Being True Quotes

896 Being True quotes by 718 unique authors

There is no way in which we can retrospectively erase the Treaty of Vienna or the Great Irish Famine. It is a peculiar feature of… — Terry Eagleton
It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large… — Will Durant
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know… — Henry Van Dyke
' The Lucky One' is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks' persuasive storytelling. Readers don't read his books because they're… — Roger Ebert
Acting is a weird, kind of alienating job because you're in an isolated place. Even if you're working with a lot of other people, you're… — Jesse Eisenberg
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. — George Eliot
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it. — Epictetus
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature. — Michael Faraday
I have a lot of faith in President Obama. The thing that seems to be true of him is that he doesn't speak when you… — Harvey Fierstein
Economically, many folks don't feel they can afford organic. While this may be true in some cases, I think more often than not it's a… — Woody Harrelson
To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us. — William Hazlitt
It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true. — Matthew Henry
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. — George Herbert
I began working quite young, writing, growing, maturing, always striving to top myself - to make people laugh hard at things they know and believe… — Bill Hicks
Even if I accepted that Jesus - like almost every other prophet on record - was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this… — Christopher Hitchens
People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Faith is an act of rational choice, which determines us to act as if certain things were true, and in the confident expectation that they… — William Ralph Inge
Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true. — Hubert H. Humphrey
Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut… — Michael Jordan
I've always had a burning desire to help people and make a difference in the world. I didn't know how I could do that in… — Miranda Kerr
I do have a close circle of friends and I am very fortunate to have them as friends. I feel very close to them I… — Shahrukh Khan
It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means. — Charles Kingsley
Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of reckless rhetoric in… — Jonathan Kozol

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