Hard Truths Quotes

There are many hard truths that we must face in life.

But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.

I see the dream and I see the nightmare, and I believe you can't have the dream without the nightmare.

So you didn’t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .” “Because experience is the only teacher,” Hey-Soos says. “Even if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture. Why do you think kids don’t listen to their parents, or people don’t leave churches and do what the preacher tells them? There’s only one thing that’s universal.” “What’s that?” “The truth.

That's not an easy message to deliver whether it's in war and peace or in the economic arena, people don't want to be told that all their problems have been solved and everything good so it's a little bit tricky.

Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal cost.

You recognize the truth because sometimes it's hard to swallow, but if you hold it in your mouth, refusing to eat it, you are going to choke.

One important lesson I learned over and over is that, when you walk into any troubled organization, there is a delicate balance between expressing human empathy and yet not passively sweeping hard truths under the rug.

The President's biggest problem right now is he's gotta tell the truth. And we've seen this in New Jersey. I've told lots of hard truths in New Jersey that people didn't necessarily agree with, but they give you credit for looking them in the eye and telling them the truth.

I used the imaginary kingdom not as a sentimentalized fairyland but as an opening wedge to express what I hoped would be some very hard truths.

One must never have spared oneself, one must have acquired hardness as a habit to be cheerful and in good spirits in the midst of nothing but hard truths.

I had to grow up fast because we know it's not all fairy tales out there; it's full of rubbish.

They are resilient children, but they are children, and as much as they need help to understand the hard truths in life, they also need what we all need - protection and love.

Reality has taught us that no woman can build an honest life without sacrificing something along the way. Deciding what will be sacrificed is not easy.

Garry Shandling's stand-up specials were masterpieces of tightly crafted stories that delivered both hard jokes and hard truths. He was neurotic and self-deprecating, and his observations on life cut deep.

The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.

I don't think it serves any minority or underrepresented group to be coddled. Because the world won't coddle you. So I actually believe in tough love, hard truths, black and white.

Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?

I listen to a variety of music. The only common point is strong lyrics; I'm more obsessed with lyrics than music. I need to hear a form of truth, and if it's a hard truth, even better.

Conservatives used to believe in confronting hard truths, not succumbing to comforting fairy tales. Some still do.

There are certain things that are too painful for people to even write about sometimes, and there are certain things that are too hard to read about again.

Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul.

Sometimes there is no happy choice, Sam, only one less grievous than the others. - Jon Snow