I Speak The Truth Quotes:

I have no gift of words, but I speak the truth.

- Rudyard Kipling

source: Rudyard Kipling (2016). “Mowgli of the Jungle Book: The Complete Stories”, p.21, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

topic: Speak, Speak The Truth, I Speak The Truth

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

- Chief Joseph

topic: Truth, Native American, Reality, Indian Wisdom, Broken Promises

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

- Henry David Thoreau

topic: Funny, Wisdom, Truth, Listening To Others, Listening And Hearing

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

- Mark Twain

topic: Truth, Way, Politics, My Attitude, Lies In Love

I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.

- Michel de Montaigne

source: "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book III, Ch. 2, 1595.

topic: Life, Success, Truth, Truth And Lies, Saying The Truth

Who speaks the truth stabs falsehood to the heart.

- James Russell Lowell

source: James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.116

topic: Truth, Honesty, Heart, I Speak The Truth

It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies.

- Noam Chomsky

topic: Leadership, Truth, Lying, Linguists, Smart People

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

- James E. Faust

topic: Honesty, Integrity, Lying, Telling Lies, Truth And Honesty

I speak the truth but I guess that's a foreign language to ya'll!

- Lil Wayne

source: FaceBook post by Lil Wayne from Jun 15, 2012

topic: Language, Speak, Foreign Language, I Speak The Truth

I am tired of talk that comes to nothing.

- Chief Joseph

topic: Tired, Broken Promises, Good Words, American Indian, I Speak The Truth

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.

- Tacitus

topic: Fear, Truth, Sincerity, Truth Hurts, I Speak The Truth

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

- Pearl S. Buck

source: "Know Your Limits - Then Ignore Them". Book by John Mason, August 1999.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Truth, I Speak The Truth

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

- Richard M. Nixon

source: Nomination acceptance speech, Miami, 8 Aug. 1968, in New York Times 9 Aug. 1968, p. 20

topic: Truth, Lying, Honor, Truth And Honesty, Telling It Like It Is

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

- Chief Joseph

topic: Broken Heart, Sick, Broken Promises, Breaking Promises, Good Words

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

- Jerome K. Jerome

source: The Idler Feb. 1892, p. 118

topic: Funny, Truth, Lying, Lies And Liars, Lies Truth

When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours; and although we may be delicate and soft, some men who are delicate are also strong; and others, coarse and harsh, are cowards. Women have not yet realized this, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow. —Veronica Franco 1546-1591

- Veronica Franco

topic: Strong, Heart, Fighting, Franco, Setting An Example

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

- Silius Italicus

topic: Speak, Danger, Inaction, I Speak The Truth

When there is an issue, I approach it and hit it head on. I speak the truth. If I do something wrong, then I own it.

- Teresa Giudice

topic: Issues, Speak, Approach, I Speak The Truth