119 Truth Quotes

A collection of short truth quotes. Telling the truth,being honest is always the right thing to do. May these bring you solace when you are tempted to say otherwise. Truth and honesty go hand in hand for living a good life! You may also be encouraged by our collection of poems about truth.


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  1. Always tell the truth, not only because it is the decent thing to do, but because it gives you such an advantage over the man who is trying to remember his lies! Sam Brookes
    Christian Poems



  2. If I weed out the thorns of malice and untruth, and plant the seeds of helpful deeds, I'll reap the Rose of Lasting Youth! John Kendrick Bangs, The Garden
    Garden Poems



  3. Prudence accomplishes many things, honesty makes us brave and true J. J. Thorne, Attend To Thine Alone
    Friendship Poems



  4. Seek the right, though the wrong be tempting; speak the truth at any cost; S. K. Phillips, We Shall Be Satisfied
    Poems of Encouragement



  5. A birthday is a celebration of the beautiful truth that you are a unique and wonderful gift to this world. Author Unknown
    Birthday Poems



  6. Be true to truth: the proudest name that sterling worth may win Unknown, Be True
    Poems About Justice



  7. The world is full of sin, and vice, and crime. But honesty will stand the test of time
  8. The world is full of sin, and vice, and crime. But honesty will stand the test of time John Imrie
    Inspirational Poems



  9. The world may think 'tis strange to show our love so pure, but Jesus alone gives truth that endures. Catherine Pulsifer, Be The Hands And Feet Of Jesus
    Poems About Hands



  10. Happiness is ....truth our trusted tutor  William Arthur Ward, Happiness Is When
    Poems About Happiness



  11. May beauty and truth, keep you in youth J. S. Ogilvie, Preserve Your Old Age
    Funny Poems About Aging



  12. Lord make me an instrument of your peace...where there is error, truth St. Francis of Assisi, The Peace Prayer
    St. Francis Prayer



  13. Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence. Mahatma Gandhi
    Poems about Life



  14. Jesus did not come to strike a balance between grace and truth. He brought the full measure of both. Andy Stanley
    Quotes About Jesus



  15. In order to move your life forward and be true to yourself, you must be willing to release all that is untrue. Rhonda Britten
    Quotes About Being Yourself



  16. If you can bear to hear the truths you've spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools.....you'll be a Man, my son Rudyard Kipling, If
    If Poems



  17. To embrace adulthood with a stoic face, humbled by the truth of life's relentless pace. Catherine Pulsifer, Where Did The Time Go
    Grown-Up Poem



  18. In shadows of guilt, where secrets reside, truth waits patiently, it cannot hide, Catherine Pulsifer, Shadows Of Guilt
    Poems About Guilt



  19. Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. Frank Herbert
    Respect Quotes



  20. He [God] knows, He loves, He cares, nothing this truth can dim. He gives His very best to those who chose to walk with Him. Benjamin Malacia Franklin, Just A Weaver
    The Weaver Poem



  21. Everything Dies. That is the law of life - the bitter unchangeable law. David Clement-Davies
    Poetry about Life and Death



  22. He fails not who makes truth his cause nor bends to win the crowd's applause. Richard Watson Gilder, He Fails Not
    Motivational Poems



  23. Oh, how we pine for truth! for something more than husks of learning! Chauncy Hare Townshend, What Is Truth
    Poems About The Bible



  24. We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth. Charles Stanley
    Poems About Prayer



  25. The Easter mystery is defined, but unexplained, in just a short, strong, simple assertion, "The third day He rose again from the dead"; and this tremendous fact, on which the truth of Christianity as a religion depends Wm. Croswell Doane
    Easter Quotes



  26. Live upright, honest and fair, give rather than take; J. J. Thorne, Work For Friendship
    Famous Friendship Poems



  27. Speak the truth at all times, true confidence inspire
  28. Speak the truth at all times, true confidence inspire Catharine Ryder
    Be Inspired



