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Honesty Quotes

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"We're gonna lie when the truth is hard? That's how this relationship is going to work? All righty, then."
Gena Showalter
"We're gonna lie when the truth is hard? That's how this relationship is going to work? All righty, then."
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"I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?"
Brandon Sanderson
"I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?"
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"I can't believe I said it out loud. The truth doesn't set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable. But free? I don't feel free. I feel like shit."
Melina Marchetta
"I can't believe I said it out loud. The truth doesn't set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable. But free? I don't feel free. I feel like shit."
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"Children and fools always speak the truth."
Mark Twain
"Children and fools always speak the truth."
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"Still, one can be honest yet quite mistaken."
Criss Jami
"Still, one can be honest yet quite mistaken."
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"A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty."
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"I don't think there's anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn't fashionable."
Craig Ferguson
"I don't think there's anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn't fashionable."
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"I'd had a really bad day and you hurt me.His hand at my jaw tensed and he kept whispering when he said, 'I'll probably do it again, Red,because I'm a man and any man can be a dick. But I won't do it like that, not again. I know you got softunder that attitude and I'll have a mind to that."
Kristen Ashley
"I'd had a really bad day and you hurt me.His hand at my jaw tensed and he kept whispering when he said, 'I'll probably do it again, Red,because I'm a man and any man can be a dick. But I won't do it like that, not again. I know you got softunder that attitude and I'll have a mind to that."
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"The best of all lost arts is honesty."
Mark Twain
"The best of all lost arts is honesty."
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"They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth."
Plato
"They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth."
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"Why should i have fake smile on my face ,If my heart and soul suffering in unrest. it's not my duty to entertain you But its my responsibility to be Honest and Original."
Mohammed Zaki Ansari
"Why should i have fake smile on my face ,If my heart and soul suffering in unrest. it's not my duty to entertain you But its my responsibility to be Honest and Original."
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"Falling in love maybe destiny but be in love its depend on your Honesty."
Mohammed Zaki Ansari
"Falling in love maybe destiny but be in love its depend on your Honesty."
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"I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God's enemy."
Criss Jami
"I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God's enemy."
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"Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted."
Criss Jami
"Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted."
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"It is far better to know the painful truth than to live with a kindly falsehood."
Lois Greiman
"It is far better to know the painful truth than to live with a kindly falsehood."
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"We had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at once terribly alone, and alone we must see it through."
Erich Maria Remarque
"We had suddenly learned to see. And we saw that there was nothing of their world left. We were all at once terribly alone, and alone we must see it through."
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"All of us can lie but it is not a must that we should lie."
Auliq Ice
"All of us can lie but it is not a must that we should lie."
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"A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot."
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"You should feel free to feel how you want and don't think of what people think."
Kristen Ashley
"You should feel free to feel how you want and don't think of what people think."
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"All the same, writing honestly is very difficult. The more I try to be honest, the farther my words sink into darkness."
Haruki Murakami
"All the same, writing honestly is very difficult. The more I try to be honest, the farther my words sink into darkness."
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"Everyman has the ability to lie but luckily not everyman has the ability to hide their lies masterly!"
Mehmet Murat ildan
"Everyman has the ability to lie but luckily not everyman has the ability to hide their lies masterly!"
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"In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all."
C. S. Lewis
"In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all."
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"Part of growing up was learning not to be quite that honest - learning when it was better to lie, rather than to hurt someone with the truth."
Jodi Picoult
"Part of growing up was learning not to be quite that honest - learning when it was better to lie, rather than to hurt someone with the truth."
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"Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying."
Holly Black
"Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying."
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"It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not."
Criss Jami
"It's not about going around trying to stir up trouble. As long as you're honest and you articulate what you believe to be true, somebody somewhere will become your enemy whether you like it or not."
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"Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true."
Richard Snelling
"Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true."
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"Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels like a snake."
Suzy Kassem
"Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels like a snake."
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"Write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway."
Isabel Allende
"Write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway."
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"I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods."
Louisa May Alcott
"I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods."
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"Some of you may not like what I had to say, but these are the things that I've noticed and believe should be said."
Auliq Ice
"Some of you may not like what I had to say, but these are the things that I've noticed and believe should be said."
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"I am not good at deception,' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing.Right, my boy, right,' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything."
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"I am not good at deception,' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing.Right, my boy, right,' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything."
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"Honesty: The best of all the lost arts."
Mark Twain
"Honesty: The best of all the lost arts."
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"The truth costs.Lies cost more."
Jennifer Donnelly
"The truth costs.Lies cost more."
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"When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes."
John Green
"When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes."
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"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better."
Anne Lamott
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better."
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"The cruellest lies are often told in silence."
Robert Louis Stevenson
"The cruellest lies are often told in silence."
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"There is a lie in between a promise and many excuses."
Toba Beta
"There is a lie in between a promise and many excuses."
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"Such is the power of truth that even the slightest whisper of it can handily drown out the most boisterous of lies, which may explain why in many instances God only needs to whisper."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Such is the power of truth that even the slightest whisper of it can handily drown out the most boisterous of lies, which may explain why in many instances God only needs to whisper."
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"I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation."
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"While stabbing someones back, you recklessly expose your own."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"While stabbing someones back, you recklessly expose your own."
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"Don't change your mind just because people are offended, change your mind if you're wrong."
Criss Jami
"Don't change your mind just because people are offended, change your mind if you're wrong."
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"Own your truths-all of them. Be honest. Be genuine. Be straightforward. Be refreshing!"
Susan C. Young
"Own your truths-all of them. Be honest. Be genuine. Be straightforward. Be refreshing!"
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"The truth is that no one is truthful these days!"
Ramana Pemmaraju
"The truth is that no one is truthful these days!"
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"It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it."
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"You surely remember your past when you rebuke me in honesty."
Toba Beta
"You surely remember your past when you rebuke me in honesty."
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"I can't tell you why I was in love with her. People didn't require that much as they do now. Folks were expected to be civilized to one another, honest, and - and clear. You relied on people being what they said they were, because there was no other way to survive."
Toni Morrison
"I can't tell you why I was in love with her. People didn't require that much as they do now. Folks were expected to be civilized to one another, honest, and - and clear. You relied on people being what they said they were, because there was no other way to survive."
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"Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think."
Michel de Montaigne
"Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think."
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"I won't lie-I don't."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"I won't lie-I don't."
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"A kind 'no' from the heart is better than a deceitful 'yes' from the tongue."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"A kind 'no' from the heart is better than a deceitful 'yes' from the tongue."
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"The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well."
Sarah Dessen
"The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well."
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