Will Smith Quotes

Truth is a glorious but hard mistress. She never consults, bargains or compromises.

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

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.

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

If it is decreed that I should go down because of this speech, then let me go down linked to the truth—let me die in the advocacy of what is just and right.

A tough guy, to me, stands for something, and he's not afraid to get a beating.

I had purpose in my heart that I would stand up for the truth regardless of what I might lose in life.

Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction ... nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Sacrifice life to truth.

Life is not worth living for which a man is not prepared to die at any moment.

Just because the truth is unpopular doesn't mean that it should not be proclaimed.

Just remember, strength and courage. If you stand on principle, you'll never lose.

I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.

Give voice to what you know to be true, and do not be afraid of being disliked or exiled. I think that's the hard work of standing up for what you see.

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

It is not easy to stand up against your constituents or your friends or colleagues or your community and take a tough stand for something you believe is right. Because you always want to keep working and live to fight another battle and it might cost you your career.

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

To me, bravery is to stand up for what you believe in.

Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right.

I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

You have to do what is real and what is right and what is good and what you believe in. It doesn't mean it's always going to work. It doesn't. But when it does, it is truthful and forever.

I urge you to hold fast to your standards. I plead with you not to waver.