Many people will not be honest because they fear loss of intimacy and togetherness. In reality, honesty brings people closer together, for it will strengthen their identities. The more you realize your separate identities, the closer you can become. Telling loved ones what is really on your mind and telling others what you really think is the foundation of love.
~ Henry Cloud
Even the richest of brands are robbed by poor character.
~ Criss Jami
Except for in politics, no one likes to follow an idea without a firm base to walk on
~ Alexander Schastak
Evil is abstract but existent. It's a negativity: untruth, dishonesty, abuse of trust. Evil, for us, isn't in-built - into people, into the cosmic scheme, but is a violation.
~ Bryn Hammond
None of the shades of blue can paint the character of few men.
~ Pavitraa Parthasarathy
Find one person to trust—there need only be one. With them, share every shame, every secret and listen to theirs… with love. Bare hearts and souls until there is understanding. Of a certainty, such honest exposure is the first step toward happiness. — André Chevalier
~ Nikki Sex
Respect is earned, Honesty is appreciated. Trust is gained. Loyalty is returned.
~ Auliq Ice
Love should not cause suffocation and death if it is truly love. Don't bundle someone into an uncomfortable cage just because you want to ensure their safety in your life. The bird knows where it belongs, and will never fly to a wrong nest.
~ Michael Bassey Johnson
We would not be who we are today if it had not been for the lives that we have lived.
~ Desmond Bournon
I may not know what is in store for me. However, I always know how I prefer to respond to my circumstances whatever they may be.
~ Raphael Zernoff
I love you. That never changed eversince that day you walked right in front of me.
~ Marge Baylin
Tell him everything, it is best. He will forgive you.
~ Thomas Hardy
You can never right an intentional wrong.
~ Anoved Sivad
This love of money is the curse of American, and for the sake of it men will sell honor and honesty, till we don't know whom to trust, and it is only a genius like Agassiz who dares to say, 'I cannot waste my time in getting rich,' said Mrs. Jessie sadly.
~ Louisa May Alcott
But don't you see, I say, I don't care. I don't care what you've done or how bad you are. Edward, we belong together. We both know it. Now I know your worst secrets and you know mine. Isn't that what you've always wanted? For us to be completely honest with each other?
~ J.p. Delaney
After all, no relationship could function or survive under the burden of total honesty.
~ John Connolly
Honesty is one of the key elements to a great relationship. If you cannot be honest with your partner, stay single.
~ Kemi Sogunle
Most people can’t seem to see the relationship between truth, honesty and national development.
~ Sunday Adelaja
If it’s convenient to love you, you’re lying to someone about who you are or what you need.
~ Agnostic Zetetic
You cannot enjoy true love in relationship if you don't add honest flavours to it. You can genuinely maintain what you can sincerely entertain!
~ Israelmore Ayivor
Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship.
Dont Abuse The Fact That Nobody Is Perfect For Your Over Imperfection.
~ Cyc Jouzy
Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once the choice has been made to be honest, then the next step on love's path is communication.
~ Bell Hooks
Honesty is not always the bestpolicy when it hurts theperson you care about themost and pushes them away.
~ Alison G. Bailey
Often the truth is in front of your face, but your eyes and heart are so full of lies that you can't see it.
~ Shannon L. Alder
Always there is a bitch lies in every virgin heart, and a virgin always lies in the heart of a bitch. To be honest, there cannot ever be anyone who is one-man or one-woman human, in action or may be in thought!
~ Argha
I have only known two men's souls in my life, one the devil, the other the the bird's wings which picked me up and carried me back to the freedom of being.
~ Wendy Gibbins
The way to transmute the pain of life is to reveal the wounded side of things, evil, even, and then place the wound inside of sacred space. The Bible is about naming, facing, and then forgiving the wounds of history.
~ Richard Rohr
No matter what you say, or how much you talk, someone isn’t really forgiven until you can stand beside them without wanting to slap them in the face.
~ Alan Heathcock
My life's an open book. Some of the pages are a little ripped, but it's open.
~ Tim Lahaye
We all practice self-deception to a degree; no man can handle complete honesty without being cut at each turn. There's not enough room in a man's head for sanity alongside each grief, each worry, each terror that he owns. I’m well used to burying such things in a dark cellar and moving on.
~ Mark Lawrence
True sorrows do not pass like clouds or inclement weather...Sorrows are absorbed over time, and you reshape yourself around them. How you absorb them makes you what you are for good or ill. I think the only true and right way is to take our sorrows into us bravely and wholly, knowing they will hurt, and accepting that sometimes pain is unavoidable. It is when grief is suppressed or hidden that it does harm
~ Isobelle Carmody
Don't allow anyone to hold you back from expressing your feelings. Maybe you just can't stand a chance of losing some friends, but if you must be truly you, you must be you! Nothing else!
When you meet a person as good-hearted as a child, don't ever be selfish, just give them your best and you will become great friends.
~ Diana Jaber
For rock solid friendship, never lie to your friends.
~ Saru Singhal
You should have seen him,” she said. “A real ladies’ man. Stuff in his hair. Dark glasses. Fancy shoes. He had no idea how funny he looked. I much prefer men with ordinary shoes and honest trousers.
~ Alexander Mccall Smith
Look here,” said Will. “When a man comes to me for advice about an idea, I know he doesn’twant advice. He wants me to agree with him. And if I want to keep his friendship I tell him his idea isfine and go ahead. But I like you and you’re a friend of my family, so I’m going to stick my neck out.
~ John Steinbeck
The measure of a man is determined by how he responds to the truth of God.
~ Dr. J. Otis Yoder
When words don’t add up in love, it is because of six possible reasons: 1. They are afraid to tell you the truth because you will leave them. 2. They enjoy being a liar or playing people because of ego reasons and/or control. 3. They don’t know the truth themselves. 4. They are undecided. 5. They refuse to let their guard down and be vulnerable because you or someone else have hurt them tremendously. 6. You are not being told all the information because of a break down in communication.
Why is it honesty when a man speaks his mind and madness when a woman does?
~ Sharon Kay Penman
