Self Honesty Quotes

“A girl who travels will need someone that questions her, not too little, and not too much. She’ll need someone to read her, but also really listen to her. Because she’ll want to do the same. She’ll want a person that shares an interest but at the same time stays genuine to who they are. Not drown in a puddle of narcissism. And not drown in a lake of fascination.”
― lauren klarfeld

“I feel sorry for people who maintain relationships and friendships detrimental to their mental health.
Everyone is guilty of it at one time or another- but the idea is to strive to be your best; right?
So, meanwhile why are so many people faking it? Security? Fear of loneliness? Fears of independence? Fears of being self ? Or just the idea that you can make someone change?

Regardless of the justifications you give & treat yourself to... , I hope all of you - "new year -new me types" strive for self care , honest and pure friendships and relationships based of love- and not based off the fake realities of your mind. These delusions of what you hope for instead of what's there, where you and your puppet show master focus more on everyone else and less on self. To change the world you must start within. But you must first BE HONEST with yourself.

My new year started a few months ago-- and it was the best choice I ever made- and
I hope your recreations are progressive and successful in THE NEW YEAR”
― Tiffany Luard

“(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect . . . you know . . . like being people.”
― Toni Cade Bambara, Raymond's Run

“I tell lies somewhere else, but not here, not in front of myself.”
― Robert Walser, Jakob von Gunten

“His past was fairly blameless; few men could read the rolls of their life with less apprehension; yet he was humbled to the dust by the many ill things he had done, and raised up again into sober and fearful gratitude by the many he had come so near to doing, yet avoided.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“He turned away from the bar as if he could leave the question there. But questions had no location; they could follow him around.”
― Richard Matheson, I Am Legend and Other Stories

“He utterly honored his sorrow, gave in to it with such deep and boundless weeping that it seemed as I stood there he was the bravest man I had ever known.”
― Kathleen Collins, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?

“I was raised to be honest, but the truth can be complicated. It doesn't matter if the truth won't make a mess, sometimes the words don't come out until you're alone. Even that's not guaranteed. Sometimes the truth is a secret you're keeping from yourself because living a lie is easier.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“The veil of self-indulgence was rent from head to foot. I saw my life as a whole.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“you can tell who you are the way people respond to you.”
― Turcois Ominek

“There are many types of marriage relationships and all of them can work, but none is sadder than the one that doesn't represent peace in your heart.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“You can never be true to others, if you keep on lying to yourself.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“It’s not about changing the world, although that’s what we seem to rally around. Rather, it’s about changing ourselves for that is the seed from which changing the world sprouts.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Happiness is fleeting, fickle, often based on our circumstances....If you chase happiness, you will more often than not end up disappointed by the very nature of life. Life is hard, brutal at times, and often unfair. But following your bliss, that's entirely different. It means facing your present reality with honesty and courage and, in the midst of it all, continuing to pursue each spark of joy, even if it is a tiny pinpoint in the darkness of your life. Do not give up. Continue to look for the light in your life--it is always present somewhere, some small thing to be grateful for, something to celebrate, a way to give joy to others, a new way to grow. Move toward the light in life, seek it out no matter what. This is the essence of what it means to follow your bliss. You must be honest. Pay attention. Seek joy.

[GERTRUDE LUND, to her great-niece Lolly Blanchard]”
― Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie

“The truth may hurt, but fooling yourself will enslave you.”
― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

“Oh yes, I am frequently driven to an enraged frenzy by the blatantly crass actions of others. But to be painfully honest, that anger is much less driven by the reality of their actions and far more fueled by the realization that everything I am is everything that I hate in them.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Although honesty is said to be the best policy, when it comes to ourselves it is often the hardest.”
― Charles F. Glassman, Brain Drain - The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

“Happiness is an expense, it's neither a floating balloon filled with water nor a bucket full of air. It's the breadth of being you in your own breathe.”
― Goitsemang Mvula

“Want lasting success? Focus on these two characteristics: Self-Honesty & Self-Discipline.”
― Charles F Glassman

“Kau hanya berguna bagi orang lain, bagi masyarakat, kalau kau menjadi dirimu sendiri--menjadi versi terbaik dari dirimu yang sesungguhnya.”
― Francisca Todi, The Princess & The Bodyguard

“The most effective pill we can swallow for overall health and vitality is self-honesty.”
― Charles F. Glassman

“Because you aren't great at ... feelings."

I frowned. "That's not true."

"Oh, don't get me wrong, you're excellent at other people's, knowing what makes them tick, how they think, why they're hurting. But I think you're not being honest with yourself or with us.”
― Lauren Forsythe, The Fixer Upper

“Acknowledging your grief is a good start. Self-honesty, yes, but do not wallow in self-pity, my friend.”
― Calvin Niles, The Sun Rises in Eastmoor