The ability to make hard truths palatable is one that every long-lived co-leader has mastered. — David A. Heenan Copy Share Image
[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science. — Carl Sagan 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
It's important to hear the hard truths from Black voices, not filtered through the White Savior trope. — Leslie Uggams 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
“Which way would you walk—the way of hard truths or the way of fine lies?” “Truths,” he said. “I’ve come too far… — Neil Gaiman 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
Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the debacle of putting the world's greatest care… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Take one, and you cannot take the other. But neither path is safe. Which way would you walk — the way of… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“She knew that sex was a means of getting ahead and saw nothing wrong in exploiting male weaknesses for her own purposes.” — Alice Walsh 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
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
Sharona Muir has written a gripping personal memoir about her odyssey to rediscover and reclaim her father. Along the way she uncovers… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
There isn't going to be anyone to tell you what to do most of the time. It has to be your own… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
The relationships we have with our doctors are often the most trusted relationships of our lives. Our doctors tell us hard truths… — Lauren Boebert Copy Share Image
In my creature impatience I am often caused to wish that there were some way to bring modern Christians into a deeper… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
The President's biggest problem right now is he's gotta tell the truth. And we've seen this in New Jersey. I've told lots… — Chris Christie 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
“I don't like lies," said Bran, and I knew I'd failed to keep the pain of his revelation from my face. "Not… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
“We know we have to face hard truths and take strong steps, but we have not done so; instead, we have drifted.… — Bill Clinton Copy Share Image
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
One important lesson I learned over and over is that, when you walk into any troubled organization, there is a delicate balance… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
Too many prefer gentle lies to hard truths. But make no mistake, in the end its better to be hurt by the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I listen to a variety of music. The only common point is strong lyrics; I'm more obsessed with lyrics than music. I… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
“Growing up on the fringe, you came to accept hard truths. Nothing was fair. the world was cold, unforgiving, and people died.… — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
It's a hard truth for Americans to face, that neither team in Washington is going to guard what we love the most.… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
I used the imaginary kingdom not as a sentimentalized fairyland but as an opening wedge to express what I hoped would be… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Nine holes of golf will take you one-and-a-half, two hours. I run in 20 minutes, I feel better off. So the cost… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Lucas had told me only one lie, ever; he kept the secret of black Cross because it wasn’t his secret to tell.… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image