Luvvie Ajayi Quotes

Telling the truth - telling thoughtful truths - should not be a revolutionary act. Speaking truths to power should not be sacrificial, but they are.

When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told the truth and third, he stood up for the little guy.

I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity.

My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.

Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.

I feel the weight of just telling the truth. There really is no weight to telling the truth. It's a little scary sometimes, but if you tell the truth, you don't have to be looking over your shoulder.

You're not going to be liked by everybody when you speak the truth. I don't speak the truth to put people down; I don't speak the truth to show disrespect.

A man must be sensible of the errors of the people, and upon his guard against them, and must run the risk of their displeasure sometimes, or he will never do them any good in the long run.

No one is too young to do the right thing.

I cannot flinch from saying such things in public. As a Representative of the People I am duty bound to do so. Justice cries out to me not to dissemble.

Someone who will take responsibility for the real welfare of the American people, to be honest with them. I'd like to have that adult in the room.

I never criticized one person in any way that I did not believe was true. How am I a mean guy if I'm telling the truth? Because nobody wants to hear the truth.

There are things that need to be said... and I think it's my obligation to say them.

A deep concern of mine is that leaders in the technology sector have not developed a culture that insists upon courage, honor, duty, and humility - what we might call a culture of virtue.

You needn't think there is nothing you can do-you can tell the truth.

The challenge today is to convince people of the value of truth, honesty, compassion and a concern for others.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.

When you get people standing up saying, 'I'm going to just tell the truth; what do we have to fear?,' it encourages others, and it creates a counterresponse.