[Rayleen talking to Billy.] "Grace is thriving here, and I dare anybody to challenge that. Anybody who has a problem with that can come take it up with me."
"Thank God," Billy said, "because I really hate it when people come take things up with ME.
The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, were being ashamed of what they were, lying about it, trying to be somebody else. Honesty was Fats' currency, his weapon and defense. It frightened people when you were honest; it shocked them. Other people, Fats had discovered, were mired in embarrasment and pretense, terrified that their truths might leak out, but Fats was attracted by rawness, by everything that was ugly but honest, by the dirty things about which the likes of his father felt humiliated and disgusted. Fats thought a lot about messiahs and pariahs; about men labeled mad or criminal; noble misfits shunned by the sleepy masses.
J.K. RowlingStichwörter: honesty humanity lie lying humiliation embarrasment
Arrogance is someone claiming to have come to Christ, but they won't spend more than five minutes listening to your journey because they are more concerned about their own well being, rather than being a true disciple of Christ. Blessed is the person that takes the time to heal and hear another person so they can move on.
Shannon L. AlderStichwörter: fear honesty kindness love compassion empathy communication judgement arrogance listen anxiety christians caring hypocrites closure mercy-thompson lost-souls not-listening needing-closure true-followers-of-christ
You're only responsible for being honest, not for someone else's reaction to your honesty.
Kelli Jae BaeliStichwörter: honesty relationships reaction
No matter what happened, he was Dex and I was Perry and that combination only led to trouble.
Karina HalleStichwörter: honesty romance experiment-in-terror
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W.
Bill WilsonStichwörter: wisdom honesty acceptance patience perseverance habit self-examination
You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.
Criss JamiStichwörter: truth honesty humility arrogance corruption destruction sincerity pride insincerity
Sure, I liked girls but I was always too terrified to speak to them unless we were arguing or I was calling them stupidos, which was one of my favorite words that year.
Junot DíazStichwörter: humor honesty girls spanglish
Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction
David MitchellStichwörter: honesty
Stop lying to yourself. When we deny our own truth, we deny our own potential.
Steve MaraboliStichwörter: truth honesty success happiness self-deception lying potential deny
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