I've always been someone who's believed in truth. I believe truth exists. I don't believe in relativism, a 'your truth, my truth' kind of a thing. However, I also believe that the truth must always be spoken in love - and that grace and truth are found in Jesus Christ.
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must lie to a liar,
& if they believe in your lie,
they will tell you the tru... DAVID J. MARTINEZ I tell people, and it's the truth, I could sit in my garage for a week and it won't make me ... JOYCE MEYER Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second... KHALIL GIBRAN If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth... A. R. RAHMAN The world is cynical and sarcastic, but that doesn't mean that that's always the truth. PATRICK NESS I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who ... SYLVESTER STALLONE I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possibl... KATHY ACKER You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in payb... RANDY PAUSCH I believe in Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. I believe that Jesus died for my sins, and rose aga... SHERRI SHEPHERD I sometimes believe his lies are the truth, but I have never mistaken his truth for a lie. MEGAN WHALEN TURNER I've been the type of guy, I've always been very forthcoming with how I feel. And that it do... JOSH HUTCHERSON I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that a... VICTOR SALVA I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't d... KEVIN O'LEARY I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't d... KEVIN O'LEARY I've certainly honored the two promises I made: Always tell you the truth; never vote with my re... RON JOHNSON I hypnotized myself so in my subconscious, I believed I couldn't get hurt. And I don't mean ... JAKE LAMOTTA Confidence and superiority: It's the usual fundamentalist stuff: I've got the truth, and you... JEANETTE WINTERSON I don't believe a poet has a better hold on truth or morality than a fiction writer has. And I d... COLUM MCCANN Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Somet... MICHAEL CADNUM I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novel... A. N. WILSON I don't want to help a politician revise the truth. TERRY GROSS I trust you: That's huge. That's truth. That's real love. Everyone uses 'I love you&... JUSTIN CHATWIN The truth is that I don't really care what everyone thinks. BENY STEINMETZ I sometimes get asked, 'What's it like, being spotted?', but the truth is I don't, e... ROMY MADLEY CROFT I started singing before I started talking. And that's the God's honest truth. I think it wa... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN I'm not saying everything out there is bad and toxic, but there are some things that are not scr... JOSEPH PRINCE I don't have a desire to do reality. Because my truth is not what people are responding to. My t... NIECY NASH Truth is the most bitter to accept, swallow and digest it. The moment you speak truth, you lose your... BIKRAM CHOUDHURY The people at my label are always endorsing what I say. They say, 'You see the truth, so speak i... ESTELLE
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