Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

Lies are like garbage that you can't throw away. They clutter your life, foul your air, and make living unbearable.

I think brutal honesty is extremely important. Don't be afraid of being up-front about your feelings and your life.

We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

There was a lot of distance between the Dar of The Honesty Room and the Dar of Mortal City, so there was no attempt.

Writing, for me, means humility. It’s a process that involves fear and doubt, especially if you’re writing honestly.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

I feel you see every crack and bruise with black and white [pictiures] and color distracts usually from the honesty.

A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

I think the best writing is full of honesty and conviction. A lot of people are afraid to reveal much of themselves.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong.

Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.

No public man can be just a little crooked. There is no such thing as a no-man's land between honesty and dishonesty.

Be passionate and be involved in what you believe in, and do it as thoroughly and honestly and fearlessly as you can.

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.

I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.

In my experience, honesty is the best policy. And being a friend to somebody is not always the best way to help them.

I'm not a gifted storyteller, so I write what I know and hope that honesty resonates with other people's experiences.

It is often hard to determine whether a clear, open, and honorable proceeding is the result of goodness or of cunning.

You have a choice of trusting the natural stability of gold, or the honesty and intelligence of members of government.

Instead of safeguarding truth and honesty, the state then tends to become a major source of insincerity and mendacity.

I think you gotta have an honesty and a humility about human nature and that it's not about you at the end of the day.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.

Science adjusts its views based on what's observed Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.

Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However, he does regard it as a policy.

The most important factors for any artist, is the honesty towards one's craft, hard work and passion that guides them.

Emotional honesty transcends reality; it's what allows disbelief to be suspended and yet what makes a story stay true.

We need more honesty out there, but it is hard when you see what the media does to someone who is trying to be honest.

When folks find I ain't afeard to speak my mind on their affairs, they kinder guess I'm tellin' the truth about my own.

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves.

The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.

Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission.

I am inspired when I see goodness in other people. I am inspired by hard work and honesty. And I am inspired by nature.

One night of love don't make up for six nights alone. But I'd rather have one than none Lord, cause I'm flesh and bone.

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind

Don’t be afraid to make people mad. Your honesty will inspire your true followers. I piss off tons of people every day.

Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.

Investing is about intellectual honesty. You want to know what you know. You want to know, mostly, what you don't know.

Sincerity and honesty carry one through many difficulties which all the arts he can invent would never help him through.

I like the honesty of standup comedy. People don't fake laugh. If they're truly laughing at you, you know they like you.

There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.

I am an advocate of honesty and openness, and I think deceit is a dangerous seed to plant and let grow in relationships.

As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day.

Real friends require honesty, openness, and even vulnerability. They also require attention and simple acts of kindness.

Over the times thou hast no power. . . . Solely over one man thou hast quite absolute power. Him redeem and make honest.

Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap.

I hope the people remember Dolce & Gabbana for the sensuality, for the Mediterranean sense, for our honesty to the life.

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