A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy on truth
Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. Miguel Angel Ruiz on truth
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Charles Spurgeon on truth
All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. Friedrich Nietzsche on truth
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. C. S. Lewis on truth
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. Friedrich Nietzsche on truth
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.' Abraham Lincoln on truth
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. Winston Churchill on truth
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. Thomas Jefferson on truth
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. Thomas Jefferson on truth
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. Winston Churchill on truth
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. Mark Twain on truth
Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so. Mark Twain on truth
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity. W. Clement Stone on truth
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth. Mahatma Gandhi on truth
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't. Mark Twain on truth
We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. Winston Churchill on truth
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on. Winston Churchill on truth
For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. Maya Angelou on truth