Quotes on Telling The Truth

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them.

Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

I don't tell the truth any more to those who can't make use of it. I tell it mostly to myself, because it always changes me.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you are in doubt," but when I am in doubt myself I use more sagacity.

No real gentleman will tell the naked truth in the presence of ladies.

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

Lying has become so much the accepted norm that people lie even when it would be simpler to tell the truth.

Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.

Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile.

I know I fib a good deal. After all, a woman's charm is fifty per cent illusion, but when a thing is important I tell the truth. - Blanche Scene II

It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it.

And to tell the truth I don't want to let go of the wrists of idleness, I don't want to sell my life for money, I don't even want to come in out of the rain.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.

I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal.

Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.