Truth Quotes

Tell the truth and then run.

Proverb

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American naturalist, poet and philosopher.

It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, novelist and dramatist.

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.

Unknown Source

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) British politician and author.

For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead...

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third president of the United States.

If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through it will blow up everything in its way.

Émile Zola (1840-1902) French novelist, the most important example of the

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.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Politician. President of the United States.

From error to error, one discovers the entire truth.

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Austrian fhysician. Founder of Psychoanalysis.

 

 

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) U.S. poet, essayist and lecturer.

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

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Third president of the United States.

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) British author.

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

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) British politician and author.

To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.

Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer and historian.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived, and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

Martin Luther (1483-1546) German priest and scholar.

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

Horace Mann (1796-1859) U.S. educator.

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.

Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956) American journalist, satirist and social critic.