Quotes About Honesty

A child's instincts are often the most honest.

In her business, there were many who laughed at honest men, calling them easy pickings. That was a fallacy. Being honest did not make one naive. A dishonest fool and an honest fool were equally easy to scam; you just went about it in different ways. However, a man who was honest and clever was always, always more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever.

I'm always truthful as well. So full of truth, in fact, that sometimes it squeezes the lies right out my lips. There isn't a place for them inside, you see.

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.

That girl never did have the decency to be wrong an appropriate amount of the time.

Dime la verdad —pidió Adolin—. Júramelo, Kaladin. Dime que esta noche deberíamos dejarte solo. Quiero que me lo jures.

It was a brutal truth. The best truths, however, were simple.

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.

Be slow to trust a man with clothing that was too new. You didn't get to wear new, clean clothing by doing honest work.

I tried my best to hide this , the Stormfather said. "So we could continue living a lie?" It is, in my experience, the thing men do best.

Well, I like sincere people," Shallan said, raising her cup. "It's delightful how surprised they look when you push them down the stairs.

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

I complain because I can be unguarded with you.

It becomes the responsibility of every man, upon realizing he lacks the truth, to seek it out. —From The Way of Kings, postscript

But never try to be who you aren't; you don't have nearly enough practice to pull it off.

She didn't open up to me until I gave her my honest face." "Your honest face doesn't have to be that of a killer, Dalinar." Dalinar and Navani

People suffered when the truth became a commodity to be speculated upon.

It was a powerful man indeed who could mix integrity with savvy.

A good man, I don´t think I´ve ever known one of those before

Now see, why must people be like this? If you have something to say, why not simply say it?

Then we shall do an evaluation. Answer truthfully an do not exaggerate, as I will soon discover your lies. Feign no false modesty, either. I haven't the patience for a simperer.

Then we shall do an evaluation. Answer truthfully and do not exaggerate, as I will soon discover your lies. Feign no false modesty, either. I haven't the patience for a simperer.

no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

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