Quotes About Honesty

Nobody likes to feel like they are being torn apart behind their back.

I grew up in the South, in New Orleans, where guys torture you all the time. So I didn't really grow up on the self-esteem campaign. When you were lousy at something, they told you you were lousy, and they told you how to fix it.

I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.

An honest politician has no goodies to toss around. This limits his effectiveness profoundly, because political power in India is dispersed throughout a multi-tiered federal structure; a local official who has not been paid off can sometimes stop a billion-dollar project.

I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total liar, and my fans would not respect me, if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other; we have fun together - it's great.

All I really care about is that I'm being honest and I'm real and I'm coming from a real place. There's a part of me that's a total cad and a part of me that's also a family man.

I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I've been challenged by so many people, and I don't frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time either.

I've got a life, you know, take me in the totality of my actions and I'll tell you, I will stand with my record.

Actions speak louder than words. There is a big difference between what people say and what they do. People might tell you they are excited about your new product, but when they are in a buying situation their behaviour might be totally different.

I've never thought of it consciously... I say exactly what I think, and very often it's totally politically incorrect. I get, always, chastised for it. So it's not shtick. But I think I'm the one who says, 'The emperor has no clothes.'

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music.

I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist.

I'm a bad interview because I want to always feel like I'm being totally honest, but at the same time, I'm absolutely paranoid. That combination results in a lot of spaces.

Fighters can say whatever, but what they are feeling inside, it's totally different.

Everyone gets scared from time to time. It's totally normal, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

there's three sides to every story: yours, mine, and the truth. I can only give you mine.

Sean Chercover

Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend.

I'm at peace with myself because what I talk about is the way I live.

think the mistake I made was in not admitting from the start that I loved you, not her. And I won't—" His confession came out so casually, more an explanation

To tell only the happy stories: that isn't life. It isn't true, and you deserve better. You deserve to know.

The world is not full of betrayers, it is full of people with decent motives and a full desire to do right by those who know them and love them.

The world ain't worth nothing unless you true in it.