Ellie Goulding Quotes

If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

You've got to demand the truth from yourself.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

Don't tell your stories to anyone. You'll be more motivated knowing it's a prerequisite to having an audience.

Secrecy is essential to committee deliberations because members would be wary of exploring ideas or exchanging views if there were a substantial possibility of an embarrassing leak.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.

All truths are not to be told.

I take risks, but I don't lose respect for my real self. Because what's going to happen afterwards? How are you going to get back? Is there going to be a train, or will it be after midnight and you can't go home again?

I've never had anything to hide.

We try and be as open as we can, and to protect the secrets that we must protect.

There's no good that can come out of secrecy.

Don't have any more secrets than you can keep yourself.

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it.

God forbid we keep a couple secrets in this day and age!

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

We seek the truth and will endure the consequences.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.

I don't think even when you find a person, you can be completely honest, ever. There's still pieces of you that you don't give away. I do believe you always need that place where it's just you, your thoughts, no one else's judgment or anything.

I think privacy is valuable. You don't have to share everything, and it's healthy to occasionally hit the pause button and ask yourself if you're oversharing. But at the end of the day, if you're not doing anything wrong, you don't have anything to hide.

I feel that telling my secrets makes me less vulnerable. What would make me vulnerable are the secrets I keep.