"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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8/21/11

Quotes on TRUTH, HONESTY and INTEGRITY


"A humble person will always see the truth in simple lessons. Gratefully accept these simple moments, smile and take what they learn into everyday life." ~Angel whispers...wisdom

"A lie can travel around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain

"A lot of truth is said in jest." ~Eminem

"A moment of truth is very powerful. Instead of smiling to be polite, just frown. Instead of laughing when you are nervous or uncomfortable, just speak your truth. Instead of acting like everything is all right, proclaim it isn't alright, and talk about your feelings! Honor your truth. Honor yourself. Be real." ~Bryant McGill

"A truth can walk naked … but a lie always needs to be dressed." ~Khalil Gibran

“All the truth you’ll ever need to know is found when you trust the beauty in your heart.” ~Robert Clancy

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” ~Galileo Galilei on Truth

"All Truth passes thru three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as self-evident." ~Arthur Schopenhaue

“Arm thyself for the truth!” ~Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton

"Beneath your burdensome regrets and who you think you are through the lens of past mistakes, there is someone beautiful who wants to emerge. You are not your mistakes and your mistakes are not you. You are so much more than your mistakes. Allow your truth to emerge. Your truth cannot emerge buried under a mountain of guilt and regret. Your past is like a bag of bricks; set it down and walk away. Quit collecting every painful word, memory and mistake. Collect hope. Hope is lighter." ~Bryant McGill

"Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Effective thinking consists of being able to arrive at the truth; truth being defined as that which exists." ~Calvin S. Hall

"Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Even in today's world, beauty and truth can still be found and the first place to start looking is within my own self." ~Thought for Today-UK

“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty. Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. there is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there.” ~Henry Miller

"Excessive honesty often borders on stupidity." ~Anon

"Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper." ~Khalil Gibran

"God sees the truth but waits." ~Leo Tolstoy

"Good comes in all flavours. So does BAD! Speak the truth no matter who you help or who you hurt. Choose the good no matter what flavour it is." ~Esther Rowena Gonzaga Turnbull

"Happiness is found in loving the truth in people." ~Robert Holden

"Honesty is making your words conform to reality. Integrity is making reality conform to your words. Honor your commitment, even when it is difficult, expensive, or inconvenient. Know that the cost of not keeping your word is even more expensive. Always remember to under promise but over deliver." ~Anon

"Honesty is more than not LYING. It is TRUTH telling, truth SPEAKING, TRUTH LIVING, and TRUTH LOVING." ~James E. Faust

"Honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, pure generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve others – qualities which are within easy reach of every soul – are the foundation of one’s spiritual life." ~Nelson Mandela from a letter to Winnie Mandela, written on Robben Island, 1 February 1975

"How much of the truth do we owe to others?" ~FB

"I have decided to stop saying yes to people and situations that don't support my well-being. Instead, I will say yes to my happiness, and yes to my growth, and yes to all the people and things that inspire me to be authentic and whole, while at the same time accepting me just as I am. My yes, from here on out, is my pledge to live honestly, my commitment to love myself fiercely, and my cry to create my best life possible. Yes." ~Scott Stabile

"I speak the truth, not as much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older." ~Catherine Bowen

"If we could read the minds of other animals we would find only truths." ~A.D. Williams

"If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it." ~Dogen

"If you live your life honestly and truthfully, you'll be open and transparent, which leads to trust. And trust leads to friendship. This is something worth taking into account, that the basis of friendship is trust not money and warm-heartedness is essential if we are to live happy lives." ~Dalai Lama

"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." ~CS Lewis

"If you seek truth be prepared to see darkness as well as light. If you seek to know yourself be prepared to hold the light when you see your darkness." ~August Gonçalves

"If you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth: Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you." ~Kabir

"If you want to see the truth, you must be brave enough to look." ~Rune Lazuli

"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." ~George Orwell

"In the space between your thoughts, there is your truth." ~Reuben Lowe

"Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. " ~Spencer Johnson

"Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles." ~Awareness Act dot com

"Isn't honesty so liberating??!! When you are honest, you are free and no one can hold you over a barrel or make you feel threatened by what others (they) "think" they know about you!!! Keep on shining like the gem you are.....a voice for all of us...if we are honest!" ~Victoria Lane Hennessy, FB On Constance Hall blog (Parent Sex) January 2016

"It’s in literature that true life can be found. It’s under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth." ~Gao Xingjian

