Hard Truths Quotes

31 quotes by 25 authors

If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be real scientific data,… — Carl Sagan
Great leadership does not mean running away from reality. Sometimes the hard truths might just demoralize the company, but at other times sharing difficulties can… — John P. Kotter
There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate.… — James C. Collins
The hard truth is that what may be acceptable in elite culture may not be acceptable in mass culture, that tastes which pose only innocent… — Susan Sontag
The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or saved up the… — Ellen Gilchrist
The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet… — Barack Obama
The world is older and bigger than we are. This is a hard truth for some folks to swallow. — Edward Abbey
A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not been made in… — Guy Gavriel Kay
The ability to make hard truths palatable is one that every long-lived co-leader has mastered. — David A. Heenan
Crafted with care and with love, this beautifully constructed novel reveals hard truths and difficult secrets. Diana Davidson is a writer of great honesty and… — Pauline Holdstock
Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy… — Carl Sagan
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting… — Carl Sagan
[Kepler] preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions, and that is the heart of science. — Carl Sagan
The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to… — Jeffrey Sachs
One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Most centrist Democrats... try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard truths for the… — Tom Hayden
The patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable. ... We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America. — Hillary Clinton
Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do. — Fareed Zakaria
Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is that all people love poorly. We need to forgive… — Henri Nouwen
Staring down hard truth takes guts. — Joan Bauer

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