Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

truth is a letter from courage!

There is nothing in this world that I fear to say.

Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart

Question with boldness, hold to the truth, and speak without fear.

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth.

I say what other people won't.

I've always been outspoken. I've always been honest. I've always said things that maybe other people were afraid to say.

If you look for truth, you have to be courageous.

Real valor consists not in being insensible to danger; but in being prompt to confront and disarm it.

Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.

Your motto: Be Bold, Be Free, Be Truthful.

If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it.

One question," I said. "Did you tell me all that because you think I'm going to die?" "No," he said. "It's because you're doing something brave, and I felt I should too." "I'll take that as a yes," I said.

Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

We have the truth and we need not be afraid to say so.

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

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.

There is not a truth existing which I fear... or would wish unknown to the whole world.

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.

His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.