Quotes about truthfulness

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What American would not want truthful and complete information about every product sold in the United States so that we can be more capable of making wise decisions concerning our lives and the lives of our loved ones? These are our friends and our family members suffering from so many forms of cancer, several diseases of the heart, emphysema, poor circulation, blindness, strokes, various skin disorders, bad breath, asthma, poverty, clogged arteries, disfigurement, rotting teeth and gums, birth

The people who enlighten us are the ones who tell us their secrets.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."~ Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ~

You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

Of course, the liar often imagines that he does no harm as long as his lies go undetected. But the one lied to almost never shares this view. The moment we consider our dishonesty from the point of view of those we lie to, we recognize that we would feel betrayed if the roles were reversed.

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.

The truth is like sunlight: It causes cancer.

I think I sense a tone of honesty, if honesty exists in this world.

Never hesitate to tell the truth as you see it.

Wear your heart on your sleeve. Write about what you think and feel. And share it with your friends.

It's simply impossible for me to filter my thoughts and feelings. I tell it from my point of view. I'm an open book.

Strict and literal truthfulness was a trivial game and might even be a disagreeable neurotic affliction.

A lie is my attempt to tamper with the truth so that I need not face the truth. Yet as shrewd as I think myself to be, I would be wise to understand that God designed truth as ultimately tamper-proof.

Life becomes much more easier when we do what we say and when we say what we do. Having courage to be ourselves is a gateway to freedom and happiness.

Integrity is the glue that holds our way of life together. What our young people want to see in their elders is integrity, honesty, truthfulness, and faith. What they hate most of all is hypocrisy and phoniness . . . Let them see us doing what we would like them to do.

In any given situation there will always be more dumb people than smart people. We ain't many!

Sometimes our wants or needs have nothing to do with being ungrateful and everything to do with making a mistake.

Whenever you deny the hand of Justice, Violence almost always steps in.

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its pe

Truthfulness is the golden thread that binds good lives, good relationships, and our very legacy.

Understanding comes with compassion and compassion comes with truthfulness

We think of ourselves as failures, rather than renounce our belief in the possibility of perfection. We hang on to the hope of eternal love by denying even its temporary validity. It´s less painful to think 'I'm shallow', 'She's self centred', 'We couldn't communicate', 'It was all just physical', than to accept the simple fact that love is a passing sensation, for reasons beyond our control and even beyond our personalities. But who can reassure himself with his own rationalizations? No argumen

It's hard to remember who you were when you're constantly pretending to be someone you're not.

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

Claiming that you are what you are not will obscure the strengths you do have while destroying your credibility.

They will only care when you're gone.

Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

Never settle for half the story, and make-up and imagine the rest. Get the full Story!

I've been embarrassing myself since about birth.

In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his theories.But now I know the things I knowAnd do the things I do,And if you do not like me so,To hell, my love, with you.

I guess sometimes the truth just isn't worth believing... Personally, I've always felt that life's too short for truth. I'm just here to be entertained.

Today I trust me. I trust in my perceptions. Today I will live my own truth that glows within, a life of no deceptions.

Both transparency and trust form the basic component of truth itself. With truth, there is no need to be untrue. If one is truthful, then there is godliness because God is truth. And when godliness is on your side, success is guaranteed.

A LIE is BEAUTIFUL, melodious, STYLISH, and attractive. On the contrary, TRUTH is UGLY, rude, DULL and repulsive. That's why often people get attracted towards LIES. They embrace it and live with. The truth is usually ignored and disowned.

Unattended hurt, anger, and bitterness can destroy even the best marriage. Lean honestly into every hard place, each tender spot, because truthfulness hurts for a minute but silence is the kill shot.

You can't speak life to others if you don't know how to speak life to yourself. Dead leaves can't breathe.

Long before morning I knew that what I was seeking to discover was a thing I'd always known. That all courage was a form of constancy. That it is always himself that the coward abandoned first. After this all other betrayals come easily.

Peace of mind comes with truth. Lying requires you to tell different lies over and over again. Tell the truth! Create beautiful memories.