Quotes About Honesty

you're the liar - Mimi Force

They each had secrets they were keeping from the other; secrets they were keeping out of love.

and Schuyler hoped with all her heart that he would never find out the truth.

It was the truth, and like any truth, it was powerful

She had to be honest. And this was where the truth hurt. She wanted to see Jack Force again. But it was agony

Don't touch me. Don't tell me how beautiful my eyes are, how soft my hair is, how you love to hear my voice. Don't. Don't pretend you are falling in love with me. I know you are lying, and every word you say hurts even more. Let us just be friends, if we can start there. Can't we? Can't we at least be friends? Get to know each other a little? Before the wedding, and the bedding, when I will have to take you as my lord and husband?

Never ever, ever make excuses for a scoundrel.

Good job, said Lonnie, who'd been watching from the balcony. Thanks, said Jay, pleased with how everything had turned out. He smiled when he realized he hadn't even had to steal anything to get what he wanted. He'd done it all by playing by the rules.

Advertisers loved her, brands were eager to work with her. She was entirely real and that was hard to come by online. Where the whole world looked fake, she wasn't.

There was no longer any need to pretend to be weak. Jack had always been the only one with whom she had to pretend to be strong.

We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming or cruel when we speak our truths

The vocation of putting people straight, of tearing off their masks, of forcing them to face the repressed truth, is a highly dangerous and destructive calling

The greatest gift we can bring to any relationship wherever we go is being who we are.

I'd like to make a motion that we face reality. —BOB NEWHART, FROM THE BOB NEWHART SHOW

We can ask for information and use words to forge a closer connection, but we don't have to take people around the block with our conversations. We don't have to listen to, or participate in, nonsense. We can say what we want and stop when we're done.

Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am?

Say what we mean, and mean what we say. If we don't know what we mean, be quiet and think about it. If our answer is, "I don't know," say "I don't know." Learn to be concise. Stop taking people all around the block. Get to the point and when we make it, stop.

We can tell the truth. Lying about what we think, how we feel, and what we want isn't being polite—it's lying. We

Learn the words: "This is what I need from you. This is what I want from you.

The second thing that helped was stories—hearing honest accounts about how people felt, what they went through, and what helped them, not contrived stories saying how they thought they were supposed to feel and what they thought they should do. I promised myself then that if I ever came out the other end of this tunnel, I'd write a book about grief that I wouldn't have tossed across the room.

Love and closeness—involvement with people—are the greatest risks a man or woman can take. They require honesty, spontaneity, vulnerability, trust, responsibility, self-acceptance, and acceptance of others. Love brings joy and warmth, but it also requires us to be willing to occasionally feel hurt and rejection.

I'd like to make a motion that we face reality.

I couldn't disappoint her because I thought she couldn't handle or be responsible for her feelings. I couldn't tell the truth, because I thought she might be angry with me-more emotional responsibility-as if someone else's anger is my business.

It is hard to believe a man when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.