Quotes about Truth
Boldness in the course of a noble fight is worth the risk...If you stand on truth, you'll only regret your timidity later, but you'll never regret being bold.
— Charles Swindoll
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.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Some would say the Creator is a lamb. Some would say he's a lion. Some would say both. The fact is, he is neither a lamb nor a lion. These are fiction. Metaphors. Yet the Creator is both a lamb and a lion. These are both truths.
— Ted Dekker
There's different ways to be impacted by truth. One is to read the scriptures. Another is to read other works by other people who have read the scriptures, non fiction for example. Another is to do studies. Another is to go to a place of worship. Another thing is to sit and listen to someone who's speaking. There's all kinds of ways. Another way is to write. About the truth. Discover the struggle through your character.
— Ted Dekker
Just because the truth disturbs someone doesn't make speaking that truth hate speech.
— Ted Dekker
Just because someone sees the truth doesn't mean they will accept it or allow that truth to change them.
— Ted Dekker
Though being freed from sin, most remain slaves, blinded and gagged by their own deception.
— Ted Dekker
What was once obvious to them was no longer quite as obvious. Why was it that humans lost sight of truth so quickly?
— Ted Dekker
The only barrier to apprehending the truth is our own unwillingness to see the world as it is instead of how we prefer it to be.
— Ted Dekker
But know that how you see yourself doesn't define you. How I see you defines you. How you see yourself only defines your experience in the world.
— Ted Dekker
Once born into child like faith, brimming with belief, typical people began to lose their faith. Society mocks them. Their friends smirk. They come to change the world, but over time the world changes them. Soon they forget the faith they once had. Then one day someone tells them the truth, but they don't want to go back, because they're comfortable in their new skin. Being a stranger in this world is never easy.
— Ted Dekker
We all get to discover who we really are at some point, and when we do, it can be quite unsettling.
— Ted Dekker