The ability to make hard truths palatable is one that every long-lived co-leader has mastered. — David A. Heenan Copy Share Image
“Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul. — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it is not the people who change, it is just the mask that falls off.” — JoDee Neathery Copy Share Image
[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“Uncertainty. Vulnerability. Death. Hard truths have a secret power over us. We’d rather ignore them.” — Eran Dror Copy Share Image
“Accomplishment of your dreams demand personal sacrifice and hard work.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
The patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable. ... We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Garry Shandling's stand-up specials were masterpieces of tightly crafted stories that delivered both hard jokes and hard truths. He was neurotic and… — Nell Scovell Copy Share Image
We need to remind people how fun skating is, how quirky skating is. If we went on TV and overlooked the cold,… — Tara Lipinski Copy Share Image
Real friends offer both hard truths and soft landings and realize that it's sometimes more important to be nice than to be… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The willingness to hear hard truth is vital not only for CEOs of big corporations but also for anyone who loves the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Most centrist Democrats... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard… — Tom Hayden Copy Share Image
A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not… — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
There is a big difference between hurt and harm. We all hurt sometimes in facing hard truths, but it makes us grow.… — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
“Oh no, she was never elitist. She said that far too many women are the accomplices of cruel, indifferent men. They lie… — Nina George Copy Share Image
The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
I kind of talk about songwriting in the sense that it's really not my job to try to state hard truths. I'm… — Denison Witmer Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest tragedies of growing up is the discovery that your parents- and your teachers, and your sports heroes, and… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
“I can't find a man I want, and I'm beginning to think the problem is me. Maybe I expect too much. Maybe… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
“I’ll take a hard truth over a gentle lie, every single time. I write to make peace with reality and to make… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
“If you want to do his soul good, why do you continually obstruct him? It hardly makes him a better man. Do… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Prayer does not blind us to the world, but it transforms our vision of the world, and makes us see it, all… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“We simply must speak to each other honestly about all these hard truths.” — Historica Press Copy Share Image
Comedy's the ultimate pill that helps the really hard truths and hard facts go down, right? — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image