Honesty
Quotes - The Paradoxical Commandments
“Be
yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
―
Oscar Wilde
“The
Paradoxical Commandments
People
are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love
them anyway.
If
you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do
good anyway.
If
you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed
anyway.
The
good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do
good anyway.
Honesty
and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest
and frank anyway.
The
biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest
men and women with the smallest minds.
Think
big anyway.
People
favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight
for a few underdogs anyway.
What
you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build
anyway.
People
really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help
people anyway.
Give
the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give
the world the best you have anyway.”
―
Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council
“When
someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and
comfortable.”
―
Jess C. Scott, The Intern
“I
think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that
people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change
the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse,
that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
―
Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“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.”
―
Franz Kafka
“And
that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone
else does too.”
―
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
“Remember
that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
―
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
“If
you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other
people.”
―
Virginia Woolf
“It's
discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by
deceit.”
―
Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit
“Most
men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”
―
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
“Whoever
is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important
matters”
―
Albert Einstein
“It
is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
―
George Washington
“You
can't lie to your soul.”
―
Irvine Welsh, Porno
“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.”
―
Laura Ingalls Wilder
“Do
Not Lie to Yourself
We
have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to
ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.”
―
Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
“We
are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in
our travels is an honest friend.”
―
Robert Louis Stevenson
“Nothing
in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.”
―
Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Freethinkers
are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without
fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges, or
beliefs. This state of mind is not common, but it is essential for right
thinking...”
―
Leo Tolstoy
“Those
sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long.
Good
things come to those who wait.”
―
Jess C. Scott, The Intern
“Honesty
is the first chapter of the book wisdom.”
―
Thomas Jefferson
“[H]iding
how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it
just makes you a liar.”
―
Jenny O'Connell, The Book of Luke
