James Marsters Quotes

You can never maintain a friendship if you don't tell the truth, even if it hurts.

I'd rather suffer the consequences of truth than of silence.

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

Well, it's really important to be honest with the person that you're seeing.

Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.

Ya know, I just want a girl to be honest.

I try not to do it in a way that is hurtful, but I always tell him the truth, and he tells me the same thing. I trust him the most, and I know he trusts me the most.

Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other.

I like being straightforward. We can deal with anything as long as it's on the table.

To tell the truth, this was one of the few cases in which she had not told him just what she was thinking. Usually, she let him know whatever thoughts happened to come to her, and indeed he never took it amiss if she let slip a word that might pain him, because when all was said and done that was the price one paid for sincerity.

If there is no honesty, there is no relationship. The only degree to which there is a relationship is the degree to which you are honest. Expressing your clear desires does not make you a dictator and you telling what you think, feel, and what you want or don’t want, is just called being honest. It doesn't control him at all. You’re trying to control others by withholding information by not getting involved and by not being honest. Withholding information is a form of manipulation. It is dishonest and it’s destructive to a relationship.

Choosing to be honest is the first step in the process of love. There is no practitioner of love who deceives. Once the choice has been made to be honest, then the next step on love's path is communication.

Those who don't say what they mean will live and die by their own sword.

What I've learned is that the most precious commodity you can have in a relationship is honesty, good or bad.

The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth.

When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out.

Be truthful, say what you mean and mean what you say, don't ignore the given circumstances.

The truth hurts, but silence kills.

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts.

Our family, from day one, has only sought the simple truth in this matter.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

Kids know. They know everything. I would err on the side of pretty much sharing everything.

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.