Quotes About Honesty

afraid of Slander Sheet. A lie this outrageous, you take it seriously.

I'm pretty insistent about taking blame when it's deserved; I'm less concerned about claiming credit." DeWitt

probity of your actions should anyone try to put you in a compromising position.

The truth is always stronger than the lie.

Nadejdzie dzie?, gdy k?amstwa zawal? si? pod w?asnym ci??arem, a prawda ponownie zatriumfuje (Eines Tages werden die Lügen unter ihrer eigenen Last zusammenbrechen, und die Wahrheit wird wieder triumphieren)

If we try to practice meditation without the foundation of goodwill to ourselves and others, it is like trying to row across a river without first untying the boat; our efforts, no matter how strenuous, will not bear fruit. We need to practice and refine our ability to live honestly and with integrity.

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Justice is the truth in action.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

The toughest bullshit to cut through, is one's own.

And as the old men warned, power does not listen with honest ears to the whispers of the powerless.

No era necesario poner lo que uno tenía que decir en un poema, un ensayo, un cuento o una novela. Sólo había que decirlo.

Who has the courage to set right those misperceptions that bring us love?

Oggi tutti parlano la stessa, falsa lingua, e tutte le cose hanno le stesse ma false denominazioni.

He had lived long enough to know that it is foolish to tell the truth

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

Are you carrying his kits?

Lies bring shadows in which darker things can hide, never fear the truth, however blinding it may be.

Secrets never stay hidden forever. It takes a good deal of courage to face the truth.

Thank you," the former deputy meowed solemnly. "You revealed the truth when no other cat could.

Lives begun in deception are always lived in shadow.

Just because people are liars is no reason for us to be fools.

Written on her tombstone: "I told you I was sick.