Quotes About Honesty

It takes people a while to trust you.

I have long made friends with the open sky-- Rough are its ways, but true.

The second reason I was angry about the breakup is that even though I knew our relationship wasn't going anywhere, I slept with him. Normally

deal. To be honest, I was getting a bit self-conscious about

Leadership requires you to live above board

I believe if something needs to be said, people should say it. Blunt doesn't stab as deep as being cut by a secret.

With honesty, what hurts at the moment won't hurt for a lifetime.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

It is important that you say what you mean to say. Time is too short. You must speak the words that matter.

She liked it that he didn't play games. She was sick and a half of being condescended to.

What he and I had made together was honest and important. But his orbit, like mine, lay elsewhere. We had been given a gift from the universe, a momentary precious conjunction. It was not meant to last, only to be valued and its lesson taken to heart.

Nakedness is nakedness. We all wanted comfort.

Power does not willingly give up its place to truth.

An honest conversation with anyone is a form of praying.

Things work out better when you're straight up.

But for those of us lucky to be alive there are some things that should be said face to face.

Because I couldn't trust anything, especially not myself. How could I be lying there next to him with these snakes of doubt worming around in my heart? It was not honest.

In this life, all we have is our savior and the honest word.

He took a moment, as if he were deciding which tack to go with. I think he chose honesty, but it's so hard to tell. And if you chose honesty as a strategy, is it still honesty?

When I say we do not

To put it simply: There was no bunk about Bogie. He was a man.

My worst is all out in the open. It makes it necessary for people to tell you about themselves.

I was saying the right things, but not the really true things.

It wasn't till they were on the bridge that Delly asked RB, "So, Ferris Boyd's your favorite?" She didn't mind, mostly. RB answered so fast, though, she knew he wasn't fibbing. "She's my favorite friend," he told her. "You're my favorite everything.