Truth Quotes

"I may have been rash, but I have always been honest."

"Truth is the light that guides us through darkness."

"The truth of one's convictions is tested in the silence and solitude of the night."

"To know what is right and to do otherwise is to be at war with yourself."

"Experience is the oracle of truth."

"Tyranny can only exist where truth perishes."

"Public and private faith and honor have maxims to guide them."

"Truth and reason are capable of supporting themselves when tolerated to combat."

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

"Truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"We can boast of nothing but our integrity and honor."

"A man's character is the true arbiter of his worth, not his wealth or station."

"Truth has a power that no lie can ever possess, no matter how cleverly it is told."

"The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."

"The pursuit of truth requires courage and an open mind."

"The measure of a man's true character lies not in his public declarations, but in the choices he makes when no one is watching."

"A man's word is his bond, or he is no man at all, merely a shadow of one."

"A comfortable lie is more easily swallowed than an uncomfortable truth."

"A lie told often enough becomes truth in the minds of those who wish to believe it."

"The secrets we keep are the chains that bind us most tightly."

"The strength of the commonwealth is in the honesty of its people."

"Precept and practice must go together."

"It is impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may call it so, that mental lying has produced in society."

"Positive, practical talk is the thing."

"It is impossible to count the hoar-frosts which spring from corruption."

"I have always strived to go not above nor below the truth."

"A thing dark by choice is darker by concealment."

"We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts."

"It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry Peace, Peace—but there is no peace."

"Let there be no delusion about the dangers which threaten us."