Honesty Quotes - Page 6

I'm glad she's not faking affection. It's more honest than what her husband is doing, at least. Dislike is an emotion I can respect.

Amy Engel

Deep love is no inusual nowadays. It's just for a few brave those understand it's an everydat's journey, fed it with respect, honesty, faith and lots of laugh.

SoyLaAzu

The great man will come when all of us are feeling great, not when all of us are feeling small. He will ride in at some splendid moment when we all feel that we could do without him."We are then able to answer in some manner the question, "Why have we no great men?" We have no great men chiefly because we are always looking for them. We are connoisseurs of greatness, and connoisseurs can never be great; we are fastidious, that is, we are small."When Diogenes went about with a lantern looking for an honest man, I am afraid he had very little time to be honest himself And when anybody goes about on his hands and knees looking for a great man to worship, he is making sure that one man at any rate shall not be great."Now, the error of Diogenes is evident. The error of Diogenes lay in the fact that he omitted to notice that every man is both an honest man and a dishonest man. Diogenes looked for his honest man inside every crypt and cavern; but he never thought of looking inside the thief.

G.K. Chesterton

I scrutinized his face for honesty and then looked away. He was either a lunatic, a really good liar, or he was actually telling the truth.

Amy Astorga

She'd never tolerated deception regarding her strong opinions--that much was true. But wasn't it also true that when it came to trying to please in matters that weren't crucial to her, that didn't compromise her sense of things, she had been dishonest?

Natalia Sanmartín Fenollera

No matter how unattractive your job is, once you are earning with honesty and dignity you need not care what people think of you in your work uniform.

moolesh.k.dindoyal

I will blame no enemy that is a good man, nor yet praise a friend that is bad

Theognis

You can make the world beautiful just by refusing to lie about it.

pleasefindthis

Dad?""What?" A small bird rises from a tree in front of us."What should I be when I grow up?"The bird disappears over a far ridge. I don't know what to say. "Honest," I finally say.

Robert M. Pirsig

Hollow Horn Bear knew that to be leader and adviser of his people he must be honest and reliable, and that his word once given in promise must never be taken back. He knew that he must be a man of will-power, standing for the right no matter what happened to him personally; that he must have strength of purpose, allowing no influence to turn him from doing what was best for the tribe. He must be willing to serve his people without thought of pay. He must be utterly unselfish and kind-hearted to the old and poor and stand ready to give to those in need. Above all, he must be unafraid to deal equal justice to all.

Luther Standing Bear

Never hesitate to tell the truth as you see it.

Marty Rubin

The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.

Carla H. Krueger

Clare's been called a lot of things- smart and funny, driven and talented- but memorable certainly isn't one of them. The most important things about her- the ones she's most proud of- are apparent only once you get to know her.

Jennifer E. Smith

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaTruthful man:He who is, secretly, regarded by everyone as an enemy.

Idries Shah

But for her there was no possibility of a clear conscience, merely the weak absolution of honesty, of confession.She could not buy into the cycle of sin and penance. She would always remember what she had done, and it would always sting. She would not be washed clean.

Sonja Yoerg

Sometimes you don't let us talk about how we're feeling. If we feel scared, you say, 'Nothing to worry about, guys,' but that doesn't make it go away. It makes it grow.

Melina Marchetta

A lot of lip service gets paid to being honest, but no one really wants to hear it unless what's being said is the party line.

Colin Quinn

It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable, honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world, but it is very possible to know how it has touched one's self in going by, and I know right well that any good that intermixed itself with my apprenticeship came of plain contented Joe, and not of restlessly aspiring discontented me.

Charles Dickens

Relationships like this are built on honesty and trust. If you don't trust me-trust me to know how I'm affecting you, how far I can go with you, how far I can take you-if you can't be honest with me, then we really can't do this.

E.L. James

The thing you do with a boy it is to show him all the to show. Don't hold nothing back.

Flannery O'Connor

Adopting the language of a pretense only serves to ease participation in it.

Bartok

Wear your heart on your sleeve. Write about what you think and feel. And share it with your friends.

Fennel Hudson

Confessions are meant to reveal universal truths through specific examples.

Yishai Schwartz

It is not important what would you do for your love, what matters is what have you been doing for it.

M.F. Moonzajer

He only knows a single thing to clasp, that like God can't be split up into pieces: our honesty to one another.

