Truth Quotes

To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be in want of a newer, younger wife.

A friend said to me, 'Be glad for your troubles - they strengthen you.' Well, if that's the truth, I'm going to be so strong they'll have to beat me to death!

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.

The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.

But the truth is I wanted to have my daughter for so long. It's not the kind of thing you can visit, motherhood. Especially in the early years. Now she's eight, and I'm still not going to go anywhere.

Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don't go away, they just echo around.

Leaders know the importance of having someone in their lives who will unfailingly and fearlessly tell them the truth.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

One may preach a covenant of grace more clearly than another... But when they preach a covenant of works for salvation, that is not truth.

If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.

The truth is my idea has been to always stay at Barcelona and see out the rest of my career here. Like I always say, one doesn't know what can happen in the future, but if it were up to me to decide, I would stay at Barcelona for the rest of my career.

Truth is the best defense.

The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.

Faith is the confidence, the assurance, the enforcing truth, the knowing.

American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.

The universal medicine for the Soul is the Supreme Reason and Absolute Justice; for the mind, mathematical and practical Truth; for the body, the Quintessence, a combination of light and gold.

One word from Chairman Mao is worth ten thousand from others. His every statement is truth. We must carry out those we that understand as well as those we don't.

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

We don't regard any scientific theory as the absolute truth.

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth.

The truth is you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow. Life is a crazy ride, and nothing is guaranteed.

To tell you the truth, in my work, love is always in opposition to the elements. It creates dilemmas. It brings in suffering. We can't live with it, and we can't live without it. You'll rarely find a happy ending in my work.

The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.