Truth Telling Quotes
Truth Telling Quote of the day
Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.
The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
One of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth.
Myth is much more important and true than history. History is just journalism and you know how reliable that is.
Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.
Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.
Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.
An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion.
I have a responsibility to tell the truth. The truth about what we've done, and what we'll do.
Someone once noted that a 'gaffe' in Washington is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.
There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
A friend is someone who can brighten your day with a simple smile, when others try to do it with a thousand words.
You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them.
To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do when I go to the plate.
I am one who tells the truth and exposes evil and seeks with Beauty for Beauty to set the world right.
You'll see some bad things, but if you didn't see them, they'd still be happening.
The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there were no speaking or writing, there would be no truth about anything. There would only be what is.
Whatever we had is over. It died the minute I walked downstairs and realized the world I'd always known was a lie.- Blaire Wynn
Don't be afraid to tell the truth. It's better to hurt someone by truth than to make them happy by lies.
Just tell the truth and you're home free. If there are amends to be made, you make them. You own it and move on.
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.
Some people should never be told truth. Their stomachs are not mature enough for that type of food
Truth will screw with you every which way, before it lets you to be anywhere near itself.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
Give me something to worship whatever.” Cries the human soul
Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave a legacy of pain and regret of things you never should have said.
