Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness.

Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues of the world of humanity. Without truthfulness, progress and success in all the worlds of God are…

— Abdu'l-Bahá

“Whatever you do well in the darkness tells more about who you are than what you do best in light. Watch out!”

— Israelmore Ayivor

One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a…

— Clarence Darrow

Some level of truthfulness has always been seen as essential to human society, no matter how deficient the observance of other moral principles.

— Sissela Bok

I have come to understand that if we hope to build a better world, we must be guided by the universal human values that…

— Ephraim Katzir

Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough…

— J. Reuben Clark

“A relationship built on lies and trickery will not last; only truthfulness can uphold a relationship”

— idowu koyenikan

“Prayer is a discipline in truthfulness, in honesty.”

— Marilynne Robinson

There is a road to freedom. Its milestones are obedience, endeavour, honesty, order, cleanliness, sobriety, truthfulness, sacrifice, and love of the fatherland.

— Adolf Hitler

Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you're out…

— Harold Wilson

Florey was not an easy personality. His drive and ambition were manifest from the day he arrived ... He could be ruthless and selfish;…

— Allen Drury

“You’re one cruel bastard,” she managed to get out. He tsked with his tongue. “Everyone says that.” Then he took hold of her chin…

— Dianna Hardy

The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars.

— Ronald Reagan

I've got that ruthlessness inside me. All good captains have to be able to say things like that - with good man-management skills.

— Alastair Cook

“I learned to ambush the fear and I managed to turn vulnerability to ruthlessness.”

— Euginia Herlihy