Quotes About Honesty

We all have the innate ability to recognize flaws and weaknesses in others. It takes much greater courage, however, to recognize the same flaws in ourselves.

Some lies are easier to believe than the truth. —Orange Catholic Bible

Our Abbey is a place of friendship. Anyone, young or old, who has read or heard of Redwall may come and visit us. If you are honest and of good heart, no matter what the season our door is open to you. Whether for the first time, or for the return of an old companion, you are welcome. Please feel free to visit us anytime you pass by this way.

Regardless of sex, everyone loses something in a war... but the first casualty is always the truth.

I thought so. Those who can really do what they promise don't first pause to promise what they can do

in the beginning, love is mostly about lying to each other.

Truthfulness is the main element of character.

You will have many ups and downs in life, but what is most important is that you remain "true to yourself." Then, as Shakespeare said, "thou can'st not then be false to any man.

In almost any situation a client can ask me what to do and I can answer with "Be yourself. Tell the truth. The people who accept your truth are your people. The people who don't accept your truth aren't your people and that is OK." I

I had to let myself show, warts and all.

But lies have a life of their own and are harder to kill than either men or unicorns.

There seems no way out. I thought, everybody is always angry about the truth even though they claim to believe in it.

Only liars manage always to be out of the market during bad times and in during good times.

Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness.

Every no I say is a yes to myself. It feels right to me. People don't have to guess what I want or don't want, and I don't need to pretend. When you're honest about your yeses and noes, it's easy to live a kind life. People come and go in my life when I tell the truth, and they would come and go if I didn't tell the truth. I have nothing to gain one way, and everything to gain the other way. I don't leave myself guessing or guilty.

The void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation.

I never expected to be happy, to have a sense of belonging somewhere. I didn't grow up with a sense that this was possible or even desirable. I'm quite sure my parents didn't either, so I come by this honestly.

I marvelled at her capabilities as a mother - naturally empathic but no pushover, funny and generous, frank about her own limitations and the challenges of parenting, loving and affectionate but unsentimental - absolutely solid in her role.

It was the first honest emotional connection I'd had in a while. So I immediately panicked and had to leave.

No matter what you think you can be, when you're forced to stop and look at where you actually are, it's pretty depressing. Sometimes, there is no escaping the truth

We hate guys who date more than one woman at a time. I've always believed that what's unacceptable in one sex should, by definition, be unacceptable in the other.

When you live a lie, you damage the soul.

You must always be yourself, no matter what the price. It is the highest form of morality.

while honesty is a good thing, lying is occasionally necessary in order to protect people.