Honesty Quotes

Yoko Ono

Each time we don't say what we wanna say, we're dying.

Victor Hugo

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.. Victor Hugo
It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.

Kiki Archer

always tell the truth and you'll never have to remember your words.

Jess C. Scott

When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and
When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.

Jess C. Scott

Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long. Good things
Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long.

Good things come to those who wait.

Jess C. Scott

A fit, healthy body - that is the best fashion statement. Jess C. Scott
A fit, healthy body - that is the best fashion statement

Susan Polis Schutz

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.

Jess C. Scott

I felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?

Jess C. Scott

V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care
V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love.

Jess C. Scott

Last night I was seriously considering whether I was a bisexual or not but I don’t think so though I’m not sure if I’d like to be and argh I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that, if you like a person, you like the person, not their genitals.

Jess C. Scott

My head’ll explode if I continue with this escapism.

Jess C. Scott

Maybe you could be mine / or maybe we’ll be entwined / aimless in this sexless foreplay.

Jess C. Scott

The human body is the best work of art.. Jess C. Scott
The human body is the best work of art.

Jess C. Scott

Please, touch me, I pray.

Ernest Hemingway

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

Peter Kreeft

One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.

Walter Scott

Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.

Virginia Woolf

If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people..
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.

George R.R. Martin

Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.. George R.R. Martin
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.

George Washington

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Mahatma Gandhi

Truth never damages a cause that is just.. Mahatma Gandhi
Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Jane Austen

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken.

Abraham Lincoln

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to
succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

Albert Camus

Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.. Albert Camus
Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.

Laurie Halse Anderson

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

Czesław Miłosz

In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot.

Myra McEntire

Most of what I say is complete truth. My edit button is broken.

Rachel Maddow

The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them.

Laurell K. Hamilton

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

Muriel Rukeyser

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?
The world would split open.

Jess C. Scott

I was flipping channels, watching this cheerleading program on MTV. They took a field hockey girl and “transformed” her into a cheerleader by the end of the show. I was just wondering: what if she liked field hockey better?

David Rovics

They'll say you are bad
or perhaps you are mad
or at least you
should stay undercover.
Your mind must be bare
if you would dare
to think you can love
more than one lover.

Michael Bassey Johnson

I can cross the boundless ocean just to save you, I cannot eat or sleep without
I can cross the boundless ocean just to save you, I cannot eat or sleep without you, I can take you on a journey to heaven and show you to the angels. All these are fake and absurd promises; Be sincere, walk up to your lover and say, honestly, darling, i can only do the best i can for you.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

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

Ram Mohan

Good and bad, right and wrong, truth and deception, it all depends on your state of mind.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

If someone doesn't care to accept you, respect you, believe in you, don't hesitate to move on and let them go. There are many who love and appreciate you just the way you are.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Follow the path that leads to understanding. Only then, will you illuminate the way for others. Once you open your mind and gain knowledge, truth, you'll leave the darkness and enter into the light of wisdom.

Roman Payne

When I touched her body,
I believed she was God.
In the curves of her form
I found the birth of Man,
the creation of the world,
and the origin of all life.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Thoughts guide you everyday. They become your choices. If you're not happy with your life, change your thoughts. Think more positive.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Happiness gives you the freedom to enhance your ability to achieve success. Your choices in life are a direct reflection of your level of happiness. It's the sunshine for your soul that you need in order to grow

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

I Love You! Three words that mean nothing if not followed through with actions. It seems to be more relevant in the terms of showing verses saying. Anyone can say it, because there are different kinds of love. But, few are willing to actually show it. Saying is one thing. Living proof is another.

Franz Kafka

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Oscar Wilde

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

Ulysses S. Grant

I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly

Ernest Hemingway

The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Consider your actions and words. Be thoughtful when expressing your feelings or concerns. Sometimes it's not what you say, but the way you say it. That makes all the difference

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

People lack morals, good moral character is important in every aspect of your life. Honesty and
People lack morals, good moral character is important in every aspect of your life. Honesty and Integrity opens the door. Your character allows others to see you for who you truly are. Make your first impression a lasting impression. Ironically it may be your last impression

Michael Bassey Johnson

If anyone doesn't agree with you, the truth is on your side.. Michael Bassey Johnson
If anyone doesn't agree with you, the truth is on your side.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

No matter how hard you try, there are times when things just don't go as planned. And, it's not because you are doing something wrong. It is because the thing you are after is not designed for you. It is not a part of your destiny.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Time doesn't conceal anything, it tells the future what you did in the past, so prepare
Time doesn't conceal anything, it tells the future what you did in the past, so prepare well in order to score extra marks.

Agnostic Zetetic

We’re not broken. We’re not in the wrong bodies. We’re not inadequate. We’re not lesser. We’re not unwanted. We’re not fraudulent. We’re not undesirable. That’s all just a set of lies we tell to soothe the experience of the prisons we put ourselves in.

