Truth Quotes

"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling of humanity."

"Integrity is the foundation of all honor."

"Truth is the light that dispels darkness."

"The voice of truth cannot be silenced forever."

"The foundation of all progress is moral integrity."

"The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments."

"The regard which he is naturally disposed to pay to the opinions and feelings of others, is evidently a selfish regard to some extent."

"The most generous action may have been prompted by the most sordid and selfish motive."

"No one can be much pleased whose conduct has been very faulty, and who can rather suspect than believe that he is approved of."

"To expect honesty from those who traffic in dishonor is like expecting wheat from a field sown with tares."

"In the midst of the greatest grandeur, there is always a moment of truth."

"The corruption of the best things produces the worst."

"The two foundations of a virtuous life are truth and constancy."

"Promises and covenants, like the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, do not always produce the effects expected."

"Constancy and truth form the foundation of all virtues."

"To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection."

"Truth cannot be suppressed indefinitely."

"Truth spoken with kindness is more persuasive than truth spoken with anger."

"To abandon one's principles for comfort is to lose everything worth having."

"To compromise with evil is to become complicit in its existence."

"I have loved truth and sought justice all my life."

"The voice of conscience is louder than the voice of power."

"Truth may be suppressed, but it can never be destroyed."

"To stand for principle when it is unpopular is to stand for truth."

"To speak truth to power requires more courage than to wield a sword."

"Those who claim to love freedom but defend slavery are liars and cowards."

"The truth of our struggle will outlive all the lies told to justify our oppression."

"The individual conscience is the only true law."

"We cannot live only for ourselves, yet we must learn to live for truth."

"The most radical act is to speak truth to power."