Motivational Quotes

Truth

A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.

- Proverb, Greek

Best Quotes about Truth

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, What is truth?

Whately, Richard

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.

Einstein, Albert

Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believed.

Blake, William

Love truth, and pardon error.

Voltaire

Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I tell the truth, not as much as I would like to, but as much as I dare. I dare more and more as I grow older.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

But wonder on, till truth makes all things plain.

William Shakespeare

One often makes a remark and only later sees how true it is.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig

It is the fate of new truths to begin as heresies and end and superstitions.

Huxley, Thomas H.

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If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.

Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier

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Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

Luther, Martin

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Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it.

Helvetius, Claude A.

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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

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The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.

Quesnel, Pasquier

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Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise.

Mann, Horace

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When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, That is the real thing.

Sockman, Ralph W.

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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

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

Cervantes, Miguel De

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The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

Darrow, Clarence

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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

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Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

Einstein, Albert

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I am always going to be true to myself.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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I will tell you the truth as soon as I figure it out.

Birmingham, Wayne

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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.

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I want everyone to tell me the truth, even if it costs him his job.

Goldwyn, Samuel

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The truth told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent

Blake, William

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You ought to be true for the sake of the folks who think you are true. You never should stoop to a deed that your folks think you would not do. If you are false to yourself, be the blemish but small, you have injured your folks; you have been false to them all.

Guest, Edgar A.

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Truth is always the strongest argument.

Sophocles

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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell

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A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Blake, William

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Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Rosten, Leo

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

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass.

Collier, Robert

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Truth is like a torch; the more it is shook it shines.

Hamilton, Sir William

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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.

Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse)

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

W. Somerset Maugham

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Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.

Stone, W. Clement

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See it like it is!

Cohen, Herb

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We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly higher and greater than our own, when for a little while we are taken over by a force and an intelligence above and beyond those commonly felt. Confident and free, filled with wonder and ready acceptance, we permit ourselves to be taken over by our unquestioning self.

Bach, Dr. Marcus

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The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.

Farnham, Eliza

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We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

Hesiod

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

Berlin, Irving

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

Mamet, David

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Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

Whately, Richard

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Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Ballou, Hosea

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Telling someone the truth is a loving act.

Pancoast, Mal

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Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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

Sir Winston Churchill

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The TRUTH: It may not lead you to where you thought you were going, but it will always lead you somewhere better. When ignored, it will eventually show itself. The closeness of your relationships is directly proportional to the degree to which you have revealed the truth about yourself. It can be painful.