Quotes About Honesty

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of the truth than lies.

Convictions are the more dangerous enemy of truth than lies.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

I distrust all systematisers, and avoid them. The will to a system shows a lack of honesty.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

There aren't many honest men or women in Washington anymore. Politicians get where they are by the sheer force of their egos, not their convictions. And you know what? It's our fault as voters. We don't demand better candidates, so we end up getting what we deserve—on both sides of the aisle.

Real wisdom is the ability to understand the incredible extent to which you bullshit yourself every single moment of every day.

Sincerity in this case is not just honesty. It's something deeper than that. The word is used to indicate a state that is completely open and unaffected. It is us, as we truly are, without any attempt to disguise ourselves, even in the ways we usually disguise ourselves to ourselves.

You're going to lose your life anyway. It may be now. It may be decades from now. But at some point it's going to happen, and you have no idea when or how. So it's important to be true to yourself at every moment.

Blunders, no, only friendship binds us to honesty - attracting crypts of mushrooms in the wake of our snowboards.

The most endangered species The honest man Will still survive annihilation Forming a world State of integrity Sensitive, open and strong

The highest form of medicine is the simplest and most honest activation of the placebo effect via self-induction.

I have an open-door policy when it comes to blame.

Will you ever own up to

A lie twice believed is self-deceived.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

The only time you seem honest is when you're insulting someone!" "The only honest things I can say to you are insults.

This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth.

What would you think if I told you that I wasn't an Allomancer?" Sazed asked. "I'd think that you were lying," Vin said. "Have you known me to lie before?" "The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.

In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

One cannot seperate truth from actions...Physically inevitable or not, truth stands above all things. It is independant of who has the best army, who can deliver the longest sermons, or even who has the most priests. It can be pushed down, but it will always surface. Truth is the one thing you can never intimidate.

Don't worry that you aren't giving people what they want. Give them who you are, and let that be enough.