Truth Quotes

Lies aren't true, so why would anyone tell them?

~ Brian Clevinger

Such is the power of truth that even the slightest whisper of it can handily drown out the most boisterous of lies, which may explain why in many instances God only needs to whisper.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Tell the truth about any situation & you are delivered from lack of progress, but become hypocritical or lying, and you may be in bondage for life.

~ Auliq Ice

I resent being lied to because a lie doesn't only undermine the value of the truth, but it further denies the liar a fair chance for honesty.

~ Gugu Mona

Be wary of smooth talkers. Words are rarely at your disposal if something is wholly, truly, completely true.

~ Joyce Rachelle

A partial truth is the most common path to an entire lie.

~ Fred Munoz

Those who make uncritical observations or fraudulent claims lead us into error and deflect us from the major human goal of understanding how the world works. It is for this reason that playing fast and loose with the truth is a very serious matter.

~ Carl Sagan

Next time someone tells you to smile for the camera, & you don’t feel like it—say no, thanks. Don’t fake your way into a happy-seeming life. Open vulnerable honesty is true positivity.

~ Waylon H. Lewis

Take this wine glass for example. If I had poured milk into it and told you it was wine, would you be upset when you took the first sip, expecting the bite of fermented grapes and getting milk instead?”“I like milk.”Everett fought a smile. “I do too. But I also like to know what’s coming. It all boils down to control.

~ Whitney Barbetti

Secrets, like tyrants, have influence that extends far beyond their own thrones. To silence their oppressive powers, they must be uncrowned.

~ Ina Catrinescu

We must return to the first question of philosophy: Do we want the truth?We indict others when they ignore it or twist it to their own agendas. But do we honestly want the truth above all else, even when the truth will cost us, even when we must reverse our stance and run the risk of others' derision? Are we willing to radically change our lives in order to pursue it? Are we willing to change, to let go of lifelong, cherished, character-bound beliefs? Are we willing to pay?

~ Daniel Ionson

She felt that “truthful” and “honest” were two very different concepts. She could truthfully say that she hadn’t eaten Roselyn’s Chinese leftovers, but that wasn’t honest because it omitted that Eliot did and that Shane did not object.

~ Thomm Quackenbush

All a man can betray is his conscience.

~ Joseph Conrad

Truth is like a bright full moon in a dark country sky. Powerful, bright and undeniable. Lies are like clouds that continually try to cover that moon. Sometimes they might be able to cover the moon, but only temporarily. The truth will always outshine the clouds.

~ Alex Haditaghi

Everything she sang was true. I will leave it to you as to whether the truth can exist with details omitted, or if those lacks make a lie of it.

~ Robin Hobb

Honesty is to truth as prow is to stern. Honesty appears first and truth appears last. The interval between varies in direct proportion to the size of ship. With anything of size, truth takes a long time in coming. Sometimes it only manifests itself posthumously.

~ Haruki Murakami

God doesn't always bring you the entire truth. He sometimes gives it to you in pieces, in order to learn. Regardless, it is the piece that you got today that will renew your faith for tomorrow.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Always be truthful. When you lie to others, you are really lying to yourself.

~ Batya Maman Sabag

The truth is like sunlight: It causes cancer.

~ J. Richard Singleton

Self-manipulation is our medication. Mythology is our drug. The only cure is honesty.

~ Stefan Molyneux

In each generation, there is this certain wisdom of the ages that gets reburied in the fleeting drivels of modernity; then, like a diamond in the rough, it is yet again unearthed by a very small minority who not only restores it, but also polishes it and presents it as something new, something highly valuable and refreshing as understood by the current.

~ Criss Jami

Truth is the old way. Truth dates back to the time when your word was your bond, and you didn't need papers in a language you couldn't understand to compel you to act honestly.

~ Vanora Bennett

When the economy of a country is based fundamentally on the principles of truth and honesty, that nation experiences economic stability.

~ Sunday Adelaja

It is possible to have a rather tranquil political atmosphere in any given nation. The secret is to put truth and honesty as the foundation of the political structure in that nation.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Many people would fight against the idea that they are corrupt. While in the real sense, they are corrupt because they don’t live by the principles of honesty and truth.

~ Sunday Adelaja

If we in Nigeria and Africa generally are to experience a true national transformation, there must be numerous movements championing the cause for truth and honesty in every aspect of our daily affairs.

~ Sunday Adelaja

When truth and honesty is absent in the nation, it relates not just to the politicians.

~ Sunday Adelaja

There is a possibility of economic growth through honesty and truth.

~ Sunday Adelaja

One of the greatest indicators of how much truth and honesty is in a country, is easily seen by observing how people drive around the city. What is their attitude to the rules of road safety? What is their attitude towards other commuters? Do they try to beat the system by all means? Do they try to get their way by hook or by crook, or they follow the rules? That is also part of corruption!

~ Sunday Adelaja

Economic and financial conversion is actually attainable, thanks to this principle of truth and honesty.

~ Sunday Adelaja

I believe that without strict enforcement of penalties for any offence violating the principles of truth and honesty, Nigeria and Africa will not be able to move from our present state of underdevelopment into civilization.

~ Sunday Adelaja

True development only comes when the principles of truth and honesty have been successfully transmitted into the daily and everyday lifestyle of the people.

~ Sunday Adelaja

The key challenge facing us today is to successfully transmit into daily and everyday lifestyle the principle of truth and honesty.

~ Sunday Adelaja

If you see any country that is advanced and developed today, it is because that society is fundamentally based on principles of truth and honesty.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Truth is a fundamental principle that is needed for any form of building or construction. So also is honesty.

~ Sunday Adelaja

Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn’t divide easily into ‘true’ and ‘false’, but instead could be ‘things that people needed to know at the moment’ and ‘things that they didn’t need to know at the moment’.

~ Terry Pratchett

Being the soothsayer of the tribe is a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

~ Anthon St. Maarten

Truth was a nasty bitch sometimes.

~ Stacey Marie Brown

Truth and honesty are some of the most powerful principles to developing a nation.

~ Sunday Adelaja

How often in our lives have we withheld the truth from someone we’re supposed to love? We justify it by telling ourselves we’re doing them some kindness, when in reality, we’re just being selfish. We don’t want them to know the truth because if they did, well, they might not love us anymore. How many of us have ever felt that no one would love us if they knew the real us? Love bears all things, the Bible tells us. The truth is, everyone who really loves you can bear the real you.

~ Erin O'riordan