"It is not... That some people do not know 
what to do with truth when it is offered to them, But the tragic fate is to reach, after patient search, a condition of mind-blindness, in which The truth is not recognized, though it stares you in the face." ~Sir William Osler, physician, 1849-1919

"It is only when we silent the blaring sounds of our daily existence that we can finally hear the whispers of truth that life reveals to us, as it stands knocking on the doorsteps of our hearts." ~K.T. Jong

"Justice is truth in action." ~Benjamin Disraeli

"Kindness brings love. Love brings respect. Respect brings truth. Truth brings peace." ~A.D. Williams

"Lies sleep in minds. Truths sleep in souls." ~A.D. Williams

"Life has taught me that I have nothing to lose by being honest." ~Elizabeth Glaser, 1947-1994

"Light a fire of truth around your life, and all that is false in this world will cower at the sight of you." ~Mia Hollow

“Light is the symbol of truth.” ~J.R. Lowell

"Listen to the quiet of your heart. It wants to share deep truths that cannot be understood through words." ~Butterflies and Pebbles

"Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth." ~Ludwig Börne

"Many have tried to alter truth, but no one has ever succeeded." ~A.D. Williams

“Maybe truth is just like that. You can see it, but only out of the corner of your eye." ~from "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" by Janna Levin

"Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor." ~Robert Frost

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth." ~Benjamin Disraeli

"No legacy is so rich as honesty." ~William Shakespeare

"No matter what you do — stand up for who you are and be honest about your feelings. Even if it seems like you will be crucified for it; even if you think you will not be as successful or as liked — in the end, it's only your honesty that will have mattered." ~Bryant McGill

"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth." ~Plato

“No such thing as a man willing to be honest --that would be like a blind man willing to see.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Nothing is more beautiful than honesty..." ~Steven Aitchison

“Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that every lived.” ~Thomas Paine

"Only truth can set humans free. The day will come when they can be told openly about their real nature and destiny, and in that day their spirits will respond and unfold its glory like a flower bud opening to the sun. In that day, they will accept that the change called 'death' is but a port of departure to a greater sphere of activity. They will understand what they really are and must become, to fulfill their destiny." ~Anon

"People don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed ." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

"Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect." ~Thomas Spencer Monson

"Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake."  ~Wallace Stevens

"Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"Speak the truth even if your voice shakes." ~Anon

"Speak the truth even if your voice shakes." ~Maggie Kuhn

“Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.” ~Ismail Haniyeh

"Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed." ~Friedrich Nietzsche

"Speak the truth lovingly and persistently, and then trust God to move on the hearts of those who are in error." ~ Anon

"Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The beauty of truth: whether it is bad or good, it is liberating." ~Paulo Coelho

"The company you keep not only defines you but binds you, strive always to seek the company of the truth." ~Panache Desai

"The desire for truth is the highest of all desires, yet, it is still a desire. All desires must be given up for the real to be.....When all search ceases, it is the Supreme State." ~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

"The effort to strive for truth has to precede all other efforts." ~Albert Einstein

"The great seal of truth is simplicity." ~Herman Boerhaave

"The greatest advantage of speaking the truth is that you don't have to remember what you said." ~Anon

"The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." ~ Bob Marley

"The plain truth is that honesty is critical to the moral fiber of every individual. Experts agree that people who are honest feel better about themselves. They are able to enjoy stronger friendships, are more successful in school and in other pursuits and, in the long run, have deeper, happier marriages. It is from honesty that so many other desirable traits spring forth." ~Betsy Brown Braun

“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 with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder

"The truth hurts like a thorn at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose." ~Samuel Ha-Nagid (c. 900)

"The truth is, aging can be your realest opportunity to decide how best to live - and the best incentive for getting you to do just that. Finally." ~Elizabeth Berg

“The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.” ~Franz Kafka

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” ~Bob Marley

"The truth is like a diamond--you do not see it on the surface of the earth; you have to dig to find it." ~Philippine Progressive Watch

"The truth is like a lion. You don't have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself." ~Saint Augustine

"The truth is, no matter what your current circumstances, if you can imagine something better for yourself, you can create it." ~John Assaraf

"The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth." ~Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching)

"The truth isn't always beauty, but for the hunger of it is." ~Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014)

"The truth is not always the same as the majority decision." ~Pope St John Paul II

"The truth is rarely as dreadful or as terrifying as what one imagines." ~Hallie Ephron

"The truth is, rarely can a response make something better. What makes something better is connection." ~Brené Brown

