The Truth Quotes

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

Talk to me about the truth of religion and I'll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I'll listen submissively. But don't come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don't understand.

Tell the truth and run.

Gossip is called gossip because it's not always the truth.

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth.

When in doubt tell the truth.

Most people live in a myth and grow violently angry if anyone dares to tell them the truth about themselves.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give us, in the guise of fiction, something equivalent to the actual density of the real, that density which life offers us every day but which we are unable to grasp because we are amusing ourselves with lies.

The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.

It's a parent's worst nightmare to tell you the truth. After the initial shock -- this whole year has been like one long day -- you move forward. He's more than just a football and lacrosse player. He's a cancer survivor. His story is one of hope and inspiration.

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.