David Whyte Quotes

It's amazing how much you will forgive if the behavior is truthful.

Someone who will take responsibility for the real welfare of the American people, to be honest with them. I'd like to have that adult in the room.

I want people to know the truth. That's what drives me. That there is truth in the world to know, and once you know it, you have a responsibility to share it.

See it all. See it fairly. Be truthful, be sensible and be careful with language. When nothing depends on man, everything depends on him.

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.

I'm not saying I'm the perfect role model. But I'm honest. Period.

I have been given the authority over you, and I am not the best of you. If I do well, help me; and if I do wrong, set me right. Sincere regard for truth.

We are really the conveyors of truth in a very critical time and people need to know that truth.

In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.

As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.

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.

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.

Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a lie and made other people suffer, I think that's very difficult when you reach this age.

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

I'm going to be as sincere as I can in delivering the message I think is right. If people agree, great, and if they don't, I did my best.

Not knowing the answer is better than consciously misleading.

I like someone who's focused and can tell me what they've done well and not well and who's very open, honest, and self-aware.

A good, hard-hitting dissent keeps you honest.

I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.

I've been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I'm not qualified to talk about.

I'm a person who has always believed that you tell people the truth, and they'll make reasonable decisions. Truth is powerful.

In the case of 'The Deep,' because of the people involved, the talent and the real lives of people who died, I wanted to make the most honest film I could. And sometimes that's the best way to go: Just make the best version of the film you can.

I don't like to say things that I wouldn't want to say to someone's face. Those are my morals for life.