Quotes About Honesty

You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.

People reveal their true character when they're off center.

The only barrier to apprehending the truth is our own unwillingness to see the world as it is instead of how we prefer it to be.

A warrior without pretension was unencumbered by distraction.

Wer ein schlechtes Gedächtnis hat, dem bleibt keine andere Wahl als die Wahrheit zu sagen.

Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart...

I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is fifty per cent illusion, but when a thing is important I tell the truth. - Blanche Scene II

Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

You're simple, straightforward and honest, a little bit on the primitive side, I should think. To interest you a woman would have to... -To lay her cards out on the table.

I'm not good. I don't know why people have to pretend to be good, nobody's good.

I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.

Robert, plain-spoken man that he was, made no attempt to gloss over the fact that her appearance was not up to her usual standards. "You look as if you've been attacked by dogs

You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.

The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.

All betrayal starts with betrayal of the self.

You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

Sometimes you think you know someone, but maybe it's impossible to really know everything about a person, even someone you love. Maybe good people—the very best people—are just better at keeping secrets.

and she would always love him, but deep down, they had nothing in common. She had to be honest.

I'm just trying to do my job. To help you look inward, be as self-aware as you can possibly be. Life is easier when you know yourself. When you can accept your past and your limitations and recognize your strengths and desires. When you really know who you are and what you want, and you don't try to be something you're not.

I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

You shouldn't ask questions when you know at heart you'd prefer not to hear the answers.

Directness often disguised as much as it revealed, and was a marvelous defense.

Trust. That was what this was all about. If you can't trust the one you love, you don't have anything.