Brutal Honesty Quotes

• Callie always said Luce was incapable of brutal honesty and that was why she got herself stuck in so many crappy situations with guys whom she should have just told no.

  Lauren Kate

  Honesty, Should Have, Guy

  Lauren Kate (2013). “The Fallen Series: 4-Book Collection”, p.228, Delacorte Press

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• There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.

  Arthur Dobrin

  Trust, Truth, Honesty

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• People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

  Richard J. Needham

  Honesty, People, Satisfaction

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• If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Wisdom, Witty

  Oscar Wilde “The Picture of Dorian Gray - and more”, Eighty Pence Books

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• A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Funny, Fake People

  'Auguries of Innocence' (c.1803) l. 53

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• Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger.

  Tad Williams

  Honesty, Lying, Stronger

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• I think brutal honesty is extremely important. Don't be afraid of being up-front about your feelings and your life. I'd rather be an honest friend than a phony lover.

  Minka Kelly

  Honesty, Thinking, Feelings

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• Your close men friends should be willing to challenge your mediocrity by suggesting a concrete action you can perform that will pop you out of your rut, one way or the other. And you must be willing to offer them your brutal honesty, in the same way, if you are all to grow.

  David Deida

  Honesty, Men, Challenges

  David Deida (2008). “The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.53, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I rap about fighting back. I make it uncomfortable by putting details to it. It might not have been politically correct but I've reached somebody; They relating to me. They relate to the brutal honesty in the rap.

  Tupac Shakur

  Honesty, Rap, Fighting

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• The truth brings with it a great measure of absolution, always.

  R. D. Laing

  Honesty, Ethics, Absolution

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• The man who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more.

  Richard J. Needham

  Inspiring, Honesty, Men

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• Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  Thomas Jefferson (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”, p.112

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• I don't know if any of us are mature enough to handle the brutal honesty of what's inside other people's heads.

  James Marsters

  Honesty, People, Mature

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• I study the Bible all week, pray to the Lord, and then I speak from my heart. It's all about brutal honesty.

  Mark Driscoll

  Honesty, Heart, Study

  "Pastor Mark Packs 'em In". The Seattle Times, November 30, 2003.

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

  Charles Edward Montague

  Truth, Honesty, Lying

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• We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

  Tad Williams

  Honesty, Fear, Lying

  Tad Williams (1994). “To Green Angel Tower”, p.667, Penguin

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• The work of John Lennon was marked by its exquisite beauty and by its brutal honesty.

  Kevin Spacey

  Honesty, Lennon, Brutal

  "Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music". Documentary, Music, October 02, 2001.

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• I can't face losin' ya, Riley. Yer all I got left in this world.” That brutal honesty again. He'd peeled away more armor, and this time he'd exposed his heart.

  Jana Oliver

  Honesty, Heart, Armor

  Jana Oliver (2011). “Soul Thief: A Demon Trappers Novel”, p.273, Macmillan

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