Truthful Quotes

438 Truthful quotes by 348 unique authors

I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing… — Mahatma Gandhi
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy… — Laura Ingalls Wilder
To be truthful i am not entirely sure what people mean when they talk of happiness. There are moments of joy and laughter, the comfort… — David Gemmell
Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way — Stanislaw Lem
Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let… — Betty Smith
Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may… — Irenaeus of Lyons
To be gentle and kind, modest and truthful, to be full of faith and integrity, doing no wrong is of God; goodness sheds a halo… — Brigham Young
For Sabina, living in truth, lying neither to ourselves nor to others, was possible only away from the public: the moment someone keeps an eye… — Milan Kundera
let it go -- the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise -- let it go it was sworn to go… — E E Cummings
Please be truthful, but also please be benevolent, please. — Jonathan Safran Foer
Tell someone you are going to rob them and all that will happen is that you'll get a reputation as a truthful man. — Terry Pratchett
Women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if theyâ€™re not being truthful, more often than not itâ€™s because they think truth might… — Nicholas Sparks
We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a… — Desmond Tutu
Is not the gospel its own sign and wonder? Is not this a miracle of miracles, that 'God so loved the world that He gave… — Charles Spurgeon
[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons… — Anton Chekhov
There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books. — Irving Stone
A man who is truthful and does not mean ill even to his adversary will be slow to believe charges even against his foes. He… — Mahatma Gandhi
It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror. — James A. Baldwin
I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am." His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you."… — Tessa Dare
While fame impedes and constricts, obscurity wraps about a man like a mist; obscurity is dark, ample, and free; obscurity lets the mind take its… — Virginia Woolf

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