Birds don’t need bridges to cross precipices and honourable men with honesty wings to cross precipices of slander.

The hack is like a politician who consults the polls before he takes a position. He’s a demagogue. He panders.

For rock solid friendship, never lie to your friends.

You see, I have a policy about honesty and ass-kicking, which is, if you ask for it, then I have to let you have it.

Most people aren’t appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape on the man who chose to be faithful to his...

Erinnern, das heißt, eines Geschehens so ehrlich und rein zu gedenken, daß es zu einem Teil des eigenen Innern wird. Das stellt große Anforderungen an unsere Wahrhaftigkeit.”[Ansprache am 8. Mai 1985 in der Gedenkstunde im...

I detested their blind, thoughtless, automatic acquiescence to it all, their simpleminded patriotism, their prideful ignorance, their love-it-or-leave-it platitudes, how they were sending me off to a war they didn’t understand and didn’t want to...

I swear that while I live I will do what little I can to preserve and to augment the liberties of man, woman, and child.It is a question of justice, of mercy, of honesty, of...

Ay,sir;to be honest,as this world goes,is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.

You know your testimony is strong when your roots are so deep that other people’s storms will never knock you over.

I got over shy a really long time ago. I’m queer, I’m feline, get used to it.

Life comes down to honesty and doing what’s right. That’s what’s most important.

The quality of a person’s life is the sum total of the character, good or not so good, of the people whom he has inspired and motivated, directly and indirectly, with his living standard and...

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don’t have brains enough to be honest.

In all honesty, they should be,

Greatness is achieved when you recognize your own strength. You become unstoppable! Nothing can prevent you from breaking free and claiming the victory.

Winning isn’t everything, but losing isn’t anything.

A tear cringed off his cheek and stained her writing on the paper. He didn’t wipe it, men must be honest and transparent, they should never wipe their tears.

Honesty can be a dirty gift. It can muddy a sparkling stream of memories.

Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.

Never pretend to be something you are not, especially to be accepted. Be loved for who you are, it will be tough at times but worth it.

Integrity is never given. It is a quality that can only be proven over time.

The truly scary thing about undiscovered lies is that they have a greater capacity to diminish us than exposed ones.

In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot.

Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could never in politeness be said.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

Half a truth is a whole lie

And everyone lived happily, thought maybe not completely honestly, ever after. The End.

Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high.

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with...

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

All facades fall sometime, then the mask comes off and the real heart is seen.

No party has a monopoly on honesty, but with the collapse of old-style GOP machines in places like Indiana and Long Island, New York, it’s Democrats who have a greater opportunity to cheat.

We are only as sick as our secrets.

I may not know what is in store for me. However, I always know how I prefer to respond to my circumstances whatever they may be.

I’m not a poet and I know it.

The truth ain’t pretty. That’s how you can identify it.

Claiming to love self, but willingly default to cheating at the first sign of trouble is nothing short of playing yourself. Your ego may feel avenged – temporarily – but your heart and soul, the...

If a man wishes to ensure the bad opinion of others, his best course probably is to be honest about himself.

Tell him everything; it is best. He will forgive you.

To love someone with all of your heart requires reaching them where they are with the only words they can understand.

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

Why would you ever premedicate honesty? To hesitate is to overthink how you feel. A blurted out answer is usually the most genuine.

And trust dies from ifs and buts

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

Everything comes by being! Be the love you seek. Be the friend you seek. Be the lover you seek. Be the honesty you seek. Be the integrity you seek.

The prudent man is always sincere, and feels horror at the very thought of exposing himself to the disgrace which attends upon the detection of falsehood. But though always sincere, he is not always frank...

This is a difficult balance, telling the truth: how much to share, how much to keep, which truths will wound but not ruin, which will cut too deep to heal.

Truth is Evidence of Love. And, Nothing Can Stop the Power of Trusting and Loving Unconditionally.