Quotes about Truth Telling

Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. Votes: 4

Commitment to truth telling lays the groundwork for the openness and honesty that is the heartbeat of love. Votes: 3

When men and women punish each other for truth telling, we reinforce the notion that lies are better. Votes: 3

Poetry is a special use of language that opens onto the real. The business of the poet is truth telling, which is why in the Celtic tradition no one could be a teacher unless he or she was a poet. Votes: 3

I believe in telling the truth. Votes: 2

Truth disappears with the telling of it. Votes: 2

Actually being funny is mostly telling the truth about things. Votes: 2

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. Votes: 2

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people. Votes: 2

Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about. Votes: 2

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across. Votes: 2

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. Votes: 2

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it. Votes: 2

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously. Votes: 2

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Votes: 2

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. Votes: 2

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. Votes: 2

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it? Votes: 2

This is me telling the truth. It just so happens to be a very explosive truth. Votes: 2

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me. Votes: 2

If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Votes: 2

We're always just telling stories, and stories are always just approximations of the truth. It's never the truth exactly. Votes: 2

I feel the weight of just telling the truth. There really is no weight to telling the truth. It's a little scary sometimes, but if you tell the truth, you don't have to be looking over your shoulder. Votes: 2

Telling the truth is always revolutionary Votes: 0

Telling the truth is absolutely important. Votes: 0

Truth-telling frightens me. Lying confuses me. Votes: 0

Stop telling the truth about my record! Votes: 0

Good writing is about telling the truth. Votes: 0

Playing guitar is like telling the truth. Votes: 0

Men are sometimes hanged for telling the truth. Votes: 0

telling the truth about children's lives is radical. Votes: 0

You can't stay well without telling--and living--the truth. Votes: 0

Telling the truth can be a dirty job. Votes: 0

Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth. Votes: 0

The secret of good writing is telling the truth. Votes: 0

Don't spoil a good story by telling the truth. Votes: 0

Faith is acting like God is telling the truth. Votes: 0

The young are not afraid of telling the truth. Votes: 0

I'm appealing to voters by actually telling the truth. Votes: 0

Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth. Votes: 0

Truth-telling by a leader can legitimate truth-telling at every level. Votes: 0

A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth. Votes: 0

I only believe in telling the truth and being truthful. Votes: 0

Sometimes you know when someone is telling you the truth. Votes: 0

Artists invent things as a way of telling the truth. Votes: 0

All we can do is go around telling the truth. Votes: 0

I never saw any good that came of telling truth. Votes: 0

Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth. Votes: 0

Telling the truth is the funniest joke in the world. Votes: 0

Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm. Votes: 0

Eight more days and I can start telling the truth again Votes: 0

Everything can be forgiven in this world, save telling the truth. Votes: 0

Telling the truth after proper investigation is the height of courage. Votes: 0

Telling the truth without sensitivity can be a form of abuse. Votes: 0

No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth. Votes: 0

All propaganda is lies, even when one is telling the truth. Votes: 0

Telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. Votes: 0

In the end, fiction is the craft of telling truth through lies. Votes: 0

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Votes: 0

In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth. Votes: 0

When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out! Votes: 0

Art-making is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt Votes: 0

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously. Votes: 0

There's nothing more oily and cynical in politics than telling the truth. Votes: 0

I will never apologize to the Jewish community for telling the truth Votes: 0

The solemn pledge to abstain from telling the truth was called socialist realism. Votes: 0

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across. Votes: 0

One should be just as careful about lying as about telling the truth. Votes: 0

A lie does not become truth just because ten people are telling it. Votes: 0

The kind of fiction I'm trying to write is about telling the truth. Votes: 0

I learned that telling the truth was a big part of loving yourself. Votes: 0

The first step toward telling the truth is to tell the whole lie. Votes: 0

I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it. Votes: 0

It's emotional warfare telling the people we love, the most, the truth about ourselves. Votes: 0

Dishonesty increases disorder exponentially. It's hard enough to communicate when you're telling the truth. Votes: 0

Always telling the truth is no doubt better than always lying, although equally pathological. Votes: 0

My function as a writer is not story-telling but truth-telling: to make things plain. Votes: 0

Honesty is telling the truth to ourselves and others. Integrity is living that truth. Votes: 0

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth. Votes: 0

I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth. Votes: 0

I take work very seriously and telling the truth in my job and professionalism. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth. Votes: 0

Telling the truth is a beautiful act even if the truth itself is ugly. Votes: 0

Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear. Votes: 0

I'm so far gone that I'm telling the truth. It sounds like a foreign language. Votes: 0

There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite. Votes: 0

Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children. Votes: 0

I wrote these songs for a dying planet, I'm sorry, but I'm telling the truth. Votes: 0

