Quotes about Truth

Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.

a smart person believes only half of what he hears, but a really smart person knows which half to believe.

Good leaders want the truth—even if it hurts.

Thomas Macauley said, "The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he would never be found out." Life is like a vise; at times it will squeeze us. At those moments of pressure, whatever is inside will be found out. We cannot give what we do not have. Image promises much but produces little. Integrity never disappoints.

Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated, "Adversity is the first path to truth.

You must retain faith that you will prevail in the end and you must also confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.

"Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! "And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.

I have had to let go of my need to be right and focus on the greater need to do right.

Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly bigger man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality." That can happen only when the leader is willing to hear and face the truth.

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.