  29. The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth. Lao Tzu
    Poems About Beauty



  30. Christ died for all; and on the hearts of all who gladly decorate their cheerful homes at Christmas Tide, this blessed truth should fall Unknown, Christmas Outcasts
    Christmas Poems



  31. The truth of the resurrection gives life to every other area of gospel truth. John MacArthur
    Poems About Jesus Resurrection



  32. ...the first lie,the first glass of drink, seem very small things, yet leave a dark stain upon the character. Unknown, First Stain
    Poems About Character



  33. It is strange but true; for truth is always strange; stranger then fiction Unknown
    Funny Quotes About Life



  34. Be strong today; the world needs men...to war for truth and conquer wrong. W. T. Field, Strength
    Poems About Strength



  35. Hail to honest hearts and hands, and to the head that understands; hands that dare to truth subscribe George W. Bungay, Heads, Hearts, And Hands
    A Life Well Lived Poem



  36. Without the Truth, there is no knowing. Thomas Kempis, Without
    Poems About Jesus



  37. Though trodden under foot of men, truth from the dust will spring,  and from the press— the lip — the pen — in tones of thunder ring. Daniel C. Colesworthy
    Truth



  38. The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.
  39. The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth. Albert Einstein
    Kindness Quotes



  40. If you want to be funny, you don't tell jokes. You just tell the truth about your life. David Roche
    Life Quotes



  41. ...if you are both honest and kind, you'll be welcomed and loved most all of the time. Juanita Roach
    Kindness Poems



  42. For rock solid friendship, never lie to your friends. Saru Singhal
    Quotes For A Friend



  43. Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth. Matthew Henry
    Bible Verses about Peace Of Mind



  44. It's better sometime to be deaf, than to hear only lying and pander Unknown, It's Better
    Meaningful Poems



  45. There's nothing so kingly as kindness and nothing so royal as truth. Alice Cary, True Worth
    Famous Poems



  46. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to heed it Unknown, And I ...
    Short Love Poems



  47. Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
  48. Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. Abraham Lincoln
    Positive Quotes



  49. Press on, press on to virtue; the prize you'll win at last, if with a courage unsubdued, and firm truth buckled fast Daniel C. Colesworthy, Press On
    Keep Going Poems



  50. Wisdom teaches...the treasure of integrity. William Arthur Ward, Wisdom Teaches
    Wisdom Poems



  51. Acting as if your life is good is closer to the truth than acting as if it is not. Alan Cohen
    Life Is Good Poems



  52. Speak the truth, live the truth. Here our duty lie J.J. Thorne, Think Carefully
    Think Before We Speak



  53. Because Truth never dies, our Freedom lives and lets us seek the Light that Reason gives and thus promote the brotherhood of man Unknown, Because
    Poems About Brotherhood



  54. Christ is the Truth, the life and the Way....be advised strongly, you'll never regret, the road paved by Jesus, the safest road yet! Greta Zwaan, How Much Did Christ Really Suffer?
    Poems About Jesus



  55. And, for success, I ask no more than this: to bear unflinching witness to the truth. James Russell Lowell, Ask No More Than This
    Success Poem



  56. Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Flannery O'Connor
    Positive Quotes About Change



  57. For friendship, my boy, is a bond between men that is founded on truth: Edgar A. Guest, The Obligation Of Friendship
    True Friendship Poems



  58. The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.
  59. The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Short Inspirational Quotes



  60. I do not like the phrase, "It might have been!" It lacks all force, and life's best truths perverts Ella Wheeler Wilcox, It Might Have Been
    Life Journey Quotes



  61. Friendship doth bind....truth only can complete the chain, its links enduring strength can give Unknown, Friendship, Love, And Truth
    Inspirational Friendship Poems



  62. Seek for a bosom all honest and true, where love, once awakened, will never depart....and you'll find there's no home like a home in the heart. Eliza Cook, A Home In The Heart
    Poems About Home



