Truth Telling Quotes

Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

Do What?' 'Lie,' he said. 'Why do you fabricate these outlandish stories?''Well,' I wanted to say, 'there are those of us who create because all around us, things visible and invisible are crumbling. We are like the stonemasons of Babylon, forever working, as it says in Jeremiah, to shore up the city of walls.'I didn't say that, of course. What I did say was: 'I don't know.

The story unfolded quickly as I typed, in a way I was becoming familiar with. There was something about putting the truth on paper, bringing facts into the light of day where everyone could look at them, that made my fingers move faster -- it was becoming one of my favorite sensations on earth.

All people express a fondness for truth and sincerity, yet many people prefer to live with their illusions and delusions. A person’s sincere desire to believe only what is true oftentimes does not trump their ingrained resistance to truths that fail to coincide with their deeply held desires. People reject truth because it undercuts what they wish was true and despise or discredit anyone whom offers a different version of truth than they are prepared to accept.

Kilroy J. Oldster

Ugly truths are the biggest source of indigestion in humans.

The sooner the jihadis go up to their imagined #heaven, the sooner our earth would be a heaven.

Fakeer Ishavardas

I have to tell you the truth. But you are too ugly for it.

Fakeer Ishavardas

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.

Theodore Roosevelt

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

Barbara Ehrenreich

Seen from the point of view of a lie, the truth is often touted as radical.

And came to her a realization that the largest humiliation for the person was a lie. And the viler the one to whom you lie, the greater is the humiliation.

You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Do not marvel brothers if the world hates you, the world rejected and rebelled against God and His truth.

Auliq-Ice

All of us can lie but it is not a must that we should lie.

Auliq-Ice

Some people should never be told truth. Their stomachs are not mature enough for that type of food

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Truth was not meant to be told but found

Bangambiki Habyarimana

I have wondered that even in the era of colour the black and white photographs are so appealing? I feel that as per saying - in black and white -they speak the truth.

You'll see some bad things, but if you didn't see them, they'd still be happening.

Paula Fox

A human being who trades away individuality for conformity is nothing but a slave.

Auliq-Ice

I write to remind me of the experiences, fictional or non-fictional, that flows a bit of selfless truths. For the me in the ‘I’, or the me through your eyeballs, it is a serum to separate the lumpiness in my heart.

Truth is much like fire. Hard to understand, ever-changing.

Will Bly

Be careful, Hally.""Of what? The truth? I seem to be the only one around here who is prepared to face it.

Once exposed, a secret loses all its power.

If I bad mouth the Truth, and nothing but the Absolute Truth, then, kick my butt. Otherwise, ye of bad faith, keep your stupid trap shut.

Fakeer Ishavardas

But I suppose the most revolutionary act one can engage in is... to tell the truth.

I am accountable for every lie that I tell, but I am also accountable for the effects of every harsh truth I deliver.

Richelle E. Goodrich

The Truth Is That I Was Recognized For Stubbornness And Not Goodness. Even, Though I Was Very Intelligent And Sent To School By A Little Few Supports From Sponsors And My Mother. My Brain Was Never Ever Cool. Due To All The Mistakes I Saw From A Very Tender Age From All Those Whom I Looked Upon As Elders And Shinning Examples. Although They Where Some Good Examples Which Still Live On. Still The Early Damaged As Already Been Done. So It Led Me Dropping Out Of School In To Working And Using The Great Ancient Vedic Philosophies I Have Been Hearing From The Very Beginning Of My Conception In My Mother Womb Till The Day I Was Born And Forever. I Used Them All To Materialize Many Of My Dreams And Practice Mysticism Coupled With Spiritualism To Keep My Self Secured And Keep Cool Depending On God.

Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo

the problem in today's society is that the truth is in short supply and people love soft lies more than hard truths

rassool jibraeel snyman

The unwholesome may be otherwise, but the Whole is ever holy.

Fakeer Ishavardas

Mostly, all book-told gods are as little as the little men who wrote them idiots into existence.

Fakeer Ishavardas

There is no god out there but Oneness of All That Is.

Fakeer Ishavardas

Simply put, That Which Is - what most of us call God - is not a physical person nor a this or that spirit etc. Is the Quintessence of All That Is.

Fakeer Ishavardas

If you tell me the truth, the truth I’ll proclaim.If you tell me a lie, you’ll be fair game.

Belva Rae Staples

Frankly, the only good people who I know are dogs.

Fakeer Ishavardas

Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.

Just a child is free to wander in one's father's garden, discovering little or big things; it is left to the seeker to grow unto the Nature of the Absolute.

Fakeer Ishavardas

Dare to oppose yourself.

Fakeer Ishavardas

A lie, when believed, became the truth.

Michelle M. Pillow

I'm so tired of people who can't be honest. "Beauty is on the inside" Really?? Then why do rich guys & successful guys always end up with beautiful women but they have lousy personalities?.

Whatever we had is over. It died the minute I walked downstairs and realized the world I'd always known was a lie.- Blaire Wynn

People who say "no" right away are usually lying. A truthful person is perfectly capable of saying "no" but generally they stop and think about it first. And they add "sorry" or something like that. Maybe they come out with some questions of their own. It's human nature. They say, "Sorry, no, why, what happened?

Lee Child

And so it was said "tell me your lies and I will help you keep them"And by wisdom attained it was realized that this was not the way. And so it was said "tell me your lies and I will help you heal them in truth without repercussion or judgement; in understanding, compassion and forgiveness.

Nobody wants to be a part of your story. Everybody wants you to elaborate on their fantasies.

Michael Bassey Johnson

Lies sound like facts to those who've been conditioned to mis-recognize the truth.

DaShanne Stokes

Facts are threatening to those invested in fraud.

DaShanne Stokes

It's better to be ignorant and live in bliss than know the truth and live in agony.

Bangambiki Habyarimana

Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?

Socrates

People forget that there's two sides to every story. Of course somebody is going to tell the side of it that makes them look good and exaggerate the rest to make everyone else look bad.

Being the soothsayer of the tribe is a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

Anthon St. Maarten

The truth is like sunlight: It causes cancer.

J. Richard Singleton

Truth is like a bright full moon in a dark country sky. Powerful, bright and undeniable. Lies are like clouds that continually try to cover that moon. Sometimes they might be able to cover the moon, but only temporarily. The truth will always outshine the clouds.

Tell the truth about any situation & you are delivered from lack of progress, but become hypocritical or lying, and you may be in bondage for life.

Auliq-Ice

Don't lie to protect my feelings. I'd rather you speak the truth with love and respect. I'll be fine!

Izey Victoria Odiase

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.

Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.

Barbara De Angelis

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

Spencer Johnson

You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it.

If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are.

DaShanne Stokes

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