Honesty Quotes

Do you like Rhiannon more than me? ... They're two completely different concepts. When a girl asks you a question like that, there's no way you can be honest. They say they want you to be honest, but then they get all upset when you are. You can't win. There's no way to win. There are questions you just can't answer without manipulating the truth.

~ Susane Colasanti

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

~ Criss Jami

After awhile you realize that putting your actions where your mouth is makes you less likely to have to put your money where your mouth is.

~ Criss Jami

Being honest in a relationship is at times exceedingly difficult and painful. Yet the moment a person evades the truth, central fibers of the self pull away and the person initiates a process of deception - a way of manipulating the other person by preventing the person from discovering real thoughts and real feelings

~ Clark Mustakas

The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw truth, wants your suffering and darkness on the table, revels in a cutting mind that takes no prisoners...

~ Natalie Goldberg

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

~ William O. Douglas

You have to be transparent so you no longer cast a shadow but instead let the light pass through you.

~ Kamand Kojouri

Be honest. This applies to every area of your life. Sketchiness is not an attractive trait. No more trying to cover up your baggage, sweeping things under the rug, withholding truth, blatant lying, or even telling seemingly ‘harmless’ white lies or half-truths – release the need to lie completely! Start NOW.

~ Alaric Hutchinson

Claiming to love self, but willingly default to cheating at the first sign of trouble is nothing short of playing yourself. Your ego may feel avenged - temporarily - but your heart and soul, the true self, will suffer the long term affects of karma's justifiable sting.

~ T.f. Hodge

You never know who you're inspiring or uninspiring. People notice more than you think.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Truth is worse than soap in the eyes.

~ Suzanne Palmieri

Tell the truth no matter who it hurts.

~ Zarina Bibi

See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ... is the one fundamental treason which the scholar's mind must not allow is the bond uniting all the Oxford people in the last resort.

~ Dorothy L. Sayers

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.

~ Wally Lamb

Deep layers of context are missed when cursorily reading for quantity at the expense of comprehension - only the vapid are impressed by those who try to squeeze as many books as possible into each passing month as if shoving one more oiled hot dog down the gullet in a food eating contest to prove accumulation superiority.

~ Wil Zeus

Cressida: My lord, will you be true?Troilus: Who, I? Alas, it is my vice, my fault:Whiles others fish with craft for great opinion,I with great truth catch mere simplicity;Whilst some with cunning gild their copper crowns,With truth and plainness I do wear mine bare.Fear not my truth: the moral of my witIs plain and true; there's all the reach of it.

~ William Shakespeare

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.

~ William Faulkner

In simplicity there is truth.

~ River Phoenix

I continue to marvel at the reluctancy of people to look into the mirror and see all the darkness that's within them: all the deceit, the dishonesty, the insincerity, the lack, the need, the want, the lies...they would rather look upon the mural of themselves that they've painted on the wall, and stare at that inanimate portrait of beauty, all the while telling themselves that it is the mirror image of them! This is a falsity, this is unreal! It is only when you turn to the unveiled mirror and bravely face your light and your darkness at once, that you will be able to see the true image of you! How can you pull the thorns from your skin if you are too afraid to open your eyes and look at them? You must open your eyes first, look at the thorns where they are piercing your flesh, and only then can you pull them out!

~ C. Joybell C.

Who would appreciate such candor? No one. None of us really likes honesty. We prefer deception –but only when it is unabashedly flattering or artfully camouflaged. Groups seem to need to believe that they are superior to others and that they have a purpose greater than just passing along their genes to the next generation. Individuals seem to need similar delusions – about who they are and why they do what they do. They need heroes, however fraudulent… Studies show that people are more likely to accept the opinion of a confident con man than the cautious view of someone who actually knows what he is talking about. And professionals who form overconfident opinions on the basis of incorrect readings of the facts are more likely to succeed than their more competent peers who display greater doubt.What’s more, deception works best, according to studies by psychologists, when the person doing the deceiving is fool enough to be deceived, too; that is, when he believes his own lies. That is why incompetent leaders – who are naïve enough to fall for their own guff – are such a danger to civilized life. If they are modern leaders, they must also delude themselves into thinking they know how to make the world a better place. Invariably, the answers they propose to problems are ones that bubble up from their own vanity, the essence of which is to make the rest of the world look just like them!

~ William Bonner

Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.

~ Francis Of Assisi

Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen.

~ Gary Hopkins

The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his own corruption.

~ Criss Jami

I craved to make my faith as real as possible, which meant being recklessly honest in His presence.

~ Natalie Brenner

Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom.

~ Thomas Jefferson

It is not until you change your identity to match your life blueprint that you will understand why everything in the past never worked.

~ Shannon L. Alder

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W.

~ Bill W.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaA fool:,A man trying to be honest with the dishonest.

~ Idries Shah

Never rebel for the sake of rebelling, but always rebel for the sake of truth.

~ Criss Jami

Battles like that . . .” My voice lowered. “They look like they come down to one person or one action in one big, flashy moment, but they don’t. Major victories come in inches. Each action, each sacrifice, every small act of defiance adds up..

~ Kaitlin Bevis

Be humble: have the courage to speak the truth.

~ Ken Poirot

I am a broken person. And I know exactly where my cracks are and how deep they run. I don't pretend to not be a broken person and therein lies the big difference. Because the truth is, we are all broken in places, but it is those who know exactly where and how they are broken, who also know exactly where and how they are whole! And we may not be whole in all places and in all ways, but we take whatever wholeness that we do have, and we make good of it. And we try hard to work on the broken parts, and we ask for help when we need it.

~ C. Joybell C.

We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.

~ Roy Bennett

Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody's watching, doing as you say you would do.

~ Roy Bennett

Some people think they can find satisfaction in good food, fine clothes, lively music, and sexual pleasure. However, when they have all these things, they are not satisfied. They realize happiness is not simply having their material needs met. Thus, society has set up a system of rewards that go beyond material goods. These include titles, social recognition, status, and political power, all wrapped up in a package called self-fulfillment. Attracted by these prizes and goaded on by social pressure, people spend their short lives tiring body and mind to chase after these goals. Perhaps this gives them the feeling that they have achieved something in their lives, but in reality they have sacrificed a lot in life. They can no longer see, hear, act, feel, or think from their hearts. Everything they do is dictated by whether it can get them social gains. In the end, they've spent their lives following other people's demands and never lived a life of their own. How different is this from the life of a slave or a prisoner?

~ Liezi

Separate yourself from those who hinder your vision. Make a choice to walk away from the trap set to ensnare you. Realize when someone is pulling you backwards every time you take a step forward. Separate from them and the result of your action will be a life of success.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Both things are invisible But we Both are aware I colored my self in your fragranceAnd you colored your hands in my BLOOD

~ Mohammed Zaki Ansari

When God takes out the trash, don't go digging back through it. Trust Him.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

No matter what happened, he was Dex and I was Perry and that combination only led to trouble.

~ Karina Halle

But do we know how to make love stay?'I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day by day.

~ Tom Robbins