Wendell Phillips Quotes

I think that people need to have the courage of their convictions and not be trying to fool people into thinking that they've changed overnight.

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Many things I might not write today because I no longer believe them, but I wouldn't change them, since I believed them at the time.

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

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.

I always say the same thing - believe in what you do, do it, and don't veer away from the truth of it.

The first step to wisdom is to be sure one says and does what one believes.

If you are honest with yourself and if you want to like what you see in the mirror, is you have to say what you really believe.

A man who speaks out honestly and fearlessly that which he knows, and that which he believes, will always enlist the good will and the respect, however much he may fail in winning the assent, of his fellow men.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

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

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

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

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

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.

The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.

Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

Look, I'm not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits that are cheap. But I say what I think and I believe what I say, and I'm willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right.

I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.

A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.