Quotes About Honesty

It's not your name that's important. It's who you are. It's living a life of truth, a life without fear

What I can promise is this -- I'll never lie to you, betray you, or walk away from you.

That's the secret of entertaining. You make your guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that honestly, the rest takes care of itself.

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.

The greater your integrity, the more the many gates of knowledge and the real truths of existence will be revealed.

Horses are honest. They don't hide their feelings. If they want to kick you, they kick you. People will wait for the most opportune moment, and then they kick you.

On the line beside Describe your family, I wrote, "Bad." What is your favorite subject in school? "None." List three of your favorite activities. "Soccer, ballet, and fighting." Two of those favorite activities were lies but one of them was the truth. I am fond of fighting.

And then she got a bad, bad feeling because she realized she had been wrong. You can fool a person. You can fool a dog. You can fool a cat or a horse or a teacher or a friend. But you cannot ever fool a heart.

I have often wondered whether it is really a good thing to be honest by nature and upbringing; certainly it is not a good thing socially, for I feel sure that the tea-party would have been more successful had I not explained that the tea was really Indian which I had unfortunately made too weak.

But men ought to be able to manage their own affairs," I said. "After all most of them don't seem to mind speaking frankly and making people unhappy.

When people openly express how unavailable they are right from the beginning, listen! They are letting you know in no uncertain terms that they are not looking for a genuine, healthy, authentic relationship. When

It had ceased to bother me that Michele didn't believe a word that I said. It gave me the liberty to lie whenever I chose.

I think life's too long to do anything that we know is wrong before we begin.

He never hears the truth about himself by not wishing to hear it." Pope Alexander

Margery Kempe was obviously an uncomfortable neighbor to have, like all those who cannot conceal the painfulness of life.

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Meeting his commissariat staff for the first time as Commander in Chief, the Grand Duke said to them, "Gentlemen, no stealing.

You need eyes that tell the dog who watches them what you are feeling toward it, even though the message may be hidden from the outside world. Above all, you nee telepathy so that the dog thinks with you. These things are not always born in people. They can be developed as any sense or gift can be developed. That is, providing the person wishes to develop them is honest in mind, because with animals you cannot cheat...

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.

There is a sore spot in the heart of Truth, and no balm can ever heal it.

You must write according to your feelings, be sure those feelings are true, and let everything else go hang.

what he meant by repentance wasn't that we should dwell on where we lost our way and all the ways we are bad, but rather to have the courage to face the pure, unsweetened truth of ourselves so that we can move on and grow in more honest and authentic ways. It is simply the willingness to see in full truthfulness what we need to face within ourselves and our lives so that we may get into the right alignment.

Strictly speaking I never had a brother Henry, and yet I cannot say that Henry was an impostor.

I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.