There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.

Silly you.”Confessions of a Whistle-Blower: Lessons Learned Author: Anna C. Salter. Ethics & Behavior, Volume 8, Issue 2 June 1998

He’s so brutally honest at times that it can catch you off guard. The best thing about his honesty is that it’s fair. He doesn’t play favorites. He’s even more intense now than he was...

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...

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...

Be aware of the company you keep. You’d be surprised how easily they rub off on you. You don’t want to attract the wrong influence.

Do not allow another person to set you back. Continue moving forward not backwards. When someone pulls you back, be like the arrow to a bow and spring forth greater than ever. And, what they...

Most of the people I worked with in my old job were pretty cool. We used to go out drinking after lights out and the less pleasant members of staff would be the topic of...

The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to write; surely one can only write the book that is there to be...

Thank God for immigrants. They’re the only ones who have any personality left. They still allow themselves emotions, judgments, and all those qualities that we are “evolving” past. I don’t know what they’re saying, but...

The hope is indeed that some will experience and believe: The purpose of a number of spiritual gurus is to demonstrate to God-fearing men faux spirituality.

I believe in true love. But my opinion is tainted, because I also believe in Bigfoot, aliens, and in the existence of honest politicians.

All things can be achieved but not by all means, for some means are not proper

Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.

the only things in life that lying will get you.. is nothing, nowhere, and no one

Truth, most succinctly defined is: That Which Is So. Non-Truth, most succinctly defined is: That Which Is Not So.

I’m the sort of guy who will accept blame, if it means being singled out as honest and honorable, and there’s a chance I’ll be rewarded.

People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they do not mean this because you are not allowed to tell old people that they are old and you are not allowed to...

What will you tell him?””The truth.”Fortismer thinks about that.”Yes,” he says at last. “Probably the best thing. Bloody deceptive, honesty.

It happens every week, so it is not fair to the players, in all honesty.

She said that in writing anything, you must be perfectly honest.

A wise system of education will at least teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you’ll be so close as to be living inside each other’s skins.

never trust someone based on his wealth trust him based on his honesty

To be honest, to be kind – to earn a little and to spend a little less, to make upon the whole a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary...

A yogi is much more disciplined in his speech. Yogic tradition has it that speech must pass before three barriers prior to being uttered aloud. These barriers come in the form of three questions: Is...

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

I feel sorry for people who maintain relationships and friendships detrimental to their mental health. Everyone is guilty of it at one time or another- but the idea is to strive to be your best;...

Happiness grows best in the soil of contentment.

When I reached intellectual maturity, and began to ask myself whether I was an atheist, a theist, or a pantheist; a materialist or an idealist; a Christian or a freethinker, I found that the more...

It is not until you change your identity to match your life blueprint that you will understand why everything in the past never worked.

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

Thank you for your honesty,” Niles says. The Candor repeat the phrase under their breath. All around me are the words “Thank you for your honesty” at different volumes and pitches, and my anger begins...

I have learnt that we expect honesty and genuineness from others, while not being honest and genuine with our own self.

Honesty has become the second best policy with your spouse…discretions apply elsewhere

A person can be only shown a mirror, but it’s solely his duty to decide whether he wants to see his artificial beauty or natural personality.

We’re meant to protect each other, but not from everything. Not fromthe truth. That’s what it means to love someone but let them be themselves.-Jace Wayland

I am a broken person. And I know exactly where my cracks are and how deep they run. I don’t pretend to not be a broken person and therein lies the big difference. Because the...

It’s amazing how people can find all the mistakes in the world concerning another person, but look into the mirror every day without making changes within. Stop looking down your nose at others, What does...

Live in the present moment, you can’t go back to yesterday, you can’t leap into tomorrow, Today is your second, minute, hour! Embrace It!

What man ain’t the honestest cove in his own eyes?” Grote’s round face is a bronze moon in the dark. “‘Tain’t good intentions what paves the road to hell: it’s self-justifyin’s.

Women and men who have established no-lie relationships talk about them with reverence, even when they are not permanent and, in fact, even when they are not romantic. Why? In the no-lie relationship there is...

Tolerance! The virtue that makes one bite his tongue so that he can tear out his hair.

During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly ‘I don’t know.

Despite your best efforts, not everyone wants to be helped. Make a difference where you can and be at peace with the rest.

Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful,...

Women want honesty but sometimes get upset if you are honest, so you need to know when to be honest.

I find honesty to be a rare thing—in politics.

In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can’t quite do it as much anymore.

I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt. – A