something.

Faith is required of thee, and a sincere life, not loftiness of intellect, nor deepness in the mysteries of God.

Never lie under any circumstances.

Some of the most frantic lies on the face of life are told with modesty and restraint; for the simple reason that only modesty and restraint will save them.

Only a life of goodness and honesty leaves us feeling spiritually healthy and human.

We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?

My life is pretty much an open book.

A clear conscience is generally the result of a faulty memory, not a faulty life.

I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.

Music has always gotten me through life, particularly honest, real music.

If I am wrong, I am doing what I believe to the right.

I think all good drama is funny. All the best drama is ultimately very funny. Life is funny. You can't have any honest treatise on life without bumping into some humor.

My pet peeve and my goal in life is to somehow get an adjective for 'integrity' in the dictionary. 'Truthful' doesn't really cover it, or 'genuine.' It should be like 'integritus.'

One thing you'll learn as you get older, Simon, is that when people tell you something unpleasant about themselves, it's usually true.

What was the point of even having a conversation when words couldn't be trusted?

There wasn't a lot of bullshit in my heaven.

It's important for me to live my life honestly.

These are the young women [in Stand by Me] that we grew up knowing and hopefully they feel a little rough around the edges, because it's true to life.

Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something