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Being Honest Quotes

Truth, self-acceptance, and authenticity

These being honest quotes link honesty to self-acceptance, showing how owning your flaws and story can bring real peace. See Integrity quotes for more on living authentically.

In the future, I'd like to continue being honest with myself and admit when I'd be better off asking someone else to illustrate my writing.

Quotes by Adam Rex

I think there's a lot of anxiety about being seen as a bad parent. There's still a lot of subjects that I think people aren't entirely comfortable being honest about.

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

Authenticity is everything! You have to wake up every day and look in the mirror, and you want to be proud of the person who's looking back at you. And you can only do that if you're being honest with...

Quotes by Aaron Rodgers

Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.

Quotes by Willard Scott

Courage Quotes

I'm not afraid to take questions about where I come from, where I've traveled, or how I've conducted business, because being honest about who I am is worth it.

Quotes by Todd Wilcox

I'm about being honest and knowing that people are watching, and they want to know that I'm asking questions that they want the answers to.

Quotes by Tamron Hall

The only hard-and-fast rules a Perot must operate under are getting a sound education; being honest and ethical in our business dealings; treating the people who work for us with respect and dignity; and, finally, a Perot cannot be afraid...

Quotes by Ross Perot, Jr.

I don't try to worry about sounding like anybody because I know I have my own tone, my own sound. It's just about being honest in a song and trying to relate myself or how to basically break it down...

Quotes by Ro James

It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're pretending - that is, when they're acting. The really good ones don't always seem to know themselves.

Quotes by Rich Cohen

Integrity Quotes

Not everyone has to be a model and a designer, there are so many other options that are great and long-lasting. It's just finding what you're good at and being honest with yourself.

Quotes by Rachel Roy

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

Quotes by Pink

A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.

Quotes by Paloma Elsesser

When I was being honest with myself, I had to own that there was something about me that was drawing an energy in my life that left me feeling underserved and unfulfilled. I decided to grow. I decided to purge...

Quotes by Niecy Nash

In my experience, durable progress must be fashioned out of more than obscured truth, slogans, and empty promises. You do it through hard work. By going everywhere. Listening to everyone. Being honest with people. Being ambitious without indulging in magical...

Quotes by Michael Bennet

Transparency Quotes

With film, it's all about the actor being able to feel the things that the character's feeling. It must do some strange things to your mind. Music I find much easier because you're being honest about where you are as...

Quotes by Marketa Irglova

I just recently joined Twitter. It's very positive - I love all the accolades. If my ego is hurting, I can just open my Twitter account and see 'Oh, I love you! I love the show!' and it's great. I'm...

Quotes by Mark Feuerstein

In love, I've been a deceiver. But I realized being honest is so much easier than lying and being deceitful.

Quotes by Luke James

I was being honest - I have nothing to hide. All I do, all the time, with everybody, is tell them what I am thinking, what I am feeling.

Quotes by Leelee Sobieski

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

Quotes by Lee Iacocca

Trust Quotes

I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better...

Quotes by Laura Lippman

Frequently Asked Questions

What do being honest quotes explore?
They explore self-acceptance, honest songwriting, and answering hard personal questions openly rather than avoiding them.
Is there a quote about accepting yourself?
Yes, one ties positive feelings directly to owning the truth about who you are and embracing your personality and appearance fully.
Do any quotes mention honesty in creative work?
Yes, one recalls writing songs purely from honest feeling, originally never expecting anyone else to hear them.
Is there a quote about honesty in business or public life?
Yes, one describes being unafraid of questions about their background because staying truthful about who they are is worth it.
Do being honest quotes discuss self-discovery?
Yes, one recalls a moment of brutal self-honesty that led to real personal growth. See Integrity quotes for more on authenticity.

Other lines connect honesty to songwriting written purely for oneself, and to the courage of answering hard personal questions openly. Browse Courage and Trust quotes for more.