Quotes About Honesty

Be simple and sincere.

Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.

You have to face serious people seriously. That's my policy. -Shohei to Yuichi

A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.

The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.

To pander to those who have no stomach for straight language, and insist upon bland, non controversial sauces, is a waste of time. They cannot on deliberately will not understand what we are discussing here.

The standards of judgement must be rooted in the whys and wherefores of life as it is lived, the world as it is, not our wished-for fantasy of the world as it should be.

Tony Montana I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

I can't fuck up his whole life and take away everything that means something to him just because I think I've found my soul mate.' 'Yeah, but...' 'Yeah, but. I know. Having found my soul mate, how cruel is it for me to stay with Bob, pretending I feel more for him than I do and preventing him from going out and finding someone who loves him the way I love Mark?' 'You can't be responsible for other people's feelings

I hate the honesty of the moring; the time before your consiousness switches on the light and gets rid of all the nasty shadows.

Secret thoughts and open countenance will go safely over the whole world.

At the heart of the Ten Commandments is an Israelite's honesty about one's neighbor (Exod 20:16). At the heart of the Bible's ethic is telling the truth. Honesty mattered then and it matters now.

I]t isn't the considered judgments of hindsight, but actions actually taken that show the true character of a person.

You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.

Never apologize for what you feel, it's like saying sorry for being real." – Anonymous

you look your woman in the eye and kill her by telling her the truth or you turn away and let her see what she wants. i try not to shake too much when i turn the lights out and the sobbing begins

Too often I see performances that aren't rooted in truth. Oftentimes, those are performances that tend to win awards.

Never apologize for saying what/how you feel. Cuz' that's like saying, "Sorry for being real".

You write?" "Why, all the time," said Locke, "except of course when I'm wrong.

The difference between honest and dishonest commerce is that when an honest man or woman of business ruins someone, they don't have the courtesy to cut their throat to finish the affair.

Lies go out, but the truth stays home.

Gods damn you, LOcke,'she whispered. The corners of her eyes glistened. 'Twice now? Look, uh, if I said the wrong thing---' 'No,' she said, wiping at her eyes, trying but failing to do so nonchalantly. 'No, the trouble is you said the right thing.

In time, you'll come to understand that a state like ours cannot afford to offer up a show of weakness for honesty's sake.

There are only three people in life you can never fool—pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother.