--- title: "11 Truth Hardest Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Truth Hardest quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Truth Hardest sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/amber-hope-1905_life_i-ve-made-myself-believe-so-many-things_1204434.jpg" --- > [I've made myself believe so many things. Making myself believe the truth is the hardest part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-hope/i-ve-made-myself-believe-so-many-things-making-myself-believe-the/) [Amber Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/amber-hope-1905_life_i-ve-made-myself-believe-so-many-things_1204434.jpg) > [A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-wentworth/a-lie-that-is-half-a-truth-is-ever-the-hardest-to-fight/) [Patricia Wentworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-wentworth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98b/patricia-wentworth-13321_fighting_a-lie-that-is-half-a-truth-is-ever-the-h_625533.jpg) > [“The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-first-sentence-of-the-truth-is-always-the-hardest/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/david-levithan-67_truth_the-first-sentence-of-the-truth-is-alway_877910.jpg) > [Accepting the truth is the hardest part of moving on, but I realized that I have to for my own good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/accepting-the-truth-is-the-hardest-part-of-moving-on-but-i-realized/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f8/anonymous-1_truth_accepting-the-truth-is-the-hardest-part_1507612.jpg) > [Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/upon-my-word-i-think-the-truth-is-the-hardest-missile-one-can-be/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0c/george-eliot-84_hardest_upon-my-word-i-think-the-truth-is-the-ha_543846.png) > [Truth is the hardest substance in the world to pin down. But the one certainty is the awesome penalty exacted sooner or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flora-lewis/truth-is-the-hardest-substance-in-the-world-to-pin-down-but-the-one/) [Flora Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flora-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/flora-lewis-50285_certainty_truth-is-the-hardest-substance-in-the-wo_3041060.jpg) > [Facing the truth about ourselves is the hardest thing we could but it had to be done if we want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige-2/facing-the-truth-about-ourselves-is-the-hardest-thing-we-could-but-it/) [Mary J Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/mary-j-blige-2-68571_hardest-thing_facing-the-truth-about-ourselves-is-the_1332960.jpg) > [“Representatives of truth. The champions of truth are hardest to find, not when it is dangerous to tell it, but rather when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/representatives-of-truth-the-champions-of-truth-are-hardest-to-find/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/friedrich-nietzsche-15_boredom_representatives-of-truth-the-champions-o_902865.jpg) > [At every step one has to wrestle for truth; one has to surrender for it almost everything to which the heart, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/at-every-step-one-has-to-wrestle-for-truth-one-has-to-surrender-for/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfb/friedrich-nietzsche-15_conscience_at-every-step-one-has-to-wrestle-for-tru_2261308.jpg) > [The first sentence of the truth is always the hardest. Each of us had a first sentence, and most of us found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/the-first-sentence-of-the-truth-is-always-the-hardest-each-of-us-had/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef8/david-levithan-67_easier_the-first-sentence-of-the-truth-is-alway_2548956.jpg) > [“I have found that to tell the truth is the hardest thing on earth. Harder than fighting in a war, harder than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wright/i-have-found-that-to-tell-the-truth-is-the-hardest-thing-on-earth/) [Richard Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/richard-wright-4088_hardest-thing_i-have-found-that-to-tell-the-truth-is-t_658572.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/truth-hardest/#itemlist", "name": "Truth Hardest Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've made myself believe so many things. 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