#truth

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. ↗

— Walter Scott

#faithful #nail #near #placed #rusty

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself ↗

— Jocelyn Murray

#true-to-self #truth #business

And it was so special, and to tell you the truth that's how I feel about the whole thing, I mean when I meet someone that has watched the show, and it has brought such joy to them, it just makes you feel so good. ↗

— David Selby

#brought #feel #good #how #i

I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#convinced #despair #hope #i #myself

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#been #being #being lied to #happy #lied

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

— Shakira

#heart #i #lie #me #pretty

Certainly, my father would not want to see me destroy myself in this business, as so many people in our family have been destroyed. I try to take good care of myself, but we are fighting the good fight, and the truth is powerful. ↗

— Sam Sheppard

#business #care #certainly #destroy #destroyed

Smartass Disciple: Master, I believe that the truth will prevail at the end. Master of Stupidity: No 'the end' for the truth. 'Prevail' is something else. ↗

— Toba Beta

#life #prevail #the-end #truth #life

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility. ↗

— Hu Shih

#absolute truth #arouse #eternal #intellectual #only

The truth is, man is hereunto led by reason which is his nature. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#led #man #nature #reason #truth