Truth is a timeless pursuit that shapes our understanding, guides our actions, and defines our character. Across history, thinkers, writers, and leaders have expressed profound insights about truth, capturing its complexity, power, and necessity. This article presents 145 famous quotes about truth, each a succinct reflection on this essential human value. These quotes invite you to contemplate truth’s many facets—its challenges, its liberating force, and its enduring presence in our lives.
145 Famous Quotes About Truth Every Influencer Shares
1. “The truth will set you free. But first it will make you miserable.”
2. “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
3. “Dear friends, we must buy truth even if the price is ever so dear.”
4. “Without truth there is no love.”
5. “If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, then I know nothing of love.”
6. “Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified.”
7. “Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.”
8. “When in doubt tell the truth.”
9. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”
10. “Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”
11. “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
12. “Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t going away.”
13. “Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.”
14. “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”
15. “The truth is you don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow.”
16. “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”
17. “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
18. “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”
19. “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
20. “No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
21. “The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.”
22. “If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt all things.”
23. “A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.”
24. “Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.”
25. “Tell the children the truth.”
26. “Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.”
27. “People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.”
28. “Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.”
29. “I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”
30. “There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can’t tell the truth without lying.”
31. “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.”
32. “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, but the myth, persistent and persuasive.”
33. “Truth exists; only lies are invented.”
34. “Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.”
35. “It is the nature of truth to be richest when most superficial.”
36. “Gossip needn’t be false to be evil – there’s a lot of truth that shouldn’t be passed around.”
37. “For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth.”
38. “The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.”
39. “The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world.”
40. “Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.”
41. “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
42. “‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,’ – that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”
43. “Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.”
44. “Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”
45. “A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.”
46. “It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.”
47. “All great truths begin as blasphemies.”
48. “There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself – an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.”
49. “All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”
50. “The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.”
51. “Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative.”
52. “What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.”
53. “Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.”
54. “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.”
55. “Beauty is truth’s smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.”
56. “Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.”
57. “I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be.”
58. “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
59. “There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests.”
60. “For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.”
61. “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.”
62. “I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis.”
63. “If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.”
64. “Adversity is the first path to truth.”
65. “Half a truth is often a great lie.”
66. “Our duty is to encourage everyone to live up to his own highest idea, and strive to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.”
67. “The first reaction to truth is hatred.”
68. “Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration.”
69. “The universe is transformation: life is opinion.”
70. “Peace if possible, truth at all costs.”
71. “The truth is more important than the facts.”
72. “We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.”
73. “The object of the superior man is truth.”
74. “The truth is of course that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.”
75. “A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God’s truth is attacked and yet remained silent.”
76. “Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch.”
77. “Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.”
78. “We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.”
79. “I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever.”
80. “Infinite love is the only truth. Everything else is illusion.”
81. “Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life.”
82. “There are certain persons for whom pure truth is a poison.”
83. “The intuition of free will gives us the truth.”
84. “My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don’t fight it.”
85. “There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.”
86. “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”
87. “The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist knows how difficult it is.”
88. “It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”
89. “Facts are many, but the truth is one.”
90. “Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.”
91. “If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”
92. “An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation.”
93. “Truth is a point of view, but authenticity can’t be faked.”
94. “Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.”
95. “Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.”
96. “Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.”
97. “Tell me I’m clever, tell me I’m kind, but tell me the truth.”
98. “Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.”
99. “Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.”
100. “I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.”
101. “I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth.”
102. “Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.”
103. “Live truth instead of professing it.”
104. “It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.”
105. “Learn what is true in order to do what is right.”
106. “Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.”
107. “Sincerity is moral truth.”
108. “Truth is the daughter of Time.”
109. “Truth disappears with the telling of it.”
110. “Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.”
111. “Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.”
112. “The words of truth are always paradoxical.”
113. “Truth is something which can’t be told in a few words.”
114. “Tell the truth, but tell it slant.”
115. “The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.”
116. “Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.”
117. “We are either resisting God’s truth or being shaped by it.”
118. “The truth can’t be denied or forgotten.”
119. “Strength comes from living your truth.”
120. “To be true and authentic is your path to happiness.”
121. “The truth is worth pursuing at any distance.”
122. “The truth is free, but a lie isn’t.”
123. “One word of truth outweighs the world.”
124. “Confrontation happens when you are less than honest and get caught.”
125. “Rather than love, money, or fame, give me truth.”
126. “The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.”
127. “Tune into your truth. Live it. Breathe it. Beam it.”
128. “Love needs truth to grow.”
129. “It’s not so much a fear of telling the truth but wanting to do it justice.”
130. “The truth is never hidden for long. It always finds a way to surface.”
131. “One sincere truth from a stranger is more likely to move your life forward.”
132. “When your heart speaks, true love always follows.”
133. “Live authentically. Live your truth.”
134. “Find your truth.”
135. “If you’re not living your truth, you’re living a lie.”
136. “Truth never damages a cause that is just.”
137. “Success is living your life according to your own truth.”
138. “Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth.”
139. “It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.”
140. “Truth is the foundation of all meaningful relationships.”
141. “The pursuit of truth is the noblest of all pursuits.”
142. “Truth is the light that guides us through darkness.”
143. “Without truth, trust cannot exist.”
144. “Truth is the seed from which justice grows.”
145. “Only in truth can we find true freedom.”
Conclusion
These 145 quotes reveal the many dimensions of truth—from its power to liberate and challenge, to its role in love, justice, and personal integrity. Truth is not always easy to face, but it remains essential for growth and authenticity. Whether embraced or resisted, truth shapes our world and our lives. Let these words inspire you to seek, speak, and live your own truth every day.
