Quotes by category: Truth

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.

It's easy to make excuses because then nothing changes. But you still have to live with yourself, with what you're doing and that is never easy

The second rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong and can cause harm.

We present Lord Rahl, the Seeker of Truth and wielder of the Sword of Truth, the bringer of death, the Master of D'Hara, the ruler of the Midlands, the commander of the gar nation, the champion of free people and bane of the wicked, and the betrothed of the Mother Confessor.

The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true....or being afraid it is.

Nothing is ever easy.

Zedd used to tell me that if the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way.

The mark of a wise person is being able to reach beyond the truth, to admit they can learn more than they already know. A wise person doesn't string together the beads of unrelated events into a necklace simply to have something they wish to see. A wise person sees the truth even if it is something unexpected. That is the most beautiful necklace to wear - the truth.

People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true.

If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.