Bryn Hammond

I grew up on magical stories that had me looking around corners for something magical for years. But this isn't just saying a spell or waving a wand. There isn't one evil person leading an army, but a whole other world that wants to invade us with other beings from other realms. And there are only six mages, not an entire hidden subculture to turn to. It just hasn't been what I imagined and I suck at it." –Alex Adams

J.M. Briggs

How often in our lives have we withheld the truth from someone we’re supposed to love? We justify it by telling ourselves we’re doing them some kindness, when in reality, we’re just being selfish. We don’t want them to know the truth because if they did, well, they might not love us anymore. How many of us have ever felt that no one would love us if they knew the real us? Love bears all things, the Bible tells us. The truth is, everyone who really loves you can bear the real you.

Erin O'Riordan

Who taught you how to discern the Truth? Was it a big liar or a little liar or no liar at all? We cannot expect honesty from those we deal with if we don’t even know how to tell when we’re being lied to.

A. Antares

Sincerity is not part of the political vocabulary. If it is used or implied bells should ring

Bangambiki Habyarimana

One of the secrets a nation can unlock to have material wealth is, having a leader who will take an uncompromising stand to establish truth and honesty as a rule of building the nation

Sunday Adelaja

The adult author finds that by inadvertently violating the school's alcohol policy, she breaks down some part of the barrier between her and the younger students who are subject to more rules.

Rebekah Nathan

Don't thank me for telling the truth when it would have been mercy to lie to you.

Marissa Meyer

In a nutshell, I am not unaware of my failings. Neither am I a stranger to irony.

Mordecai Richler

From what I’d witnessed, honesty didn’t really make anyone happy. The truth was a punch to the gut, and while you were falling, a knee to the face, then you could lie on the floor and bleed for a spell.

Tanya Thompson

Stolen pleasures are always more thrilling than those come by honestly.

Ann Leary

This is not about jealousy. It's all about loyalty, honesty and respect.

Pravinee Hurbungs

Lies can't grow. Once plucked they can only wither. But every truth, once planted, grows into a tall, noble tree.

Stefan Emunds

But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit.

Mordecai Richler

Oh, yes he does. He's a scientist, and they know everything. Religion is crap," declared Listen."You're the most obnoxious little brat I've ever met.""Both of you be quiet,

Nancy Farmer

Nations, like men, are wary of truth, for truth is too often not beautiful.

Addison Gayle Jr.

If a ruler who wants to act honourably is surrounded by unscrupulous men, his downfall is inevitable.

C.J. Sansom

To receive the compliments of being a good writer really annoys me, as this has been my perception that a writer as such has no value, it is the readers who invest their thought process, give life to dead words, coupled with their own imagination, thus syncing the content to their tastes and sensibilities, that matter.

Ramana Pemmaraju

I think I sense a tone of honesty, if honesty exists in this world.

Emilyann Girdner

There is a possibility of economic growth through honesty and truth.

Sunday Adelaja

One of the greatest indicators of how much truth and honesty is in a country, is easily seen by observing how people drive around the city. What is their attitude to the rules of road safety? What is their attitude towards other commuters? Do they try to beat the system by all means? Do they try to get their way by hook or by crook, or they follow the rules? That is also part of corruption!

Sunday Adelaja

Economic and financial conversion is actually attainable, thanks to this principle of truth and honesty.

Sunday Adelaja

I believe that without strict enforcement of penalties for any offence violating the principles of truth and honesty, Nigeria and Africa will not be able to move from our present state of underdevelopment into civilization.

Sunday Adelaja

Honesty is a very choosy virtue

Bangambiki Habyarimana

True development only comes when the principles of truth and honesty have been successfully transmitted into the daily and everyday lifestyle of the people.

Sunday Adelaja

The key challenge facing us today is to successfully transmit into daily and everyday lifestyle the principle of truth and honesty.

Sunday Adelaja

If you see any country that is advanced and developed today, it is because that society is fundamentally based on principles of truth and honesty.

Sunday Adelaja

Why do women use make-up? They know the world is a make-up

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Truth is a fundamental principle that is needed for any form of building or construction. So also is honesty.

Sunday Adelaja

Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn’t divide easily into ‘true’ and ‘false’, but instead could be ‘things that people needed to know at the moment’ and ‘things that they didn’t need to know at the moment’.

Terry Pratchett

Being the soothsayer of the tribe is a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

Anthon St. Maarten

I’m a liar, but an honest one. People reproach me for not always telling the same story in the same way. But this happens because I’ve invented the whole tale from the start and it seems boring to me and unkind to other people to repeat myself.

Federico Fellini

Vulnerability brings honesty. We become most honest with ourselves when we are faced with real fear around a situation or an outcome. Yet many still stay in their comfort zone, listening to their own excuses and lies.

Tony Curl

Truth was a nasty bitch sometimes.

Stacey Marie Brown

National transformation is also attainable through the simple principle of Truth and Honesty

Sunday Adelaja

Honestly speaking honesty can sometimes land you in hot waters

Bangambiki Habyarimana

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