Quotes About Honesty

Let your actions defend you, not your words.

I seek the truth," Shallan said. "Wherever it may be, whoever may hold it. That's who I am.

The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.

Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?" "I consider their disdain for her to be a recommendation," he said. "She is a heretic." "She refused to join any of the devotaries because she did not believe in their teachings. Rather than compromise for the sake of appearances, she has been honest and has refused to make professions she does not believe. I find that a sign of honor.

However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.

If you remove the foundation of trust from a relationship, then what is the point of that relationship?

You cannot tempt the hearts of men who are pure.

A boring truth will always have difficulty competing with an exciting lie.

I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?

Better to trust and be betrayed

Besides, it was beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.

Clubs spoke so bluntly . . . so callously. But that was Clubs. He wasn't even really a pessimist; he just said the things that he didn't think others wanted to acknowledge.

A man who speaks his mind is a man with mind to speak of.

Truth can never be defeated, Sarene. Even if people do forget about it occasionally.

But here's the thing. The lies we tell, the dreams we create, they're not real. We can't let them be real. This might be the hardest lesson you have to learn.

How easy it was to ignore a blackened heart if you dressed it in a pressed uniform and a reputation for honesty.

The truth is not a downer," Abraham said in his lightly accented voice. "The lies that you pretend to accept are the true downer.

The most important truths can always withstand a little examination.

praise should be honest, but it should never be withheld.

Physically inevitable or not, truth stands above all things. It is independent 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.

Maybe it doesn't matter what he thinks. It's hard to feel that, but I can say it. That feels like a different kind of lying. One that's not all untrue.

One man lying about is being idle; two men lying about is a lunch break.

There are some things you can't hide from, Vin. I know—I've tried." She

The kiss was yours, Dalinar,' she said idly, pulling open the door and entering his antechamber. 'You seduced me to it.' 'What? Seduced?' She glanced back at him. 'Dalinar, I've never been more open and honest in my life.' 'I know,' Dalinar said, smiling. 'That was the seductive part.