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Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.
Sep 10, 2025
Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am sometimes so by chance.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.
Deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth.
It is always easier to deal in truth and honesty and follow these to their legitimate ends, than it is to construct and adjust a false superstructure upon a false base.
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.
The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.
A solid base for any comedy is just honesty and truth, and it coming from a real place. As surreal as this show gets and is, ultimately, we're dealing with a character that most can't see the way that I can see it.
Our lives improve only when we take chances.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.
To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education.
The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
Pray for and work for fullness of life above every thing; full red blood in the body; full honesty and truth in the mind; and the fullness of a grateful love for the Saviour in your heart.
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.
Dare to be honest and fear no labor.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
No matter how plain a woman may be, if truth and honesty are written across her face, she will be beautiful.
I am inspired by great food, theater, books, the beach, black-and-white photography, and great vocalists, like Dianne Reeves, Alice Smith, and Shirley Horn. I am inspired by my mentor Diana Castle, who is guiding me towards a truth and honesty in my life and work that I have always longed for.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
In practice [monetary management] is merely a high-sounding euphemism for continuous currency debasement. It consists of constant lying in order to support constant swindling. Instead of automatic currencies based on gold, people are forced to take managed currencies based on guile. Instead of precious metals they hold paper promises whose value falls with every bureaucratic whim. And they are suavely assured that only hopelessly antiquated minds dream of returning to truth and honesty and solvency and gold.
I used to be ashamed by the way that I grew up. I tried to lie my way through better times, but when you think that honesty and truth is really your best weapon you embrace it and put it behind you. In the end, it drives you and motivates you to do good work. No one should be ashamed about where they come from as long as you desire to be a compassionate and decent person.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.
I used to believe in God. The Christian one, that is (There are a few thousand to choose from. But I was born in a country where the dominant religion was Christianity so I believed in that one. Isn't it weird how that always happens?). Luckily I was also interested in science and nature. And reason and logic. And honesty and truth. And equality and fairness. By the age of eight I was an atheist.
Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made.
Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.