Quotes about Truth
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
— George Eliot
I let people see the cracks in my life. We can't be phony. We've got to keep it real.
— Charles Swindoll
Intuition is the only true guide in life.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
I have said it many a time, and am surer of it than ever, that the life and death issue of Christianity is the inspiration and authority of the Bible.
— J. Sidlow Baxter
There are many people who, when God's hand is out against them, will say they are troubled for their sin, but the truth is, it is the affliction that troubles them rather than their sin. Their heart greatly deceives them in this very thing.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
There is a Heaven within the souls of the saints-that is a certain truth; no soul shall ever come to Heaven, but the soul which has Heaven come to it first. When you die, you hope you will go to Heaven; but if you will go to Heaven when you die, Heaven will come to you before you die. Now this is a great mystery, to have the Kingdom of Heaven in the soul; no man can know this but that soul which has it.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
holy men only know what God reveals to them.
— Jerome
Fiction has a unique role in conveying Truth. In fact, only fiction that is Truth with a capital T is worthwhile.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
The time is coming when the Antichrist will take full control of the world system. The judgments will get worse. Before us are two people— one who knew God and one who didn't. One who showed the love of God, who gave her life so that we would be saved. May these two lives renew our resolve to live for God. We must let nothing stand in our way in telling others the truth. Even if it costs our lives.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
We need to approach the Bible each day with a spirit of deep humility, recognizing that our understanding of spiritual truth is at best incomplete and to some extent inaccurate ... we should approach the Scriptures in humility and expect the Spirit to humble us even further as we continue being taught by Him from His Word.
— Jerry Bridges
Even Christians taking in the teaching of the Bible can be deceived about our own sins. We somehow feel that consent to the teaching of scripture is equivalent to obedience.
— Jerry Bridges
Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word." (The Great Exchange)
— Jerry Bridges