Quotes About Honesty

Failing honestly and with integrity was something I could accept—but only if I was sure that my efforts to succeed had been worthy of the trust he had placed in me.

To deceive oneself is worse than to deceive others." These harsh words pierced me to the core.

It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office.

It is useless to hold a person to anything he says while he is in love, drunk, or running for office.

I'd like to introduce someone who has just come into my life. I've admired him for 35 years. He's someone who represents integrity, honesty, art, and on top of that stuff I'm actually sleeping with him.

In countries where the government and political environment is honest, generally you will find that the people are honest, law abiding and helpful. And the reverse is true too. In a corrupt environment, an honest person has a hard time, whereas in an honest environment, a corrupt person has a tough time.

Culture in any place always goes top down, never bottom up. We need to step back and look at what kind of environment we have created for ourselves and those around us. It is tough to expect positive behavior in a negative environment. Where lawlessness becomes the law, honest citizens become cheats, crooks and thieves.

In all her interactions with me, my grandmother presented herself with ruthless honesty, almost in spite of herself. In this age of political correctness when most people are afraid to voice their opinions and are guarded even with family, Nalla-ma stood out as someone who revealed herself completely, warts and all. What greater gift could she have given to the all-absorbing mind of her first grandchild?

When you get down to it, isn't the truth better than alibis, flim-flam, or makeshift excuses?

True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

Sincerity itself is the railroad track.

True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another. Zen masters are very straightforward.

Without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, to express yourself as you are is the most important thing.

We emphasize straightforwardness. You should be true to your feelings, and to your mind, expressing yourself without any reservations. This helps the listener to understand more easily.

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.

TRUTH can never be RUTHless

I never lie!" her aunt said. 'I merely make the truth what it hopes to be.

Truth has to be credible or it makes as much trouble as any lie!

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.

Acting isn't a game of "pretend." It's an exercise in being real.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

I'm telling you this so that if you ever are in the position of carrying a secret about something that you have done that makes you ashamed you will make the choice to confront yourself. It will take guts to admit that you have behaved in a way that prevents you from being your better self, and then choose to act differently. It

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

In war-time the word patriotism means suppression of truth.