Truthful Quotes

438 Truthful quotes by 348 unique authors

All men are born truthful and die liars. — Luc de Clapiers
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes… — Emile Chartier
If someone asks me a question, there might be a truthful answer and a correct answer. — Tim Henman
What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For… — Chanakya
The artist at her best - wild, passionate, rebellious, and human - is often too large and truthful a creature for society's taste. The artist… — Eric Maisel
It's not that there is no such thing as truth. But we come to like and trust a certain story, not because it's necessarily the… — Michael Kimmelman
There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I hail as a… — Theodore Roosevelt
When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely… — Stella Adler
It is no limitation upon property rights or freedom of contract to require that when men receive from government the privilege of doing business under… — Theodore Roosevelt
To come to terms with our beginning requires a truthful story to acquire the skills to live in gratitude rather than resentment for the gift… — Stanley Hauerwas
If you tell the story emotionally in a truthful way, then you start naturally looking at the landscape and thinking "Wow, we have to watch… — Viggo Mortensen
I believe politicians should aim to be accurate and truthful in what they say at all times. You can be truthful and inaccurate but what… — Malcolm Turnbull
In order to be truthful we must do more than speak the truth. We must also hear truth, receive truth, search for truth. — Michael Leunig
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable. — Jodie Foster
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. — Confucius
Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort… — Steve Coogan
The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. — Frederick Douglass
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art… — Ernst Fischer
I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love. — Geri Halliwell
You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you want to be truthful to… — Renny Harlin
Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk. — E. W. Howe
To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records. — Vanilla Ice
I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the… — Eddie Izzard
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper. — Thomas Jefferson
A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries… — Miranda Kerr

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