Quotes about Honesty

Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don't make ripples all around you, don't try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

Have you ever considered how often we judge ourselves by our intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you.

A wise person seeks to make peace with the truth, especially when it's personal and even when it hurts.

Have you ever considered how often we judge ourselves by our intentions while we judge others by their actions? Yet intention without action is an insult to those who expect the best from you. 'I intended to bring you flowers, but I didn't.' 'I meant to finish this work on time.' 'I was going to be there for your birthday.

No matter how long it takes or how desperately a person battles or denies, the truth always — always — makes itself known.

Geographically speaking, you can't get to where you want to be unless you know where you are the begin with. You need a reference point. Similarly, you can't get to where you want to be in life until you are willing to admit where you are to begin with. Self-deception makes that next to impossible.

The people closest to you routinely catch the flak thrown off by the explosive stuff you normally work so hard to keep hidden.

Actions don't only speak louder than words; actions should be used to interpret words.

A leader is someone who has the courage to say publicly what everybody else is whispering privately.

Most of us want to be proven right more than we want to know what's true. We aren't on truth quests. We're on confirmation quests.

If it suddenly became impossible for us to cover up all the junk we normally hide from the rest of humanity, I have a feeling we would all get real motivated to deal with the source of what ails us.