Quotes About Straightforwardness

#1. Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness.

Seneca The Younger

#2. Straightforwardness intimidates people. They prefer the veneer, despite what they claim.

Donna Lynn Hope

#3. Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood; her own straightforwardness is the severest correction.

Henry David Thoreau

#4. By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.

Mahavira

#5. And suddenly I rejoiced in the great security of the sea as compared with the unrest of the land, in my choice of that untempted life presenting no disquieting problems, invested with an elementary moral beauty by the absolute straightforwardness of its appeal and by the singleness of its purpose.

Joseph Conrad

#6. They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness.

Sun Tzu

#7. The Master said, 'Respectfulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes laborious bustle; carefulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes timidity; boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination; straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

Confucius

#8. Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady," he remarked on suitable occasion. "Straightforwardness without civility is like a surgeon's knife, effective but unpleasant. Candor with courtesy is helpful and admirable.

Paramahansa Yogananda

#9. I admire honesty and straightforwardness combined with true femininity.

Burt Lancaster

#10. Does what happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforwardness? Nope. Then get back to work! Subconsciously, we should be constantly asking ourselves this question: Do I need to freak out about this?

Ryan Holiday

#11. American straightforwardness is almost as disarming as Americans invariably think it is.

Lorraine Hansberry

#12. I returned to India because I believe in an India of honesty and hard work, not of corruption and crookedness. I believe in an India of openness and straightforwardness, not of hypocrisy and double-dealing. I believe in an India where opportunities are available to all, and not just to a chosen few.

Shashi Tharoor

#13. If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and straightforwardness of the Bible ... At all costs I should want to keep them from using their minds in a disciplined way to get the measure of its message.

J.I. Packer

#14. I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm.

Nicholas Haslam

#15. Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.

Sri Aurobindo

#16. We emphasize straightforwardness. You should be true to your feelings, and to your mind, expressing yourself without any reservations. This helps the listener to understand more easily.

Shunryu Suzuki

#17. But believing something to be true has nothing to do with whether it is true.

Marcus J. Borg

#18. My time in Rosemary was over much sooner than I'd expected.
But the memory was mine to keep.

Abbi Glines

#19. Christians walk as strangers in the world: They are untamed. They are free. To persevere with love, yet untamed by man, is often what leaves that open space for divine revelation when God so wills.

Criss Jami

#20. If you're unable to catch it in time, the cancer can spread to the lymph nodes and at that point, the cancer is essentially incurable, but that doesn't mean your condition can't be improved.

Len Dawson

#21. Unless you work in demolition, don't burn bridges.

Harvey MacKay

#22. So I resolved to remain alive in an unofficial capacity, which of course annoys them all immensely.

Terry Pratchett

#23. I met a girl, Doc."

He let out a light laugh. "You meet girls every day, Connor; this is nothing new.

Sandi Lynn

#24. Say, doth she weep for very wantonness?
Or is it that she dimly doth foresee
Across her youth the joys grow less and less
The burden of the days that are to be:
Autumn and withered leaves and vanity,
And winter bringing end in barrenness."
-from "My Lady April

Ernest Dowson

#25. Not fooling around, not bothering nobody, just sitting here mending the Primus," said the cat with a hostile frown, "and, moreover, I consider it my duty to warn you that the cat is an ancient, inviolable animal.

Mikhail Bulgakov

#26. I know nothing of being a wife, but I have learned much about the running and maintenance of an estate. It may be that you will find my manner too straightforward for your tastes, but, my lord, it is just that - my manner. Would that I die before I give up that part of me.

Denise Domning

#27. A straightforward answer to a straightforward question will move you that much more forward in this world, that much faster.

Loren Weisman

#28. Hypocrites get offended by the truth.

Jess C. Scott