Motivational Quotes

Truth

That in the beginning when the world was young there were a great many thoughts but no such thing as truth. Man made the truths himself and each truth was a composite of a great many vague thoughts. All about in the world were truths and they were all beautiful.

- Anderson, Sherwood

Best Quotes about Truth

1.

There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.

Butler, Samuel

2.

If you are going to tell people the truth, be funny or they will kill you.

Wilder, Billy

3.

The open-minded see the truth in different things: the narrow-minded see only the differences.

4.

The man who fears no truth has nothing to fear from lies.

Jefferson, Thomas

5.

The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.

Brandes, George

6.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah. [The Savior's Manual]

Bach, Richard

7.

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.

Truman, Harry S

8.

Truth fears nothing but concealment.

Proverb

9.

Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.

Howard, Vernon

10.

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.

Norris, Frank

11.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth,and it goes away. Puzzling.

Pirsig, Robert M.

12.

Say not,'I have found the truth,'but rather,'I have found a truth.'

Kahlil Gibran

13.

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

14.

Part of my job is to train people to break down an involved question into a series of simple matters. Then we can all act intelligently

Deupree, Richard

15.

Against my soul's pure truth why labour you to make it wander in an unknown field?

William Shakespeare

16.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.

Cervantes, Miguel De

17.

The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not put down forever, it may be set back for centuries.

Mill, John Stuart

18.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

Aristotle

19.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

Renard, Jules

20.

Truth comes only to a prepared mind.

21.

Every mind has a choice between truth and repose. Take which you please you can never have both.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

22.

Truth is reality.

Richards, Mary Caroline

23.

We spend all our time looking for some concept of Truth, but Truth is what is left when we drop all concepts.

Merzel, David

24.

I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and if you tell the truth you never have to cover your tracks.

Real Live Preacher

25.

Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.

Colton, Charles Caleb

26.

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

Matthew Arnold

27.

Tell the truth and then run.

Proverb

28.

I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.

Scott Westerfeld

29.

Truth never hurts the teller.

Browning, Robert

30.

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying is it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for. What they're willing to lie for.

David Shore

31.

The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

Pancoast, Mal

32.

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

Locke, John

33.

Truth is the greatest gift of life and love is the exercise of that truth.

34.

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.

Bach, Richard

35.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.

Penn, William

36.

there is no such thing as a harmless truth.

Nunn, Gregory

37.

The truth is lived, not taught.

Hesse, Hermann

38.

Truth does not contradict truth.

Zweifel, Elizer Zvi

39.

Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

40.

Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.

Fuller, Thomas

41.

The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.

Tom Stoppard

42.

There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth.

Runbeck, Margaret Lee

43.

The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.

Gandhi, Mahatma

44.

Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.

Twain, Mark

45.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

Prentice, George D.

46.

Always tell the truth -- it's the easiest thing to remember.

Mamet, David

47.

There's no one thing that is true. They're all true.

Hemingway, Ernest

48.

Truth can be a dangerous thing. It is quite patient and relentless.

Richards, R. Scott

49.

I am always going to be true to myself.

Diana, Princess of Wales

50.

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

Bradshaw, John