There would be no need for lies if there were no drawbacks to truth. However, sometimes the truth can be painful. It gets wrapped in various linens to better suit the tailor, eventually gaining a fairytale status or being completely forgotten. Still, there’s also a bright side. Many people regard telling the truth as their most cherished value. And exactly this kind of people came up with truth quotes presented right here on this list.
But before we jump right in, why is it important to always tell the truth? Firstly, you'll remove the need to keep up with lies and, in turn, make your own life much easier. Secondly, it’s to do with respect, both for yourself and those around you. Being reliable and upfront with things in life will get you further than trying to sneak your way around by twisting facts to make them “technically true.” And this is what quotes about honesty are all about.
The quotes below might just shine a little bit of light onto you and help you move closer to understanding and choosing the way you want to proceed. From sayings by Mark Twain to lines by Eminem, you will surely find a motivating quote about the truth that will resonate with you.
So get out your lie detectors and dig into this collection of truth quotes. Vote for your favorites, and if you feel like some people would need to hear a moving saying or two from this list—make sure you share this article with them too.
#161
"Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it." - Emily Dickinson
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#162

"I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it." - Herodotus
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#163
"I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me." - Simone de Beauvoir
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#164
"Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way." - Hosea Ballou
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#165
"Live truth instead of professing it." - Elbert Hubbard
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#166
"It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality." - Steven Biko
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#167
"Sincerity is moral truth." - George Henry Lewes
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#168
"Truth disappears with the telling of it." - Lawrence Durrell
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#169

"Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true." - Swami Vivekananda
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#170
"Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it." - Mark Twain
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#171
"The words of truth are always paradoxical." - Lao Tzu
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#172
"Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning." - Anais Nin
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#173
"Tell the truth, but tell it slant." - Emily Dickinson
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#174

"The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth." - Albert Camus
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#175
"Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth." - Lillian Hellman
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#176
"We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth." - Charles Stanley
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#177
"I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there's no truth." - Flannery O'Connor
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#178
"All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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#179
"Although humans see reality in colour, for me, black and white has always been connected to the image's deeper truth, to its most hidden meaning." - Peter Lindbergh
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#180

"There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth." - Leo Tolstoy
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