Truth Telling Quotes

“False has many wings. Do not judge anything by its popularity.”
― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

“When you look back with regret, that (regret, loss) becomes your focus.
Then your focus directs you: you go back to that – again and again.
Choose a new rudder: Look forward now – and focus on your passion with joyful anticipation.
Then your passion will fill the empty space of your loss...and where you land up will amaze you!”
― The Truth AD Infinitum

“Not everything needed to be brought into the light, he knew. Not every truth needed to be told.”
― Louise Penny, A Rule Against Murder

“It is only the cynic who claims “to speak the truth” at all times and in all places to all men in the same way, but who, in fact, displays nothing but a lifeless image of the truth. . . . He dons the halo of the fanatical devotee of truth who can make no allowance for human weaknesses; but, in fact, he is destroying the living truth between men. He wounds shame, desecrates mystery, breaks confidence, betrays the community in which he lives, and laughs arrogantly at the devastation he has wrought and at the human weakness which “cannot bear the truth.”
― Dietrich Bonheoffer

“We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming or cruel when we speak our truths”
― Melody Beattie

“Being the soothsayer of the tribe is a dirty job, but someone has to do it.”
― Anthon St. Maarten

“It was the kind of "here" your mother or your big sister or your great-aunt or your grandmother would have said. It was the kind of "here" that let you know this was hard-earned money but, also, that you needed it more than she did, and the kind of "here" that said she wished you had it and didn't have to borrow it from her, but since you did not have it, and she did, then "here" it was, with a kind of love. It was the kind of "here" that asked the question, When will all this end? When will a man not have to struggle to have money to get what he needs "here"? When will a man be able to live without having to kill another man "here"?”
― Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying

“Seen from the point of view of a lie, the truth is often touted as radical.”
― Mango Wodzak, Destination Eden

“Truth is told when it tells itself.”
― Jill Alexander Essbaum, Hausfrau

“I am accountable for every lie that I tell, but I am also accountable for the effects of every harsh truth I deliver.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“You can't speak life to others if you don't know how to speak life to yourself. Dead leaves can't breathe.”
― Kemi Sogunle

“Some people should never be told truth. Their stomachs are not mature enough for that type of food”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Confrontation is what happens when you are less than honest and you get caught.”
― Barbara Delinsky, Blueprints

“the problem in today's society is that the truth is in short supply and people love soft lies more than hard truths”
― rassool jibraeel snyman

“Dans l'opprimé d'hier, l'oppresseur de demain.”
― Edgar Morin, Au péril des idées : Les grandes questions de notre temps

“First of all understand that I get it. That there are millions and millions of women who are steely eyed realists. And millions and millions of men who are anything but. However. For lack of a better term I would say that the feminine values are the values of america :

Sensitivity is more important than Truth. Feelings are more important than Facts. Commitment is more important than Individuality. Children are more important than People. Safety is more important than Fun.

I always hear women say 'Y'know married men live longer'.

Yes. And an indoor cat also, lives longer.”
― Bill Maher

“Ugly truths are the biggest source of indigestion in humans.”
― Raheel Farooq

“Sometimes, truth causes pain and suffering. At such times, silence is preferred. In fact, there may be times when a white lie, could actually lead to a good outcome.”
― Amish Tripathi, Scion of Ikshvaku

“And whose fault was it that the boy swallowed down lies, when no one would feed him the truth?”
― Lois McMaster Bujold

“Truth is like beauty; it lies in the mind of the beholder”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“The truth is like sunlight: It causes cancer.”
― J. Richard Singleton

“A lie ignored will repeat itself”
― Grant Walker, MD

“If kindness wins, accountability rules.”
― Galit Breen, Kindness Wins

“The powerful hate truth that put them in bad light”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Truth was not meant to be told but found”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“The odds of telling the truth may set you free when the odds of telling a lie are against you.”
― Cory Stallworth

“Я не злой. Я просто не боюсь говорить людям жестокую и неприятную правду. Мы живем в жестоком и неприятном мире.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

“Quando ebbe origine l'Area X, le informazioni erano vaghe e confuse, ed è tuttora vero che al mondo pochi sono al corrente della sua esistenza. Il governo, nella sua versione dei fatti, pose l'accento su una catastrofe ecologica circoscritta derivante dalla sperimentazione in campo militare. Come la proverbiale rana nella pentola, che si accorge che l'acqua sta bollendo quando ormai è troppo tardi, la notizia filtrò nel corso di diversi mesi, entrando nella coscienza delle persone un pò alla volta, come parte della quotidiana overdose di chiasso mediatico sulla crescente devastazione ambientale. Nel giro di un paio d'anni diventò materia per i teorici del complotto e altri personaggi di nicchia. Quando mi arruolai e mi venne rilasciato il nullaosta di sicurezza per apprendere come fossero realmente andate le cose, l'idea di un'<> persisteva nella testa di molte persone come una fiaba oscura, un'idea su cui non volevano riflettere troppo. Ammesso che ci riflettessero. Avevano altri problemi.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation

“A trusted man doesn't flip-flop on where he stands. He says what he means and stand where he stands.He's not easily influenced by fear. He's influenced by destiny and will not be taken advantage of.”
― Henry Johnson Jr

“Siempre odié ser la primera en llegar a las fiestas. Las botellas todavía están cerradas, la comida debe mantenerse intacta hasta que lleguen los demás invitados. La conversación con el anfitrión suele ser fría, se habla del tiempo y cuando se pregunta eso de ¿y qué tal? nunca se puede contestar la verdad.”
― Ainhoa Rebolledo, Gornú