Honesty Quotes - Page 26

Knowing to do the right thing, but playing stupid to oblige to it, is still lying.

The fact that Ridge has been honest in his conversations with me is not something he did wrong. The fact that he has feelings for me also isn’t wrong, when you know exactly how much he’s fought those feelings. People can’t control matters of the heart, Warren. They can only control their actions, which is exactly what Ridge did. He lost control once for ten seconds, but after that, every single time temptation reared its ugly head, he walked in the other direction. The only thing Ridge has done wrong is fail to delete his messages, because by doing so, he failed to protect Maggie. He failed to protect her from the harsh truth that people don’t get to choose who they fall in love with. They only get to choose who they stay in love with.” I look up at the ceiling and blink back tears. “He was choosing to stay in love with her, Warren. Why can’t she see that? This will kill him so much more than it’s killing her.

Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.

Lead with honesty, total integrity, compassion, patience and tolerance — toward yourself!

You don't have to live in anyone's shadow. Allow your unique characteristics to shine forth and Illuminate your way.

We are only as sick as our secrets.

If you want your lie to be believed then you need to speak thousand truths before you lie.

The extent of creativity to which I admire in an individual is his ability to be richly creative while still, in a way, telling the truth. It is the fool who creates only his own lies, and the bore who simply repeats what he is told.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

Never allow anyone to hold the key to your happiness, key to your heart, or key to your dreams. Be in control of your life and build your hopes on things eternal. No one should have the power to manipulate your life, optimism, love, or success.

Spiritual leaders, priests and prophets are lamps burning in the dark, seeking meaning for humanity.

Once a man takes honesty as his ideal, he cannot confine himself to showing to pleasant and reasonable side of his nature.

You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.

When you have doubts about God, the right position to take is agnosticism, atheism is outright arrogance

Woven words are little conviction when I present myself as a man of fiction. And you a woman of lies and deceit, stumbling forward on two left feet. You are an exquisite figurine of an incomprehensible place, While I, a soldier of my cause, my race. A single sip of you would satiate thirst, hunger and empty. Yet, you stand unmoved, comfortable knowing you could stave desires plenty. To my heart, you are known as 'shatter.' Between saint and sin, you are the latter. End, not even my finest words will matter. The still, the silence, even then, you are famine to my soul. My chest lacks certain weight now; I simply wish to be whole. Now, I stand before you broken, humbled and so bare, Only to see your infinite eyes brimming with no care. Your heart is a cauldron that burns darkest fuel. And I a remnant of smog, the overly-bitter fool. The man of fiction stumbles forward on two left feet, The woman of lies weaves words of conviction and deceit.

Hope can be foolish or misguided, but there was no such thing as false hope. Hope was always true even when there was no evidence to support its claim.” - Liam

You're only responsible for being honest, not for someone else's reaction to your honesty.

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

Sometimes Caesar gets killed cos Brutus is an Honest Man.

Just because you took longer than others, doesn’t mean you failed.

I speak my mind. If it offends some people, well, there's not much I can do about that. But I'm going to be honest. I'm going to continue to speak my mind, and that's who I am...

Don't try to tell me what I am because I know what I am not

And they danced with laughter and tears. They swung each other round and round, the first and last time in years.

It is through strength of character, not luck, do we form the predictable path of our future.

Always being truthful gives you a certain kind of freedom. It springs forth like a fountain splashing throughout your body until it floods your soul. To be honest and to be trustworthy are great attributes. Ah, the power, Ah, the freedom

It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

Honesty is always the best policy, even when it's not the trend.

Knowledge of Self is very important, you can't be living in a world pretending to be someone you're not. No one will ever believe in you, when you don't have the courage to believe in yourself. You can not live to impress others solely not giving thought to express your true being. No one wants to interact with a pretender, a fake, a wannabe.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Whatever we sayWe're always telling each other exactly what we want them to know...We are always telling each otherThe truthEven when We're lying

I've found that people reveal nothing of their true selves except within their art and their sin." ~ Dacey Sinnett, 'ROAM

It's utter arrogance to think that we can know what god ought to be or do. If we don't understand we must continue our search or recognize our ignorance

Material things may satisfy your temporal desires, but none can be taken with you when you're gone. Build your hopes on things eternal !

He hated dishonesty-- or lack of courage-- more than anything.

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life … all areas of life.

Remember, there are people who care for us: there are some who grow food for us, some who cook for us, some who take our trash out, some who keep us safe, some who call us late at night when it’s been a tough day and some who are right by our side the next morning when we are sick, some who smile at us, some who hold the door for us, some who compliment us, who back us, who pray for us. And, they can be friends and family and mentors and relatives and sometimes, in fact, most of the times, even perfect strangers. Let’s be grateful to each one of them, let’s be grateful to all those around us.

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

No matter how many thousands friends you've had, or even more likes you've got, but if you do not enjoy being yourself, then you just keep lying to yourself and unto others as well.

If truth is relative, then it’s cousin is anarchy.

Stop living in the shadows of another. You've been given everything needed to live a purposed filled life. Don't be a second rate version of yourself.

Don’t force your gifts: if you are a rascal, live like one; if you are half honest, be half honest; if you are completely honest, live absolutely honestly.

The Memory Of You Is Like A Drug To Me

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

Hypocrites get offended by the truth.

If you lose your integrity, you will also lose your identity, your sensitivity and your dignity. Integrity is honesty, modesty and security in all kinds of weather. It should be our priority!

I’d have to prove to everyone, including Ellia, that I was more than some guy she used to know, that what we shared had and still mattered. She may have forgotten the promise we made on the beach, but I hadn’t, and it was up to me to backup those words with action. Memories and ghosts were for the dead. Living things moved, and I was never one to stand still." ~Liam

People only lie because they are afraid of the truth

We have come to a point in time where using common sense, speaking factual truths and asking honest questions have been deemed radical behavior. While in turn, manipulation, thoughtlessness and dishonesty is often rewarded and rules the day.

Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply.

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

As the campaign progressed, Armistead remembered what his parents had taught him: If you never tell a lie, you won't have to remember what you said.He subsequently developed a perverse respect for politicians who had mastered the art of spin. It was a skill to produce an answer having nothing to do with the question.He didn't think he was crafty enough to do it.

The easiest way to be inscrutable is to be completely straightforward and honest. Then no one will be able to figure out what you’re up to.

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

What has to do with your ability to fall asleep is not caffeine. It’s having a clean conscience. I have a clean conscience so I can drink all the caffeine I want.

But are we human creatures as honest, kind, trustworthy as we at times are inclined to believe?

She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time.