Charles Edward Montague Quotes

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

The trust that I once built has been betrayed. But I'd rather live tellin' the truth and be judged for my mistakes, than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised.

There is no merit in being truthful when one is truthful by nature, or rather when one can be nothing else; it is a gift, like poetry or music. But it needs courage to be truthful after carefully considering the matter, unless a kind of pride is involved; for example, the man who says to himself, "I am ugly," and then says, "I am ugly" to his friends, lest they should think themselves the first to make the discovery.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

One of the key elements is the ability to be honest with yourself.

I think that's the most important thing you can do to be a real person - is to be honest with yourself.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

I think there's a terrible price to be paid when your exterior life is not an honest reflection of your interior life.

The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

I found that the more truthful and vulnerable I was, the more empowering it was for me.

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.

Say what you know, do what you must, come what may.

The most valuable thing I can share is the importance of living in truth. Sometimes, facing those truths can actually be your worst fear.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong.

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.

A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful.

Washington's entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion and which we should all do well to imitate.

Speaking the truth gets a little easier each time you do it.

I have faced up to what I am.

Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.

We are men of action, lies do not become us.