Hopeful-and-encouraging Quote by Tom Althouse

“Honesty is vulnerability. Sadly, not everyone can handle someone’s honesty. However, lying allows people to be comfortable.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“I'm glad that my willingness to be vulnerable about my life encourages other people to be more open and honest about their own.”

— William P. Smith

“Honesty scares quite a lot of people.”

— Beth Myrle Rice

“The truth doesn’t make you vulnerable—concealing it does.”

— Ann McMan

“We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our…

— Roy Bennett

“it is being honest about my pain that makes me invincible.”

— Nayyirah Waheed

“With honesty, what hurts at the moment won't hurt for a lifetime.”

— Kate Angell

“It’s been rewarding to be this honest lately. I’m determined to stay this honest, as if lives depend on it, which I guess they…

— Adam Silvera

“if you don’t say the honest thing, sometimes the honest thing never becomes true.”

— John Green

“And truth is true only as it brings down more disgrace and dreariness upon human beings, so that if it shows anything except evil…

— Saul Bellow

“But truth is stubborn. Our nature, our secret hearts can only hide for so long.”

— Susan Henderson

“I have decided that love is only real and true when it makes you feel safe.”

— Adriana Trigiani