Honesty Quotes

I have learned that if you have something to say, say it regardless, no matter what the outcome is, it will serve you, eventually.

Am I too blunt? If the truth is too hard to swallow, should I feed you soft lies?

Truth speaks for itself if we’d just let it speak.

Optimism is like a firefly. A bright blaze of hope, unable to be captured.

That's how it's always been: I was always in the clear so long as I was truly guilty. But the minute my motives were honest someone would finger me.

Lies aren't true, so why would anyone tell them?

When you open yourself up to people, you show them where to put the knife in.

Such is the power of truth that even the slightest whisper of it can handily drown out the most boisterous of lies, which may explain why in many instances God only needs to whisper.

If teams had to name themselves honestly, they’d all be the Pimple-Faced Teenagers.

All the same, writing honestly is very difficult. The more I try to be honest, the farther my words sink into darkness.

What will a man gain by winning the whole world, at the cost of his true self?

Honesty is easier when you have no face and no real name. And honesty, for me, is very easy on paper.

It is praiseworth to be open and honest, but you must be very discriminating on where and with whom you apply that most sacred virtue.

Reflect who you truly are even when people try to tempt you to reflect the wrong image of yourself.

I want a world where hearts are not deceived and do not deceive others.

The rule is easy to understand.Be simple, honest & smart.

Tell the truth about any situation & you are delivered from lack of progress, but become hypocritical or lying, and you may be in bondage for life.

I resent being lied to because a lie doesn't only undermine the value of the truth, but it further denies the liar a fair chance for honesty.

Honesty is my true nature, but if people wants to use it that is their nature. - Abhinav Rajput

Be wary of smooth talkers. Words are rarely at your disposal if something is wholly, truly, completely true.

Look innocent. Have hope.” “Okay.” “And remember…” “What?” “Even O.J. Simpson was acquitted.

You cannot weave the truth from a string of lies

half truths equal whole lies

A partial truth is the most common path to an entire lie.

It's shameful for a devil to be good.

When someone apologizes to you, be sure you know whether they’re sorry, or just scared.

As far as I know, I'm the most honest person I’ve met in this life.

I have learned to accept the fact that I will make mistakes at nearly every turn, but that those mistakes can be softened if I am honest about who I am to my girls.

In a world in which everyone cheats, it's the honest man who passes for a charlatan.

When a man talks from the heart, in his moment of truth, he speaks poetry.

Next time someone tells you to smile for the camera, & you don’t feel like it—say no, thanks. Don’t fake your way into a happy-seeming life. Open vulnerable honesty is true positivity.

Secrets, like tyrants, have influence that extends far beyond their own thrones. To silence their oppressive powers, they must be uncrowned.

What is one common thing every one craves for? It is love... Love others unconditionally, honestly and truthfully. When you fill your being with love, you make yourself healthier and happier.

Just know that if you move forward with honesty, faith and love, everything will be alright.

Honesty is a quality Patrick likes. Give him a bitter pill if the situation demands it, but don't tell him it's chocolate.

When I’m at the bottom looking up, the main question may not be ‘how do I get out of this hole?’ In reality, the main question might be ‘how do I get rid of the shovel that I used to dig it?

Meanwhile 1st April to lie as if they were honest throughout the year.

A lie has no power, until you believe it.

Everything she sang was true. I will leave it to you as to whether the truth can exist with details omitted, or if those lacks make a lie of it.

I was just trying to be a friend, ' I said. 'But you weren’t, Charlie. At those times, you weren’t being his friend at all. Because you weren’t honest with him.

The man who believes that honesty is the best policy is not an honest man.

Thieves and liars kill indirectly, unintentionally, and with no other weapon than their tongues and malice.

Even if I am not the honestest type in the world I don't want to lie more than is average.

The author describes Lincoln's attitude in making a deal with a newspaper publisher as, "almost defiant transparency.

God doesn't always bring you the entire truth. He sometimes gives it to you in pieces, in order to learn. Regardless, it is the piece that you got today that will renew your faith for tomorrow.

You need one person who knows you... Just one person you can't fool, even when you fool yourself.

But that was the least of it. He knew the worst of her, and that was better.

Always be truthful. When you lie to others, you are really lying to yourself.

Brent never trusted anyone who couldn’t look him in the eye. It was a sign of dishonesty.

When I say Be Perfect - it means BE AUTHENTICALLY YOURSELF in expressing your feelings, without any external interference!