Speaking Truth Quotes

“The weather was as ready as the school and campus. The sky was cloudless and the temperature was expected to top out at 76 degrees. Early morning mowers had sugared the air with the fragrance of freshly mowed grass.”
― Shafter Bailey, Cindy Divine: The Little Girl Who Frightened Kings

“Finally, finally, this is what bravery looks like. This is what courage looks like. It has nothing to do with dominating the day, every single day. It has to do with showing up and speaking truth. One true sentence after one true sentence.”
― Hannah Brencher, If You Find This Letter: My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers

“A truth told with bad intent is bitter, a truth told with good intent eventually turns sweeter.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“She had learned long ago that the truth made people angry, and to speak of it was considered evil.”
― Tananarive Due, Ghost Summer

“If it's not right, don't do it; if it's not true, don't speak it.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Sometimes it takes a crazy person to see the world clearly.”
― Shannon L. Alder, The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Bible

“The message of love or beauty or hope needs to be said by a hundred thousand different voices, written by a hundred thousand different pens, at a hundred thousand different times in history, different places in the world, different sectors of society, in different genres and registers, simply to be heard by the billions of ears and hearts that lie waiting for a truth which fires their soul, answers their question, speaks to their heart.”
― Lucy H. Pearce, The Rainbow Way: Cultivating Creativity in the Midst of Motherhood