Neale Donald Walsch Quotes

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see, each of us has to get in touch with himself or herself in a really deep, serious way.

I am excited to show people how, when you get older, you get deeper, you get more raw, you get more honest, and you stop pretending to be the person you think people want you to be. I stopped worrying about what people wanted me to say and just sort of dug deep into my personal arsenal of my mistakes and shameful thoughts.

We tap into something when we're honest about what's going on in our lives.

I try to be honest with myself.

I don't tell the truth any more to those who can't make use of it. I tell it mostly to myself, because it always changes me.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

One of the key elements is the ability to be honest with yourself.

I find talking about my work harder than it might be if honesty wasn't my calling card.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

I mean, my stand-up is very honest and exposing in this way. I probably carry that into everything I do.

I think a lot of pain in people's lives comes from not being open and honest about what they really think, what they really feel, what they like, what they don't like.

I trust you to find the good in me, but the bad I must be sure you don't overlook.

Don't kid yourself. Be honest with yourself. Take your own inventory.

I was 45 when I wrote most of this book [Hungry Heart ], at what felt like a halfway point in my life, and I thought, If I can't be honest now, when will it happen? It was so hard to step away from the [protection of] fiction, but I'm ready to talk start telling their truth.

Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.

If a person is to get the meaning of life he must learn to like the facts about himself -- ugly as they may seem to his sentimental vanity -- before he can learn the truth behind the facts. And the truth is never ugly.

People who are most interested in telling the truth about others are generally the least interested in having the truth told about themselves.

Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.

Real transformation requires real honesty. If you want to move forward - get real with yourself.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

I'm pretty transparent and have no problem sharing my weaknesses.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

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.