Honesty Quotes - It takes strength and courage to admit the truth
“Truth
never damages a cause that is just.”
―
Mahatma Gandhi
“Whenever
you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question:
What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
―
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
“You
wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.”
―
Alan Moore, V for Vendetta
“The
human body is the best work of art.”
―
Jess C. Scott
“To
share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable
is to show your strength.”
―
Criss Jami
“Anything
is better than lies and deceit!”
―
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
“You
can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the
time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
―
Abraham Lincoln
“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.”
―
charles dickens
“A
fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement”
―
Jess C Scott
“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.”
―
Jane Austen, Emma
“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.”
―
Abraham Lincoln
“Living
with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in
your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking
your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways
that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you
believe, and not what others believe.”
―
Barbara De Angelis
“Oh,
what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.”
―
Walter Scott, Marmion
“Let's
tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve
sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start
avoiding you because, they, too, have knees that pain them and heads that hurt
and they don't want to know about yours. But think of it this way: If people
avoid you, you will have more time to meditate and do fine research on a cure
for whatever truly afflicts you.”
―
Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
“It
takes strength and courage to admit the truth.”
―
Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid
“Never
hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by
confusion than the most painful truths.”
―
Criss Jami
“You
ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.”
―
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“I
felt like an animal, and animals don’t know sin, do they?”
―
Jess C. Scott, Wicked Lovely
“Why
do you guys say that, anyway? No mourners, no funerals? Why not just say good
luck or be safe?”
“We
like to keep our expectations low.”
―
Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom
“Friends
are honest with each other. Even if the truth hurts.
-Maggie”
―
Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride
“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.”
―
Susan Polis Schutz
“In
a room where
people
unanimously maintain
a
conspiracy of silence,
one
word of truth
sounds
like a pistol shot.”
―
Czesław Miłosz
“If
you want to write a negative review, don't tickle me gently with your aesthetic
displeasure about my work. Unleash the goddamn Kraken."
[on
Twitter, July 17, 2012]”
―
Scott Lynch
