Quotes on “honesty”

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

Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

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.

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth.

Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.

Hypocrites get offended by the truth.

[H]iding how you really feel and trying to make everyone happy doesn't make you nice, it just makes you a liar.

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.

Falsehood is never in words; it is in things.

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.

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.

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.