David Luiz Quotes

There's no dignity in hiding from an undignified story. You don't want to die the death of 1000 cuts. Just get the whole thing out… the entire thing, every detail, answer the questions and move on.

My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.

I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.

I've always told the truth. I think that's been part of the foundation of my career. I don't put myself above people. I don't put myself different than people. And I, for one, know that none of us is immune.

The most valuable thing I can share is the importance of living in truth. Sometimes, facing those truths can actually be your worst fear.

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

Those who know me know I won't hesitate to turn around and point someone out.

The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth.

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.

Some people would rather have a lie that makes them smile than a truth that makes them cry. I'm the opposite; I'd rather have people make me cry with the truth than try to make me smile.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Let me get you to understand I don't bully anybody. I stand up for what I believe in and I'm very honest and I always tell the truth. I'm not a liar, I'm not manipulative and I don't stab you in your back because I will stab you in your chest.

If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

The art of life is to show your hand.

I dare you all to write one more thing that you won't say to my face.

Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.

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

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

Honesty is not found in revealing the truth, but in understanding how deeply afraid of it we are. To become honest is in effect to become fully and robustly incarnated into powerlessness.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

You've got to make a decision when you write about your life, and I decided I was going to be honest, and some of those things will be embarrassing.