Truthfulness Quotes

• To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.

  William Hazlitt

  Men, Mind, Speak

  William Hazlitt (1852). “Men and manners: sketches and essays”, p.140

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• Truthfulness is the main element of character.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Character, Elements

  Twitter post from Jul 29, 2014

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• The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Important, Way

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.158, Rajpal & Sons

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• I have played hell somewhat with the truthfulness of the colours.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Truth, Hell, Colour

  Bernard Zurcher, Vincent van Gogh (1995). “Vincent Van Gogh: art, life, and letters”, Thunder Bay Pr

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• The real truthfulness of all works of imagination, sculpture, painting, and written fiction, is so purely in the imagination, that the artist never seeks to represent positive truth, but the idealized image of a truth

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Real, Artist, Imagination

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• Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Foundation, Virtue, Mankind

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• Truthfulness is the real mark of integrity.

  Brian Tracy

  Integrity, Real, Mark

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Effective Leadership”, p.28, Jaico Publishing House

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• Truthfulness is a cornerstone in character, and if it be not firmly laid in youth, there will ever after be a weak spot in the foundation.

  Jefferson Davis

  Character, Foundation, Weak Spots

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• Truthfulness is composed of justice and courage.

  Ibn Hazm

  Wisdom, Islamic, Justice

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• Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.

  Dalai Lama

  Keys, Principles, Moral

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• Truthfulness is the foundation of all virtues of the world of humanity. Without truthfulness, progress and success in all the worlds of God are impossible for a soul. When this holy attribute is established in man, all the divine qualities will also become realized.

  Abdu'l-Bahá

  Men, Soul, Humanity

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• Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.

  Suzy Kassem

  Humility, Men, Honorable Man

  "Rise Up and Salute the Sun". Book by Suzy Kassem, 2010.

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• A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Funny, Fake People

  'Auguries of Innocence' (c.1803) l. 53

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• Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Time, Truth, Integrity

  Zwischen Wasser und Urwald (On the Edge of the Primeval Forest, 1922) ch. 11

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• We are two people. The person inside and the person outside. Sidq (truthfulness) is when they are the same.

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Two, People, Persons

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• The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.

  Confucius

  Truth, Moving, Men

  Confucius, Mencius (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.296

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• I think that - apart from the fields of science and medicine - we live in an age of decline. Look at the world. There is decline in morals, ideals, manners, respect, truthfulness: just about everything, in fact.

  Christopher Lee

  Thinking, Medicine, Age

  Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Understanding comes with compassion and compassion comes with truthfulness

  Amit Abraham

  Compassion, Understanding

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• You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

  Alan Moore

  Honesty, Long, Wearing A Mask

  "Fictional character: Gordon Deitrich". "V for Vendetta", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• Truthfulness. He will never willingly tolerate an untruth, but will hate it as much as he loves truth... And is there anything more closely connected with wisdom than truth?

  Plato

  Hate, Words Of Wisdom, Truth Love

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• Creation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Public Opinion, Creation, Born

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• Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.

  Robert Breault

  Positive, Truth, Honesty

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• Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it. God's saving love in Christ, however, is marked by both radical truthfulness about who we are and yet also radical, unconditional commitment to us. The merciful commitment strengthens us to see the truth about ourselves and repent. The conviction and repentance moves us to cling to and rest in God's mercy and grace.

  Timothy Keller

  Moving, Commitment, Love Is

  Timothy Keller (2013). “The Obedient Master”, p.34, Penguin

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• A good man will never harm or oppress another. A good man will share his last morsel of food with others in need, and die of hunger when he no longer has any food -- instead of cheat or steal from others to survive. Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man.

  Suzy Kassem

  Humility, Men, Honorable Man

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• Eighteen months ago, when first I stood before you I called attention, as earnestly and seriously as I knew how, to what looked to me to be the dangers that were ahead, and I urged you at that time to practice the old virtues of thrift, of honesty, of truthfulness, of industry, and so on through the list of those I named. All that I said then I say again.

  J. Reuben Clark

  Honesty, Practice, Attention

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