Truth Hurts Quotes To Encourage You To Speak The Truth

Looking for quotes about the the truth hurts? We have rounded up the best collection of truth hurt quotes, sayings, phrases, proverbs, captions, messages, status (with images and pictures) to inspire you to be honest and stand with the truth at all times.

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Hearing the unvarnished truth or hard reality about someone, something, or oneself can cause the listener to feel sadness or unhappiness. But irrespective of how one feels one should speak and face the truth.

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Lies, betrayal, cheating someone will only cause pain and resentment in relationships. It shakes the foundation of trust and leads people to mistrust you. Being honest may not seem comforting at first but it will not disappoint you.

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Top 10 Truth Hurts Quotes

  1. “Truth Hurts.” — Lizzo (Song Lyrics)
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    Truth Hurts Pictures

  2. “I’d rather be hurt by the truth than protected by a lie.” — Unknown
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    rather be hurt by the truth quote

  3. “Truth hurts; Doubt ruins; Lie destroys.” — Unknown
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    Truth Really Hurts Quotes

  4. “The truth hurts, but silence kills.” — Mark Twain
    Famous Truth Hurts Quotes
    Famous Truth Hurts Quotes

  5. “The truth is heavy, therefore few care to carry it.” — Winston Churchill

  6. “The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off!” — Gloria Steinem

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    Truth Hurts Sayings

  7. “Hurt me with the truth. But never comfort me with a lie.” — Erza Scarlet

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    hurt me with the truth quotes

  8. “The truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever.” — Unknown

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    Truth Hurts Quotes

  9. “The truth hurts only once. A lie hurts everytime you remember it.” — Unknown


  10. “Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.” — Henry Rollins

Famous Quotes About The Truth

  1. “Embrace reality even if it burns you.” — Pierre Bergé

  2. “Truth hurts. But lies can kill.” — Karen Marie Moning


  3. “But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.” — Khaled Hosseini


  4. “Truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth.” — Todd Wagner

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    Truth Hurts Quotes Images

  5. “Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.” — George Eliot

  6. “If the truth shall kill them, let them die.” — Ayn Rand

  7. “Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures.” — Han Suyin

  8. “Lies run sprints, but the truth runs marathons.” — Michael Jackson

  9. “If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!” — Mark Twain

  10. “Maturity is when you know the other person is lying but you just smile and let it go.” — Unknown
    Relationship Truth Hurts Quotes
    Relationship Truth Hurts Quotes

  11. “Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.” — Ludwig Borne

  12. “The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.” — Oscar Wilde

  13. “My only wish is I die real cause that truth hurts and those lies kill.” — Drake

  14. “The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.” — Jim Davis

  15. “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.” — Aldous Huxley

  16. “The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.” — Terry Pratchett

  17. “The truth hurts, but it doesn’t kill. Lies may please, but it doesn’t heal.” — Unknown

  18. “I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it’s hell.” — Harry Truman

  19. “Sometimes the truth hurts. If you don’t like it, then change it.” — Kaitlyn Anderson

  20. “The truth is always there. The choice is yours, whether to face it or not.” — Unknown

Painful Truth Of Life Quotes That You Cannot Ignore

  1. “The truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.” — William Blake

  2. “The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.” — David Foster Wallace

  3. “Truth doesn’t hurt. It is only pride that hurts after hearing the truth.” — Levi M Mathews

  4. “The ego is terrified of the truth. And the truth is that the ego doesn’t exist.” — Byron Katie

  5. “Sometimes the truth hurts so much that one can barely feel their presence.” — Rahul Naik

  6. “It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.” — Simon Sinek

  7. “The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should be treated with caution.” — J.K. Rowling

  8. “The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose.” — Samuel ibn Naghrillah

  9. “In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow – and that is likely to hurt.” — Wei Wu Wei

  10. “Telling the truth and make someone cry is better than telling a lie to make someone smile.” — Unknown

  11. “People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.” — David Duchovny

  12. “The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.” — Herbert Agar

  13. “Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts.” — Leslie Nielsen

  14. “We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.” — Denis Diderot

  15. “Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.” — Albert Einstein

  16. “There is a tragic clash between truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.” — Nikolay Berdyayev

  17. “People say the truth hurts. Hell no, it hurts even more if you do a whole bunch of foolishness to try and avoid it.” — Tyler Perry

  18. “Never assume every critic is a hater…Everyone is not hating on you, someone out there is telling you the truth…” — Unknown

  19. “Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

  20. “The truth hurts because it’s real. It hurts because it mattered. And that’s an important thing to acknowledge to yourself.” — John Green

  21. “Don’t lie to me. Don’t deceive me. Give me the truth. Even if it breaks me. A painful truth is better than a pleasant lie.” — Yasmin Mogahed

  22. “Sometimes being honest with someone or hearing the truth hurts, but it is always better to be honest and accept what is.” — Syesha Mercado

  23. “Actually, truth dies more quickly in the war of words than one of swords, and the more emotional the debate, the quicker the death.” — Bode Olakanm

  24. “When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have some solemn proof to pass her down.” — Charles Churchill

  25. “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.” — Swami Vivekananda

Quotes About The Truth Hurting

  1. “You can’t handle the truth.” — Unknown

  2. “I lied when I said it didn’t hurt.” — Unknown


  3. “Don’t deny what’s obvious to see.” — Unknown


  4. “Oh well, the truth hurts, doesn’t it?” — Robin Roberts


  5. “Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.” — Proverb


  6. “If the truth hurts, you ain’t living right.” — Stephen Holder


  7. “There are truths which can kill a nation.” — Jean Giraudoux

  8. “My heart won’t admit what my mind already knows.” — Unknown

  9. “You’re not upset with me. You’re upset that I spoke the truth.” — Unknown

  10. “There’s the truth that hurts us and the truth that hurts others.” — Unknown

  11. “The worst part about being lied to is knowing you weren’t worth the truth.” — Jean-Paul Sartre


  12. “If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.” — Oscar Wilde


  13. “I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn’t been kind to us; but, with the help of God, we will prevail.” — Alija Izetbegovic

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