--- title: "8 Consequences Truth Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Consequences Truth quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Consequences Truth sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/devin-kelley-40887_benefits_i-d-rather-deal-with-the-consequences-of_219919.jpg" --- > [I'd rather deal with the consequences of the truth rather than the benefits of a lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devin-kelley/i-d-rather-deal-with-the-consequences-of-the-truth-rather-than-the/) [Devin Kelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devin-kelley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/devin-kelley-40887_benefits_i-d-rather-deal-with-the-consequences-of_219919.jpg) > [I'd rather suffer the consequences of truth than of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-d-rather-suffer-the-consequences-of-truth-than-of-silence/) [Ani DiFranco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ani-difranco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/ani-difranco-813_consequence_i-d-rather-suffer-the-consequences-of-tr_399510.png) > [“scared as you may be of the consequences of the truth, it don’t hold a candle to the consequences of a lie.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-n-joy/scared-as-you-may-be-of-the-consequences-of-the-truth-it-don-t-hold-a/) [E.N. Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-n-joy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/e-n-joy-7908_fear_scared-as-you-may-be-of-the-consequences_684989.jpg) > [As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/as-long-as-a-journalist-tells-the-truth-in-conscience-and-fairness-it/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d9/ben-bradlee-15971_believe_as-long-as-a-journalist-tells-the-truth_968539.jpg) > [“Thereby men do not flee from being deceived as much as from being damaged by deception: what they hate at this stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/thereby-men-do-not-flee-from-being-deceived-as-much-as-from-being/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/friedrich-nietzsche-15_deception_thereby-men-do-not-flee-from-being-decei_2612188.jpg) > [“Truth can hurt, can be blind to consequences. Truth can cut. Truth can sever. Too”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitchell-hogan/truth-can-hurt-can-be-blind-to-consequences-truth-can-cut-truth-can/) [Mitchell Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitchell-hogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/mitchell-hogan-49092_truth-hurt_truth-can-hurt-can-be-blind-to-consequen_2872458.jpg) > [Only cowards lie, the daring ones never stop speaking truth as they are worth facing the consequences of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senora-roy/only-cowards-lie-the-daring-ones-never-stop-speaking-truth-as-they/) [Senora Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senora-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/senora-roy-422_consequences_only-cowards-lie-the-daring-ones-never-s_2977729.jpg) > [“There are always consequences to the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-callahan-henry/there-are-always-consequences-to-the-truth/) [Patti Callahan Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-callahan-henry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/patti-callahan-henry-13546_consequences_there-are-always-consequences-to-the-tru_2982367.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consequences-truth/#itemlist", "name": "Consequences Truth Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd rather deal with the consequences of the truth rather than the benefits of a lie.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Devin Kelley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devin-kelley/i-d-rather-deal-with-the-consequences-of-the-truth-rather-than-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/devin-kelley-40887_benefits_i-d-rather-deal-with-the-consequences-of_219919.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/devin-kelley-40887_benefits_i-d-rather-deal-with-the-consequences-of_219919.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/devin-kelley-40887_benefits_i-d-rather-deal-with-the-consequences-of_219919.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd rather deal with the consequences of the truth rather than the benefits of a lie.” — Devin Kelley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'd rather suffer the consequences of truth than of silence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ani DiFranco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ani-difranco/i-d-rather-suffer-the-consequences-of-truth-than-of-silence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/ani-difranco-813_consequence_i-d-rather-suffer-the-consequences-of-tr_399510.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/ani-difranco-813_consequence_i-d-rather-suffer-the-consequences-of-tr_399510.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edb/ani-difranco-813_consequence_i-d-rather-suffer-the-consequences-of-tr_399510.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'd rather suffer the consequences of truth than of silence.” — Ani DiFranco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“scared as you may be of the consequences of the truth, it don’t hold a candle to the consequences of a lie. Because guess what? When you lie, not only will you have to deal with the consequences of the lie, all the stress and worry of hiding the lie, but then when and if the lie is uncovered you still have to end up dealing with the truth anyway.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E.N. Joy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-n-joy/scared-as-you-may-be-of-the-consequences-of-the-truth-it-don-t-hold-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/e-n-joy-7908_fear_scared-as-you-may-be-of-the-consequences_684989.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/e-n-joy-7908_fear_scared-as-you-may-be-of-the-consequences_684989.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/e-n-joy-7908_fear_scared-as-you-may-be-of-the-consequences_684989.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“scared as you may be of the consequences of the truth, it don’t hold a candle to the consequences of a lie…” — E.N. 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