  63. To have struck one blow for truth in the daily fight with lies...shall be immortality. Edwin Hatch, Towards Fields of Light
    Positive Poems



  64. Teach me the truth, Lord, though my feet may fear the rocky path that opens out to me Frances Lockwood Green
    Short Prayers



  65. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; . . .
  66. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; . . . Max Ehrmann, 
    Desiderata



  67. There are two kinds of lies as well: The kind you live, the ones you tell. Edgar A. Guest, A Real Man
    One Never Knows



  68. I ask, O God....to speak the truth I know. Florence Holbrook, A Prayer
    Faith Over Fear



  69. My God, my All — my loving Father — thy Truth makes free! Arthur Franklin Fuller, Contemplation
    God's Promises



  70. I know that right is right, that it is not good to lie. Washington Gladden, Things That Abide
    Poems About Fate



  71. If this old world were a truthful bird, and candid and generous, too
    Ardeen Foster, If



  72. God, you a son have given me:...help me to teach him all I can of honesty and decency Douglas Malloch
    A Father's Prayer



  73. In some cases, the true issue is not that people cannot believe—it is that they "will not believe." Paul E. Little, Know Why You Believe
    Short Quotes



  74. There is nothing as powerful as the truth and often nothing as strange.
  75. There is nothing as powerful as the truth and often nothing as strange. Daniel Webster
    Thought Provoking



  76. How blind are some to simple truth — experience must teach these youth. Arthur Franklin Fuller, Self-Will
    Experience Quotes



  77. The greatest homage to truth is to use it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Quotes to Live By



  78. Sordid pleasures have their day, Truth and Love shall ne'er decay; heaven and earth their blessings give, Love and Truth shall ever live. John Imrie, A Souvenir Of Love
    To My Friends



  79. What could there be more purely bright in Truth's day-star?
    Edgar Allan Poe, A Dream



  80. Truth will prevail and Justice show - her tardy honors, sure, though slow. Unknown, Fortitude And Trials
    Courage Poems



  81. Painful as it may be, rejection can be a good thing. Rejection can force you to confront the truth about what you really want—a truth that, maybe, you haven’t admitted to anyone yet, not even yourself. Alexandra Franzen, You're Going to Survive
    Rejection



  82. Whatever happens, I want to be self-respecting and conscience free. Edgar A. Guest
    Myself



  83. Be careful not to imagine the worst in a situation and then treat your imagination as if it were the truth. Stanley Steel, How to Not Be Jealous
    Imagination



  84. It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.
  85. It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear. Henry David Thoreau
    Listening



  86. May the words that you daily utter be the words of beautiful truth! Unknown, Watch Your Words
    Kind Words Are Like Honey



  87. Everything changes, but God's Word doesn't change, because the truth never changes. Rick Warren
    Inspirational God  Quotes



  88. Honor, honesty and truth are closely related concepts. Kenneth Copeland
    Quotes on Honesty



  89. All our lives, truths are placed before us in symbolic form — not to deceive us, but to impress the truth upon us more convincingly. Lionel B. Moses, The Truth About Santa Claus
    Is There Really A Santa



  90. Oh, yes, we mean all kind words that we say to old friends and to new; yet doth this truth grow clearer day by day: we love but few. Unknown
    Love and Friendship Poems



  91. When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip its point in honey. Proverb
    Proverbs



  92. Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is boring without it.
  93. Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is boring without it. Pearl S. Buck
    Attitude Quotes



  94. Life is not a single undertaking with tightly related events but a series of exciting, swift pursuits full of truth and passion that culminate in a uniquely meaningful conclusion. Charles H, Moore Jr., Jame Cockerille, Running on Purpose
    Life Quotes



  95. ... learn to listen even when the pinhead's spindrift flies - amid the chaff his voice gives forth will be some grains of truth. Strickland Gillilan
    We Can Always Learn



