Motivational Quotes

Truth

But'tis strange and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence.

- William Shakespeare

Best Quotes about Truth

Do not run from the truth. There be nought so hard to live with as a lie.

Kathryn L. Nelson

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

Pascal, Blaise

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

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

But'tis strange and oftentimes, to win us to our harm, the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray's in deepest consequence.

William Shakespeare

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself.

Saroyan, William

Our job is only to hold up the mirror -- to tell and show the public what has happened.

Cronkite, Walter

Eclecticism. Every truth is so true that any truth must be false.

Bradley, Francis H.

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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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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.

Brittain, Vera

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

Rosten, Leo

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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

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But wonder on, till truth makes all things plain.

William Shakespeare

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To be persuasive, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be credible. To be credible, we must be truthful.

Walters, Hellmut

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The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. True features make the beauty of the face; true proportions, the beauty of architecture; true measures, the beauty of harmony and music.

Shaftesbury, Lord

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Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked until it is ripe.

Voltaire

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Truth is reality.

Richards, Mary Caroline

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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

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The knowledge of truth, combined with the proper regard for it and it's faithful observance, constitutes true education.

Smith, Joseph F.

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Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

Matthew Arnold

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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

23.

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

William Shakespeare

24.

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

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Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.

Rostand, Jean

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

Truman, Harry S

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

Twain, Mark

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

Hamilton, Sir William

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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.

Galileo Galilei

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Believe those who are seeking truth, doubt those who find it.

Gide, Andre

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The great seal of truth is simplicity.

Boerhaave, Herman

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A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

Prentice, George D.

33.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Cicero, Marcus T.

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

Merzel, David

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

Kennedy, John F.

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

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Receiving a new truth is like adding a new sense.

Liebig

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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

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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

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Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.

Stevens, Wallace

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Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.

Colton, Charles Caleb

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