Honesty Quotes

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

~ Clifford Cohen

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

~ Pat R

Those who make uncritical observations or fraudulent claims lead us into error and deflect us from the major human goal of understanding how the world works. It is for this reason that playing fast and loose with the truth is a very serious matter.

~ Carl Sagan

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.

~ Liane Holliday Willey

The more honest you are, the more open, the less fear you will have, because there's no anxiety about being exposed or revealed to others.

~ Dalai Lama Xiv

Truth is such a rare thing it is delightful to tell it

~ Emily Dickinson

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

~ André Gide

Love is being able to talk to someone else without effort, without hiding, and at the same time to feel absolutely comfortable not saying a word. At least that's one way I've figured out hot to describe love.

~ Viet Thanh Nguyen

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

~ Ray Bradbury

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.

~ Waylon H. Lewis

Take this wine glass for example. If I had poured milk into it and told you it was wine, would you be upset when you took the first sip, expecting the bite of fermented grapes and getting milk instead?”“I like milk.”Everett fought a smile. “I do too. But I also like to know what’s coming. It all boils down to control.

~ Whitney Barbetti

I am. I’m rude because I don’t conform to society’s standards that white lies are inconsequential. I don’t believe in hiding behind words that aren’t truthful. I’m an impatient man. I don’t beat around the bush. If you ask me something, I won’t lie to you.

~ Whitney Barbetti

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

~ Ina Catrinescu

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.

~ Sanchita Pandey

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

~ Brownell Landrum

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

~ Leta Blake

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?

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

The essence of true love is mutual recognition-two individuals seeing each other as they really are. We all know that the usual approach is to meet someone we like and put our best self forward, or even at times a false self, one we believe will be more appealing to the person we want to attract. When our real self appears in its entirety, when the good behavior becomes too much to maintain or the masks are taken away, disappointment comes. All too often individuals feel, after the fact-when feelings are hurt and hearts are broken-that it was a case of mistaken identity, that the loved one is a stranger. They saw what they wanted to see rather than what was really there.

~ Bell Hooks

A spiritual relationship is not necessarily one in which two people are smiling all the time.  Spiritual means to be above all else, authentic.  Real work can only occur in the presence of rigorous honesty  We all long for that, but we're afraid of communicating honestly with another person because we think they'll leave us if they see who we really are.

~ Marianne Williamson

We get along like a house on fire these days.

~ Rebecca Mcnutt

We must return to the first question of philosophy: Do we want the truth?We indict others when they ignore it or twist it to their own agendas. But do we honestly want the truth above all else, even when the truth will cost us, even when we must reverse our stance and run the risk of others' derision? Are we willing to radically change our lives in order to pursue it? Are we willing to change, to let go of lifelong, cherished, character-bound beliefs? Are we willing to pay?

~ Daniel Ionson

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

~ Nabil Toussi

She felt that “truthful” and “honest” were two very different concepts. She could truthfully say that she hadn’t eaten Roselyn’s Chinese leftovers, but that wasn’t honest because it omitted that Eliot did and that Shane did not object.

~ Thomm Quackenbush

My life of sin among people I’m sure he thinks are deviants is happier and more honest that his oppressive, sexist cesspool.

~ Thomm Quackenbush

All a man can betray is his conscience.

~ Joseph Conrad

A lie has no power, until you believe it.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Truth is like a bright full moon in a dark country sky. Powerful, bright and undeniable. Lies are like clouds that continually try to cover that moon. Sometimes they might be able to cover the moon, but only temporarily. The truth will always outshine the clouds.

~ Alex Haditaghi

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.

~ Robin Hobb

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.

~ Stephen Chbosky

So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. And I'm going to figure out what that is. But right now I'm here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.

~ Stephen Chbosky

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

~ A.e.h. Veenman

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

~ Saul Bellow

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

~ Harold Holzer

Soup’s here,” Judd finally said after we watched each other for a few minutes. As I sipped the broth, Judd pretended to ignore me. I knew he wasn’t really watching television. His face was too perfectly stoic like he was working hard to make himself seem cold. “Do you want the rest?” I asked. Judd frowned at me. “If I wanted soup, I’d have ordered myself some. I’m not a dog begging for scraps.” Scowling at his ridiculous anger, I shrugged. “I don’t want to waste the rest. Can we put it in the mini fridge and I’ll eat it in the morning?” Judd’s frown eased. “Fuck it. I’ll eat it.” “No, it’s mine,” I said, standing up. “I offered and you got grumpy. Now, you can’t have it.” “I’ll just eat it after you go to sleep.” “I respect your honesty,” I said, setting the bowl into the little fridge next to the expensive treats. “It’s a rare quality in a thief.” Judd grinned.

~ Bijou Hunter

Honesty is to truth as prow is to stern. Honesty appears first and truth appears last. The interval between varies in direct proportion to the size of ship. With anything of size, truth takes a long time in coming. Sometimes it only manifests itself posthumously.

~ Haruki Murakami

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Rebecca Scherm

All that day she felt as if she were acting in a theatre with better actors than herself, and that her bad performance was spoiling the whole affair.

~ Leo Tolstoy

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

~ Rebecca Scherm

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

~ Batya Maman Sabag