  96. What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it. C.S. Lewis
    Just Go And Be A Friend



  97. Adversity is the first path to truth. Lord Byron
    Adversity Quotes



  98. It does not require many words to speak the truth
  99. It does not require many words to speak the truth Chief Joseph
    Graduation Poems



  100. We need to contemplate the truth of our past (and, perhaps, present) mistakes, while receiving heaps of God's love, allowing that contrast to birth thankfulness in our hearts that rises in worship to our Savior. Brian Simmons, Jeremy Bouma, Grace and Hope
    Mistake Quotes



  101. There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. Charles Dickens
    Simplicity Quotes



  102. Truth is a passion. One cannot learn it; one must possess it.
  103. Truth is a passion. One cannot learn it; one must possess it. Ernst Toller
    Learning Quotes



  104. Truth is the only safe ground to stand on. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    Solutions Quotes



  105. He who tells a lie is not sensible how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one. Alexander Pope
    Action Quotes



  106. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
  107. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain
    Humorous Quotes



  108. If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you can't tell it about other people. Virginia Woolf
    Thoughtful Quotes



  109. By doubting we come at truth. Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Doubt Quotes



  110. Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always Albert Schweitzer
    Time Quotes



  111. Honesty is the 1st chapter in the book of wisdom.
  112. Honesty is the 1st chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson
    Motivational Quotes



  113. "If anyone love me He will keep my word," truths from the lips of Christ, Our Sovereign Lord. Eloise A. Skimings
    Faith In God Poems



  114. Sister on you I can depend. From you, I hear the truth. It has been that way since our youth. Sam R. V. Gould, On You, I Can Depend
    Sister Poems from Brother



  115. The greatest truth must be recognition that in every man, in every child is the potential for greatness. Robert Kennedy
    Children Quotes



  116. We are born to inquire after truth
  117. We are born to inquire after truth; it belongs to a greater power to possess it. It is not, as Democritus said, hid in the bottom of the deeps, but rather elevated to an infinite height in the divine knowledge. Michel de Montaigne
    Knowledge Quotes



  118. There are three parts in truth: first, the inquiry, which is the wooing of it; secondly, the knowledge of it, which is the presence of it; and thirdly, the belief, which is the enjoyment of it. Francis Bacon
    Enjoy Life Quotes



  119. Ne'er let the day dawn on my sight that sees me shorn of sense of right Arthur Franklin Fuller
    Poems



  120. A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Mark Twain
    Adaptability Quotes



  121. I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.
  122. I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs. Samuel Goldwyn
    Work Quotes



  123. All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei
    Easy Poems to Memorize



  124. At Christmas time especially, when life is not a Norman Rockwell painting, we can be deceived into believing that what we feel is truth. Rebecca Bryan, The Carols of Christmas
    Christmas Messages



  125. Truth is what stands the test of experience. Albert Einstein
    Experience Quotes



  126. Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
  127. Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong. Henry Ward Beecher
    Defeat Quotes



  128. When you tell the truth you never have to worry about being caught and having to ask for mercy. Catherine Pulsifer, Best Practice
    Quotes About God's Mercy



  129. When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Sherlock Holmes
    Appreciation Quotes



  130. Yet much has been foretold to man, there’s knowledge and great guidance; the Word of God holds forth the truth and teaches man abidance. Greta Zwaan, The Sower Becomes The Seed
    God Cares For You



  131. Remember good, remember truth Priscilla Leonard, Forget - Remember
    Keys For Life



  132. Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem part of the past. Rick Pitino
    Problem Quotes



  133. Let each and every one, to whom is told " They Say," just pause, before replying, and ask who are the "They." Lillian E. Curtis
    They Say



  134. Procrastination is the thief of time, truth reveals it at its close; sip the tongue and lips in truth. And give the heart repose. J.J. Thorne
    The Heart's Repose



  135. A lie has speed, but truth has endurance. Edgar J. Mohn
    Sustainability Quotes


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