“The truth is that the universe has been answering you all of your life, but you cannot receive the answers unless you are awake." ~Rhonda Byrne

"The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity." ~Helen Hayes

"The truth is, trying to resolve a conflict can sometimes create more problems than it fixes. Some battles are simply not worth fighting. And sometimes the most optimal relationship strategy is one of 'live and let live'." ~John Gottman

"The truth will set you free. But first, it will kiss you off." ~Gloria Steinem

"The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new." ~Pema Chodron

"The way to the truth is through acknowledging the fullness of where we find ourselves to be, which is through our humanity and our divinity." ~Ram Dass

“The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that by seeing nothing it might avoid Truth. ” ~Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness

"The writer's job is to tell the truth." ~Ernest Hemingway

"There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: you deserve all good things life has to offer." ~Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

“There’s always a little truth behind every “just kidding”. A little knowledge behind every “I don’t know”. A little emotion behind every “I don’t care”. And a little pain behind every “it’s okay”.” ~Anon

"There’s no better way to overpower a trickle of doubt than with a flood of naked truth." ~Francis Underwood

"There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing awhile upon the roof, and then fly away." ~Henry Ward Beecher

"There's more to the truth than just the facts." ~Anon

"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth." ~Leo Tolstoy

"There is no legacy as rich as integrity." ~Adrian Mitchell, Our Daily Bread

"There is nothing you will ever do that is more important than being honest about who you really are." ~Bryant McGill

"There will come a day, when all the lies will collapse under their own weight, and truth will again triumph." ~Joseph Goebbels

"Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it emotionally." ~Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)

"Truth frees souls." ~A.D. Williams

"Truth has no fear." ~A.D. Williams

"Truth has no opinions." ~A.D. Williams

“Truth has no worries.” ~A.D. Williams

"Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness." ~Khalil Gibran

"Truth is a function of power. We should engage and resist this 'normalized truth of power politics in order to denormalize the status qou - corruption, clintelist democracy, and inequality." ~Imelda Deinla

"Truth is a lonely warrior." ~Hidden Truth PH

"Truth is a pathless land, and happiness is a journey without distance." ~Robert Holden

"Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it." ~Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)

"Truth is beauty, beauty is truth, that is all we need to know." ~Anon

"Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth is clothed in clarity." ~A.D. Williams

"Truth is eternal. It is never changing and can not be hidden.The clouds may cover the sky for some time, but for that none can deny the existence of the sun, moon and the stars. What we see around, sometimes, may not be true due to delusions and wrong perceptions. But once we gain wisdom, it brings clarity to our vision and conception and we realize the reality, the truth. ... The truth is: no one has brought anything while he/she was born and can not take anything back while leaving his/her mortal coil. The worldly mundane objects, desires and pleasures can not give us permanent peace and happiness. The 'Truth' is that we have to connect within to our soul consciousness,which is the abode of the loving God, the ocean of love and peace. And, that 'truth' is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient." ~Kanchan Roy

“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.” ~George Bancroft

"Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power, or live a lie." ~Miyamoto Musashi

"Truth is pure." ~A.D. Williams

“Truth is relative." ~Anon

"Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths." ~Sonmi-451 (Cloud Atlas)

"Truth is the best answer. Once cornered, it will break the fool into silence." ~Leah C. Dancel, 26 September 2014

“Truth is the most powerful weapon because people are too weak to resist it. Speak the truth at first and no one can hurt you.” ~Harriet Rubin

"Truth is treason in an empire of lies." ~Unattributed

"Truth is within all nature." ~A.D. Williams

“Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke

"Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of the truth." ~Mahatma Gandhi

"Truth seeks light, lies seek shadows." ~Anthony Douglas Williams

“Truths and roses have thorns about them.” ~Henry David Thoreau

"Truths are quiet. Lies are loud." ~A.D. Williams

"Unless you're living in your truth, you're slowly killing yourself." ~Deborah King

"Walk upon the path of Truth, Light and Love " ~Rose Russell

"We are either in the process of resisting God's truth or in the process of being shaped and molded by his truth." ~Charles Stanley

"We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart." ~Blaise Pascal

"We pray to God to eradicate all the misery in the world: that understanding triumph over ignorance, that generosity triumph over indifference, that trust triumph over contempt, and that truth triumph over falsehood." ~Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace

