Quotes about Honesty
When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point.
— Barack Obama
If I say I will do something, I must do it. Otherwise, how will people know that my word is true?
— Barack Obama
The truth needs so little rehearsal.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Lies are infinite in number, and the truth so small and singular.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Keeping secrets from young ears only plants seeds in between them
— Barbara Kingsolver
she considered a language that could carry nothing but love and simple truth.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.
— Barbara Kingsolver
We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions
— Stephen Covey
It is character that communicates most eloquently...In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
— Stephen Covey
The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are. And if our words and our actions come from superficial human relations techniques (the Personality Ethic) rather than from our own inner core (the Character Ethic), others will sense that duplicity.
— Stephen Covey
The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.
— Stephen Covey
If you don't let a teacher know at what level you are—by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance—you will not learn or grow. You cannot pretend for long, for you will eventually be found out. Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education. Thoreau taught, "How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time?
— Stephen Covey