Famous Quotes About truth

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.

The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see.

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die.

Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.

No one can look back on his schooldays and say with truth that they were altogether unhappy.

There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.

However greatly we distrust the sincerity of those we converse with, yet still we think they tell more truth to us than to anyone else.

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is - it is her shadow.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.