Any mom who tells you that she does it effortlessly is not telling the truth. Votes: 0

I love that Jesus showed He cared while at the same time telling the truth. Votes: 0

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. Votes: 0

If people are always comfortable with you, you're probably not telling them the whole truth. Votes: 0

Telling the truth is the slow, mundane, difficult route to a meaningful life. Anything else is cheating. Votes: 0

Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile. Votes: 0

There are two ways of lying. One, not telling the truth and the other, making up statistics. Votes: 0

There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move. Votes: 0

I think the biggest lesson I learned from my Dad was the importance of telling the truth. Votes: 0

I call myself out on my mistakes, but in telling the truth, sometimes it stings a little. Votes: 0

If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power. Votes: 0

Women have a hard enough time in this world: telling them the truth would be too cruel. Votes: 0

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. Votes: 0

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. Votes: 0

If the truth is worth telling, it is worth making a fool of yourself to tell it. Votes: 0

Don't thank me for telling the truth when it would have been mercy to lie to you. Votes: 0

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with telling the truth. I know it isn’t fashionable. Votes: 0

I'm not very interested in telling the facts. I have a lot of investment in telling the truth. Votes: 0

The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing Votes: 0

When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?' Votes: 0

Until I came out, my acting was all about disguise, and thereafter it became about telling the truth. Votes: 0

When someone starts talking to me about the truth, what I hear is what they're telling me about themselves. Votes: 0

I'm never telling the truth again! It gets you hanged and locked out and starved and froze and hated . . . Votes: 0

There is no truth except the truth that exists within you. Everything else is what someone is telling you. Votes: 0

I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth. Votes: 0

Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth. Votes: 0

Telling the truth is like exposing the underside of our wings. We only see that part when we fly. Votes: 0

We find it easy to believe that praise is sincere: why should anyone lie in telling us the truth? Votes: 0

I'm only telling you on the truth," he said. "If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it. Votes: 0

There is nothing that is going to make people hate you more, and love you more, than telling the truth. Votes: 0

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth. Votes: 0

Telling the truth to yourself and someone you can trust are great ways to help elevate your whole emotional quality. Votes: 0

A huge insight was the power of simply telling employees the truth. If things aren’t going well, tell them. Votes: 0

Even through such simple acts as telling the truth, being kind, and encouraging others, we bring a smile to God's face. Votes: 0

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda. Votes: 0

Drawing is the poet's written line, set down to see if there be a story worth telling, a truth worth revealing. Votes: 0

When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth. Votes: 0

What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this -- two things: I crave truth. And I lie. Votes: 0

If you think somebody is telling a big lie about you, the only way to answer is with the whole truth. Votes: 0

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie. Votes: 0

Telling the truth may cause a few seconds of pain, but there's no medicine that can manage the pain of keeping lies. Votes: 0

If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'lll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats. Votes: 0

A 'penchant for telling the truth' can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor's wife. Votes: 0

When I won the Oscar, there was something telling me 'this isn't the truth'. I had to get back to real work. Votes: 0

What is it with you people? You think not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth? Votes: 0

Adults end up shading things and shading the truth, and you end up lying and telling people what they want to hear. Votes: 0

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them Votes: 0

The problem a guy who lies all the time faces is he never can tell when anybody else is telling the truth. Votes: 0

Trust grows when people see leaders translate their personal integrity into organizational fidelity. At the heart of fidelity lies truth-telling and promise-keeping. Votes: 0

Nobody ever completely means what they say. Even when they think they're telling the truth, there's always something hidden behind their words. Votes: 0

We Americans are the ultimate innocents. We are forever desperate to believe that this time the government is telling us the truth. Votes: 0

People who are most interested in telling the truth about others are generally the least interested in having the truth told about themselves. Votes: 0

Don't work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone. You're going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there's no life expectancy. Votes: 0

Truth telling is the first building block of character -- a quality that seems to be getting rarer and rarer in all-forgiving America. Votes: 0

For people who say they hate being lied to, just start telling them nothing but the pure truth--about everything. That will teach them Votes: 0

Saying someone is gay who is gay no longer constitutes defamation or slander or libel. You cannot defame someone by telling the truth. Votes: 0

Please explain to me why John Kerry sounds more dickish telling the truth than Bush sounds when he's lying. How is that possible? Votes: 0

Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins. Votes: 0

It is an occupational hazard that anyone who has spent her life learning how to lie eventually becomes bad at telling the truth. Votes: 0

Most people don't care if you're telling them the truth or if you're telling them a lie, as long as they're entertained by it. Votes: 0

When you're on stage, unless you surrender to the moment, you're not telling the truth. I look for people that tell me the truth. Votes: 0

I pefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart. Votes: 0

He tells so many lies that he convinces himself after a while that he's telling the truth. He just doesn't recognize truth or falsehood. Votes: 0