Ram Mohan

Everyone is honest in their own right.. people begin to lie only when they are compelled to do it for others.

Alan Sheinwald

The definition of a professional is one who does a job well even when they don't like it.

Isabella Poretsis

Just because someone says it is so doesn't mean it is.

Amit Kalantri

You should praise, criticize and flirt with people right to their face, only then it will make a difference.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Talking is great, but don't ignore the value of listening. Pay attention to the words being spoken. Some people just love the sound of their own voice. And, when another person speaks, they are only anticipating to compete, challenge, or question what is being said. You can miss out on some important wisdom always running your mouth.

Tim Fargo

Happiness grows best in the soil of contentment.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

People become desensitized to many things going on around them. It is because they always see it on the tv, hear it on the radio, read or watch it on the internet, hear about it at work etc. Then immoral acts are tuned to a deaf ear. Then no one wants to take action or speak up for what's right. Break the cycle and have moral character.

Charles M. Schulz

Winning isn’t everything, but losing isn’t anything.

Amaka Imani Nkosazana

Revive your inner spirit! Break free from all things weighing you down, grab hold of your strong rope and lift yourself out of hopelessness!

Stefan Molyneux

The tombstone over the grave of the conscience always reads: "Human Nature".

Stefan Molyneux

Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge.

Kandi Dougherty

This time around I was so lonely that I was forced to be face to face with myself. Realizing at the end of the day I only have me and I didn't seem to like my own company. I decided to I had to make myself into someone I can live with.

William Hazlitt

The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.

Kiki Archer

Just always be honest about your feelings. If everyone did that then the world would be a much simpler place.

Jinvirle

There's honesty embedded everywhere when you see the world through the eyes of a child.

Simone Elkeles

Love is honesty. Love is a mutual respect for one another.

Sarah Dessen

You want to take me to a movie?" I asked.
"Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off.

Kristin Cashore

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth.

H.L. Mencken

In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public office of trust or profit in the Republic. But I do not repine, for I am a subject of it only by force of arms.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

Louis C.K.

Fuck it... That's really the attitude that keeps a family together, it's not "we love each other", it's just "fuck it, man.

Ashly Lorenzana

Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one.

Oscar Wilde

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Abraham Lincoln

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

William Shakespeare

Honesty is the best policy.

Marilyn Suttle

Truth builds trust.

Omega Maverick

I would rather be damned by my honesty, than caged by my lies.

Leo Tolstoy

To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.

Khaled Hosseini

Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.

Ashly Lorenzana

Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong.

Plato

You should not honor men more than truth.. Plato
You should not honor men more than truth.

Italo Calvino

Falsehood is never in words; it is in things.

Jessica Warman

I'm not mean, I'm honest. Nobody is ever straightforward. But sometimes people need to hear the truth.

Margaret Dilloway

Mothers were the only ones you could depend on to tell the whole, unvarnished truth.

Simone Weil

We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “This landscape is ugly.

Patrick Henry

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.

Michael Bassey Johnson

A sincere friend conceals all your deformities, deceives and convince others that you are extremely perfect,
A sincere friend conceals all your deformities, deceives and convince others that you are extremely perfect, the insincere will tell the truth of destruction, leave you open for others to glare and laugh.

Terry Goodkind

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

Truman Capote

I'd rather have cancer than a dishonest heart. Which isn't being pious. Just practical. Cancer may cool you, but the other's sure to.

Marisha Pessl

Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.

Michael David Lukas

She hadn't lied. She hadn't betrayed anyone's trust; still, she felt she had done something wrong. Or rather, she had not yet done the right thing. Was there a difference between these two sins?

Dorothy L. Sayers

The only ethical principle which has made science possible is that the truth shall be told all the time. If we do not penalize false statements made in error, we open up the way for false statements by intention. And a false statement of fact, made deliberately, is the most serious crime a scientist can commit.

Unknown Author

Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Bisco Hatori

Isn't strength the ability to renounce every lie in your heart?

Edward Verrall Lucas

The truth is the only thing worth having, and, in a civilized life, like ours, where so many risks are removed, facing it is almost the only courageous thing left to do.

Madison Reil

People only lie because they are afraid of the truth

Chuck Palahniuk

It's exhausting, the energy it takes to unknow a truth.

Patti Smith

...the law of empathy, by which he could, by his will, transfer himself into an object or a work of art, and thus inflence the outer world. He did not feel redeemed by the work he did. He did not seek redemption. He sought to see what others did not, the projection of his imagination.

John Green

I just think if you don't say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true, you know, and I-

Mike Norton

For a man who walks in the light, to stay humble is not to walk in the dark; you don't need to project yourself to be thought an honest man.

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