Motivational Quotes

Truth

I am always going to be true to myself.

- Diana, Princess of Wales

Best Quotes about Truth

1.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

Churchill, Winston

2.

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it.

Baldwin, James

3.

One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth.

Aurelius, Marcus

4.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Truman, Harry S

5.

Effective thinking consists of being able to arrive at the truth; truth being defined as that which exists.

Hall, Calvin S.

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

Truth comes only to a prepared mind.

10.

The wise boldly pick up a truth as soon as they hear it. Don't wait or a moment, or you'll lose your head.

Hsueh-Dou

11.

Prove all things, hold fast to that which is true.

Bible

12.

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

Butler, Samuel

13.

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first it is ridiculed, in the second it is opposed, in the third it is regarded as self evident.

Schopenhauer, Arthur

14.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live the best life that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right and part from him when he goes wrong.

Lincoln, Abraham

15.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

Darrow, Clarence

16.

If ever we hear a case of lying, we must look for a severe parents. A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.

Alder, Alfred

17.

If truth is beauty, then how come no one has their hair done in a library?

Tomlin, Lily

18.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

Churchill, Winston

19.

Truth and virtue conquer.

Motto

20.

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, for the truth.

Adler, Alfred

21.

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

Dickinson, Emily

22.

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

Gibran, Kahlil

23.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Aristotle

24.

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

Twain, Mark

25.

They breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.

William Shakespeare

26.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

Balfour, Arthur James

27.

People deserve... the truth. They deserve honesty. The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

Springsteen, Bruce

28.

Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.

Colton, Charles Caleb

29.

True, what you sacrifice for the world is but poorly recognized by it; for it is man that rules and reaps the harvest; the thousand night watches and sacrifices by which a mother secures the state a hero or a poet are forgotten, not even mentioned, for the mother herself does not mention them, and so one century after another do the wives, unknown and unrewarded send forth the arrows, the starts the storm-birds and the nightingales of time.

Richter, Jean Paul

30.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

Augustine, St.

31.

Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it.

Pascal, Blaise

32.

There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.

Berlin, Irving

33.

Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.

Clarence Darrow

34.

It is always good policy to tell the truth unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar. Jerome K. Jerome It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth. and so it goes away. Puzzling.

Pirsig, Robert M.

35.

The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.

W. Somerset Maugham

36.

Whatever separates you from the Truth, throw it away, it will vanish anyhow.

Emre, Yumus

37.

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

Fuller, Thomas

38.

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.