“We should cautiously feel the ground ahead of us, as cockroaches do, and try to reach the truth in all modesty. We should stop trying to recite the part of all-knowing prophets. But this means that we ourselves must change.” ~Karl Popper, excerpt from his talk given in 1989 at the Liberales Forum at St Gallen University

"When he stepped off the straight and narrow path of his peculiar honesty, it was with an inward assertion of unflinching resolve to fall back again into the monotonous but safe stride of virtue as soon as his little excursion into the wayside quagmires had produced the desired effect." ~Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

"When others defiantly ignore you, when all you wish is to be appreciated, please don't let them think of you as ATTENTION SEEKER because that is not the intention. Simple truth ... not a defence." ~Leah C. Dancel, Dec 15, 2015

"When truth has taken hold of a heart, she empties it of all but herself." ~Mansur al-Hallaj

"When we live with truth we never disappoint our soul." ~ A.D. Williams

"When we write the truth, there isn’t always a grand group applauding. But write it we must.” ~C. S. Lewis

"Wisdom abides in simple truths." ~‪Jeri Grigg‬

"You can lose many things in this world. But don't lose your integrity." ~Anthony Stagg

"You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you." ~C. S. Lewis

"Your truth may not look like mine, but that is not what matters. What matters is this: you can look at a scar and see hurt, or you can look at a scar and see healing." ~Sheri Reynolds

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OTHERS

"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of the truth." ~Albert Einstein

"I feel safe even in the midst of my enemies; for the truth is powerful and will prevail." ~from the Sojourner Truth 1797-1883

"Lies evaporate when exposed to truth's light." ~A.D. Williams

"LOVE hangs patiently waiting for us to remember what we are! To think we are unworthy and 'little' is absurd! We are LOVE...so beautiful and incredible....the only thing that stops us from knowing this are the beliefs that we have been fed! Let them all go, right NOW...yes NOW! Go into your mind and tell yourself to just hold the space for Truth to be remembered. You only need to remember...that's all...remember what you are." ~Eileen Dielesen....the "Woman with a Dream"

"Only the deep-rooted desire for the truth remains in our soul." ~Frank M. Wanderer

"Our self esteem can often take a knock when the ones we love are critical. Our inner judge grabs hold of the illusion and uses it against you to make you feel bad about yourself. Don't let it, dig deep and find your inner strength to say 'No, that is not true', my true wisdom knows the truth and find ways to improve your thinking, what is great about you....and to not let other people's perceptions be your truth. So, in case you forget remind yourself of this..." ~Di Riseborough-Intuitive Life Strategist

"Take counsel from your heart, even though others may disagree. The truth is within you." ~Rumi

"The quiet mind is a clear mirror, reflecting the truth within." ~Rumi 

"The sign of a healthy mind is not denial, but facing the cold, hard truths head on. Courage requires critical thinking and acting on new knowledge despite fear." ~Jake Colebrook

"There's more to the truth than just the facts." ~Anon

"True education should include pointing people to where the most important truths are found." ~Gerard Weston

"Truth frees souls." ~A.D. Williams

"Truth gives no assurance of comfort. Nor does it guarantee freedom. It often jails people as much as it frees them." ~Bryan Ng Co

"Truth is a naked and open daylight." ~Francis Bacon

"Truth lifts the heart like water refreshes thirst." ~Rumi

"Whatever satisfies the soul is truth." ~Walt Whitman

"When we stand in our truth, there can be times when we face opposition and rocks of judgement are slung at us. Instead of allowing these judgments to attach and make us feel the need to conform or hide our true nature, shake them off and rise above the projections of others perspectives! Your inner-self knows you better than anyone else. Be truly honest with yourself. Discover the inner born spark and follow your passion in life. Your inner voice reflects your current self  and your mental strength. Rational thinking is required even when overwhelmed with emotion.A person with core mental quantum consciously chooses both their actions and reactions. Self-reliant strong people are very selective in allowing the essential people in their lives. They roar significantly at right time with right approach." ~Lifted from Ron Hastings 

"Wisdom discloses Truth in ways that cannot even be explained with a thousand books, a million teachings from religious figures, or a hundred million facts memorized and assimilated. Wisdom is so pure, that even language corrupts it." ~The Mind Unleashed

"You are your own highest authority. Do not place your source of authority outside of you. Go within to see if the truth you've found is in harmony with the truth you find in your heart." ~Neale Donald Walsch

“You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s all right.” ~Maya Angelou

"You have the power to heal the mental climate around you through affirming the truth." ~Susan Shumsky

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