#honest

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#honesty

Falsehood is never in words; it is in things. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#honesty #truth #honesty

Maybe my expectations for honesty are too high. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#honesty #honesty

Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#truth #honesty

Don't ever regret being honest. Period. ↗

— Taylor Swift

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The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

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I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#fiction #politics #politicians

A fear of weakness only strengthens weakness. ↗

— Criss Jami

#denial #facing #facing-fear #facing-problems #fear

The Paradoxical Commandments People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway. © Copyright Kent M. Keith 1968, renewed 2001 ↗

— Kent M. Keith

#goodness #happiness #honesty #kindness #misattributed-to-mother-teresa

Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#honesty #speaking-your-mind #fearless