#honest

Hang your merit. I don't seek anyone's approbation. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#approval #black-humor #disapproval #dishonesty #funny

What you do is so loud, I can't hear what you say." Anonymous ↗

— Mike Addington

#character #honesty #truthful #wisdom #home

I wish to live without hate, whim, jealousy, envy, and fear. I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural . . to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#fear #hate #honesty #jealousy #problems

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy. ↗

— Susan Polis Schutz

#happiness #honesty #inspirational #life #love

Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days. ↗

— Eric Brown

#conscious #conscious thought #days #few #find

But do we know how to make love stay?' I can't even think about it. The best I can do is play it day by day. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#love #reality #romance #life

You lie once.. you lie for the rest of your life... and in quest of proving your innocence.. you pledge your honesty with utter lies.... !!! ↗

— Abhijeet Sawant

#lies #trust #life

If you can't get to be uncommon through going straight, you'll never get to do it through going crooked. [...] live well and die happy. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#life #straight #life

How can I stand before you in silent symbols with open palms? ↗

— Cameron Conaway

#honesty #life #sharing #time #life

You can tell people the truth, but they'll never believe you until the event. Until it's too late. In the meantime, the truth will just piss them off and get you in a lot of trouble. So you just walk home. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#life #reality #truth #life