47 Truth quotes about life that'll make you act with honesty. Here are the best truth quotes to read from famous people that will surely inspire you. They say telling the truth will set you free, and it means free from all the heavy burden of dishonesty and lies. Truthfulness builds trust from one another and can make social bonds while lying breaks them. When being truthful is said to be a positive trait, you should still treat it with caution because it might result in good or might do badly. May these quotes about truth help you learn more about the matter and its importance that can be a huge life changer. Share these truthfulness quotes with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
1. A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. - William Blake
2. Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. - Elvis Presley
3. There is nothing that is going to make people hate you more, and love you more, than telling the truth. - Stefan Molyneux
4. It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing. - Lemony Snicket
5. Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy. - Warren Wiersbe
6. Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud. - DaShanne Stokes
7. Half a truth is often a great lie. - Benjamin Franklin
8. In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell
9. No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. - François de La Rochefoucauld
10. People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up. - George R.R. Martin
11. Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. - Mahatma Gandhi
12. Our biggest fear is not in expressing the truth but that we will be attacked or belittled because of our truth. - Kelli Wilson
13. Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either. - Aesop
14. The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. - Flannery O'Connor
15. Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion. - Edward Abbey
16. The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. - Nadine Gordimer
17. An unbelievable truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion. - John Steinbeck
18. No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller, something neater than the truth. - Ann Patchett
19. The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. - Dorothy L. Sayers
20. Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you. - Stephanie Klein
21. Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. - Marcus Aurelius
22. Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said. - Katherine Boo
23. If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed. - Thomas Hardy
24. Once you reject fear, you will become the perfect candidate to receive and reflect truth. - Suzy Kassem
25. All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. - Galileo Galilei
26. Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth. - Gautama Buddha
27. The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatly wrapped lies. - Jodi Picoult
28. There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. - Soren Kierkegaard
29. Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. - Thomas Jefferson
30. It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth. - Ally Carter
31. A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. - Charles Spurgeon
32. When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead. - Robin Hobb
33. Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. - Walt Whitman
34. Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. - Leo Tolstoy
35. There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty. - John Steinbeck
36. Every person must choose how much truth he can stand. - Irvin D. Yalom
37. There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite. - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
38. Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good. - Henry Rollins
39. Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. - W. Clement Stone
40. Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away. - Ismail Haniyeh
41. Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. - Emily Dickinson
42. Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. - Arthur Conan Doyle
43. People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe. - Andy Rooney
44. Learn what is true in order to do what is right. - Thomas Huxley
45. A harmful truth is better than a useful lie. - Thomas Mann
46. By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth. - Peter Abelard
47. Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
1. A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. - William Blake
2. Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away. - Elvis Presley
3. There is nothing that is going to make people hate you more, and love you more, than telling the truth. - Stefan Molyneux
4. It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing. - Lemony Snicket
5. Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy. - Warren Wiersbe
6. Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud. - DaShanne Stokes
7. Half a truth is often a great lie. - Benjamin Franklin
8. In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell
9. No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. - François de La Rochefoucauld
10. People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up. - George R.R. Martin
11. Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. - Mahatma Gandhi
12. Our biggest fear is not in expressing the truth but that we will be attacked or belittled because of our truth. - Kelli Wilson
13. Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either. - Aesop
14. The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. - Flannery O'Connor
15. Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion. - Edward Abbey
16. The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. - Nadine Gordimer
17. An unbelievable truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it, and it's usually crucifixion. - John Steinbeck
18. No one tells the truth to people they don't actually know, and if they do it is a horrible trait. Everyone wants something smaller, something neater than the truth. - Ann Patchett
19. The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. - Dorothy L. Sayers
20. Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you. - Stephanie Klein
21. Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. - Marcus Aurelius
22. Much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said. - Katherine Boo
23. If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed. - Thomas Hardy
24. Once you reject fear, you will become the perfect candidate to receive and reflect truth. - Suzy Kassem
25. All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. - Galileo Galilei
26. Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth. - Gautama Buddha
27. The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatly wrapped lies. - Jodi Picoult
28. There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. - Soren Kierkegaard
29. Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. - Thomas Jefferson
30. It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth. - Ally Carter
31. A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. - Charles Spurgeon
32. When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead. - Robin Hobb
33. Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. - Walt Whitman
34. Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. - Leo Tolstoy
35. There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty. - John Steinbeck
36. Every person must choose how much truth he can stand. - Irvin D. Yalom
37. There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite. - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
38. Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good. - Henry Rollins
39. Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance. - W. Clement Stone
40. Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away. - Ismail Haniyeh
41. Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it. - Emily Dickinson
42. Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. - Arthur Conan Doyle
43. People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe. - Andy Rooney
44. Learn what is true in order to do what is right. - Thomas Huxley
45. A harmful truth is better than a useful lie. - Thomas Mann
46. By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth. - Peter Abelard
47. Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both. - Ralph Waldo Emerson