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart. Votes: 0

There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you. Votes: 0

I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Votes: 0

I don't think telling the truth ever gets anyone in trouble in the long run. Maybe the day after, but not in the long run. Votes: 0

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. Votes: 0

I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them. Votes: 0

Bill Clinton is a liar, a perverted kind of a guy anyway, and he is always stroking black folks rather than telling them the truth. Votes: 0

I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them. Votes: 0

It's much better to have your arguments dismissed because you might be joking than to have your arguments dismissed because you're not telling the truth. Votes: 0

Its very seldom you get paid for doing what you love and telling the truth at the same time. It seems they dont often coincide. Votes: 0

I am telling you that your perception of ultimate reality is more limited than you thought, and that Truth is more unlimited than you can imagine. Votes: 0

People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about truth-telling. Votes: 0

When both parties are lying and they both know the other party's lying, it comes powerful close to being the same thing as telling the truth. Votes: 0

When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth. Votes: 0

It was a lie but he believed in telling lies to people. Truth telling and medicine just didn't go together except in dire emergencies, if then. Votes: 0

If someone tells you a lie, they're not telling you the truth, but they are telling you something. It just takes longer to figure out what. Votes: 0

I scrutinized his face for honesty and then looked away. He was either a lunatic, a really good liar, or he was actually telling the truth. Votes: 0

...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable as bathing a cat. Votes: 0

Science is a set of rules to keep us from telling lies to each other. All scientists really have is a reputation for telling the truth. Votes: 0

I think that by telling the truth and by attempting to be a good citizen, somehow I've ended up playing with fire. And that's really scary. Votes: 0

But I have told the truth. Isn't that ironic? They sent me because I am so good at telling lies. But I have told the truth. Votes: 0

With all the justifications I have had in place, telling the truth under certain circumstances was in my universe no different than telling a lie or withholding. Votes: 0

I have a really strong suspicion of the romantic nature of portraiture, the idea that you're telling some essential truth about the interior lives of your subject. Votes: 0

Smartass Disciple : Master, why you keep telling about the truth? Nobody hears.Master of Stupidity : O Yea. They hear but don't listen. Anyway, no fun in silent. Votes: 0

In an oppressive society the truth-telling nature of literature is of a different order, and sometimes valued more highly than other elements in a work of art. Votes: 0

Judaism for me is a sensibility of collective self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling. I feel a debt of responsibility to this past. It is why I am Jewish. Votes: 0

As no two people see the world the same way, all trips from here to there are imaginary; all truth is a tale I am telling myself. Votes: 0

When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth. Votes: 0

The deepest failures any fiction writer is likely to have are failures of not quite comprehending the truth of the story that he or she is telling. Votes: 0

Integrity is a bugger, it really is. Lying can get you into difficulties, but to really wind up in the crappers try telling nothing but the truth. Votes: 0

I can't establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I can't look into your mind, can I? Votes: 0

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. Votes: 0

The great thing about fiction is that you can start off by telling the truth, then start making stuff up like crazy whenever you feel like it. Votes: 0

People on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you the truth. Votes: 0

Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power. Votes: 0

When you ask someone how they are doing, do you really mean it? When you answer someone back how you are doing, are you really telling the truth? Votes: 0

I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic, which wasn't easy. Votes: 0

I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience. Votes: 0

Telling a lie is called wrong. Telling the truth is called right. Except when telling the truth is called bad manners and telling a lie is called polite. Votes: 0

Ive always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience. Votes: 0

...truth-telling may be an ethic, adopted by photojournalists as a behavior, but experience shows us that it is not embedded in the medium like silver salts in film. Votes: 0

Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character; it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them. Votes: 0

I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth. Votes: 0

The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas. Votes: 0

Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it. Votes: 0

That's what you get for telling the truth. Someone calls you a liar. Most people will accept a likely lie to an unlikely truth. In fact, they prefer it. Votes: 0

Begin to act from your dominion. Declare the truth by telling yourself that there is nothing to be afraid of, that you no longer entertain any images of fear. Votes: 0

If you tell a lie that's big enough, and you tell it often enough, people will believe you're telling the truth, even if what you're saying is total crap. Votes: 0

There really is no weight to telling the truth. It's a little scary sometimes, but if you tell the truth, you don't have to be looking over your shoulder. Votes: 0

The whole 'Melrose' series is an attempt to tell the truth, and is based on the idea that there is some salutary or liberating power in telling the truth. Votes: 0

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are to tell the truth. Votes: 0

I always felt called to serve, to empower and ennoble as many people as I could, teaching, truth-telling, exposing lies, bearing witness, and being willing to live and die for something bigger than yourself. Votes: 0