Telling The Truth Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old telling the truth quotes, telling the truth sayings, and telling the truth proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about other people. Virginia Woolf
Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile. Paolo Coelho
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. Slovenian Proverb
Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological. Robert Brault
It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true. Oscar Wilde
Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember David Mamet
If one tells the truth, one is sure sooner or later to be found out Oscar Wilde
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you thetruth. Oscar Wilde
It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected. John Bradshaw
I respect people that tell me the truth. No matter how hard it is. unknown
The only people mad at you for telling the truth are those living a lie. Gaskin Jr.
If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell. unknown
Telling someone the truth is a loving act. Mal Pancoast
Before you tell something make sure you're telling the whole truth not your version of the truth. Others may not know, but God does. unknown
People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty. Richard J. Needham
The truth needs so little rehearsal. Barbara Kingsolver
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. Lee Iacocca
Clear and round dealing is the honor of man's nature; and ... mixture of falsehood is like alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but embaseth it. Francis Bacon
Lies get people into trouble, but honesty is its own defense. David Huddleston
If they will stop telling lies about us, we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai Stevenson
I don't want any yes-men around me, I want everyone to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs. Samuel Goldwyn
Poets deal in truths. They lure them, like so many silk ribbons, out of secret pockets, leaving the rest of us to shudder in recognition. Eileen Battersby
If you're not going to be honest as a writer there's no point in starting. Hugo Williams
I'm against lying in life, in principle, in any other activity except in poetry. Charles Simic
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills. Mohandas Ghandiji
It is as necessary to reject untruth as it is to accept truth. Mohandas Ghandiji
To describe truth as it has appeared to me and in the exact manner in which I have arrived at it, has been my ceaseless effort. Mohandas Ghandiji
It is s a million times better to appear untrue before the world than to be untrue to ourselves. Mohandas Ghandiji
I have in my life never been guilty of saying things I did not mean. Mohandas Ghandiji