Being Honest Quotes - Page 33

• If there is no honesty, there is no relationship. The only degree to which there is a relationship is the degree to which you are honest. Expressing your clear desires does not make you a dictator and you telling what you think, feel, and what you want or don’t want, is just called being honest. It doesn't control him at all. You’re trying to control others by withholding information by not getting involved and by not being honest. Withholding information is a form of manipulation. It is dishonest and it’s destructive to a relationship.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Honesty, Thinking, Desire

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• "No," Preston snapped. But he didn't protest long because, if I'm going to be honest - which is kind of the point of these reports - I was already unzipping his pants.

  Ally Carter

  Long, Pants, Honest

  "United We Spy". Book by Ally Carter, September 5, 2013.

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• Being honest doesn't mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.

  Veronica Roth

  Mean, Want, Honest

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• Do what's right. Be on time, be polite, and be honest; remain free from drugs; and if you have any questions, get out your Bible. 2. Do your best. Mediocrity is unacceptable when you are capable of doing better. 3. Treat others as you want to be treated. Practice love and understanding.

  Lou Holtz

  Inspirational, Motivational, Practice

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• I'll be honest with you. I'm a little bit of a loner. It's been a big part of my maturing process to learn to allow people to support me. I tend to be very self-reliant and private. And I have this history of wanting to work things out on my own and protect people from what's going on with me.

  Kerry Washington

  Inspiring, Women, Being Alone

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• I think we never become really and genuinely our entire and honest selves until we are dead--and not then until we have been dead years and years. People ought to start dead, and they would be honest so much earlier.

  Mark Twain

  Death, Honesty, Thinking

  Mark Twain (2004). “The Portable Mark Twain”, p.14, Penguin

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• I'll be honest, I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten and that led to the gesture I made. There was nothing behind it really.

  Vladimir Putin

  Hilarious, Gestures, Honest

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• 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 and not be embittered, to keep a few friends but these without capitulation-above all, on the same grim condition to keep friends with himself-here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy.

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Life, Honesty, Kindness

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2016). “A Christmas Sermon”, p.5, Xist Publishing

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• We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have... Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.

  Stephen Schneider

  Libertarian Party, Scary, Doubt

  "Apocalypse Abuse and 'Climate Doomism'" by Ronald Bailey, reason.com. July 13, 2017.

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• Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

  George MacDonald

  Inspirational, Truth, Honest

  George MacDonald (2015). “The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more”, p.7592, e-artnow

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• Let's be honest. There's not a business anywhere that is without problems. Business is complicated and imperfect. Every business everywhere is staffed with imperfect human beings and exists by providing a product or service to other imperfect human beings.

  Bob Parsons

  Business, People, Honest

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• I just try to be honest and true to the character and play the part.

  Denzel Washington

  Character, Play, Trying

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• To be honest with you, I worry about concentration of ownership in media, where you have a handful of media conglomerates largely controlling what we see, hear and read.

  Bernie Sanders

  Media, Worry, Honest

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To be honest, I think for part of my late teens my character didn't really develop very much. I was in a state of cold storage.

  Damon Hill

  Sports, Athlete, Character

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• I wouldn't be honest if I didn't say my mom. Apart from the fact that she's my mother, she's a brilliant comedian and a force as a producer. She paved the way for women to produce and star in their own films, and to balance that with being the matriarch of our family is really inspiring.

  Kate Hudson

  Mom, Mother, Stars

  "Our Own Private Hollywood". Elle Interview, www.elle.com. October 7, 2010.

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• Violence is a part of America. I don't want to single out rap music. Let's be honest. America's the most violent country in the history of the world, that's just the way it is. We're all affected by it.

  Spike Lee

  Country, Rap, America

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• We must learn to be honest with ourselves, and know our shortcomings. We will acquire cohesion but we will pay dearly for being a slow pupil.

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Justice, Diversity, Pay

  Zora Neale Hurston (2002). “Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters”, Doubleday Books

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• The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every life is full of them. Every newspaper article is an opportunity. Every client is an opportunity. Every sermon is an opportunity. Every business transaction is an opportunity, an opportunity to be polite, an opportunity to be manly, an opportunity to be honest, an opportunity to make friends.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Opportunity, Mind, Clients

  Orison Swett Marden (2013). “The Wisdom of Orison Swett Marden”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It's all we've got.

  Ricky Gervais

  Inspirational, Positive, Friends

  FaceBook post by Ricky Gervais from Jun 17, 2014

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• Totally uneventful. It was a very successful first flight. To be honest, it was a little bit boring.

  Fernando Alonso

  Airplane, Successful, Littles

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• Soldiers must possess integrity in order to build trust and confidence in themselves, our leadership, and the American public. Among the things I've learned during my career is that you must be honest with everyone about everything.

  Glen E. Morrell

  Integrity, Army, Order

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• I feel like a total hippie right now. I'm passionate about all sorts of things - a lot of boring, cuddly Hallmark things, to be honest.

  Dreama Walker

  Hippie, Passionate, Honest

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. To be honest with you, I have a tough time keeping weight on.

  Michael Phelps

  Sports, Time Keeping, Tough Times

  Interview with Patrick Mauro, www.ign.com. July, 2005.

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• It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.

  Ovid

  Honesty, Annoyed, Purpose

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• I have tried if I could reach that great resolution . . . to be honest without a thought of Heaven or Hell.

  Thomas Browne

  Honesty, Heaven, Hell

  1634-5 Religio Medici (published 1643), pt.1, section 47.

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