Cheaters think everyone cheats. Liars think everyone lies. Keep this in mind.
A lie will make it around the world before the truth has time to put on its shoes.
Never lie to someone who trusts you.
Never trust someone who lies to you.
The most dangerous lies are the lies you tell yourself.
I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Don’t lie, don’t cheat, and don’t make promises you can’t keep.
Nothing hurts more than being ignored, replaced, forgotten, or lied to.
Truth hurts; Doubt ruins; Lie destroys.
The longer the explanation the bigger the lie.
The naked truth is way better than a well-dressed lie.
That frustrating moment when you catch someone in a lie, but they still won’t admit to it.
No matter how good a liar can be. The truth will come at some point in time, even if it takes years. Living honestly brings peace even though the truth hurts for a bit.
Once a liar always a liar.
People lie because they are ashamed of what they’ve done, people lie because they are scared to face the truth, people lie because they can’t face the world.
Some people lie to boost their low self- esteem; some people lie to project their superiority. Some people lies to please or make others feel good; some people lie to belittle or hurt others. Some people lie to avoid responsibility or punishment; some people lies to achieve success or to seek personal gains.
– Dr T.P.Chia
Please don’t lie to me,unless,you’re sure I’ll never find out the truth.
– Ashleigh Brilliant
Over & over I tried and over & over I cried and I don’t know why.
The truth, even if nobody believes it, is the truth.
A lie will always stay a lie no matter how you say it.
Even if all believe in a lie. It will not become the truth.
I’d rather be hurt by the truth, then mislead by a lie.
Everyone lies except the fool – people lie in different circumstances for different reasons.
– Dr T.P.Chia
The worst part about being lied to, is feeling stupid you believed it.
That was how dishonesty and betrayal started, not in big lies but in small secrets.
– Amy Tan
One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths.
– Al David
Social climbers are prone to telling lies; over- ambitious, greedy, and hedonistic people are more likely to lack honesty and truthfulness.
– Dr T.P.Chia
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.
– William James
A father who teaches his son how to lie, will one day lie to him.
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.
– Adolf Hitler
Tell a lie once and all your truth becomes questionable.
Sometimes a little lie helps to strengthen relationships, or to avoid unnecessary conflicts and tensions. Sometimes omitting certain truth serves to protect ourselves and others.
– Dr T.P.Chia
The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.
– Criss Jami
Some people lie so much, they actually start believing their lies are the truth.
Unselfish or magnanimous lies serve as sort of social lubricant; injurious or malicious lies show the worst of human deception and cunning.
– Dr T.P.Chia
Those who tells truth are with God, and those who tells lie are with the Devil.
A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
– Aesop
Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken.
– Mason Cooley
Half truth can be much more dangerous than complete lie.
– Senoraroy
A false statement is a lie. Someone who is good at twisting the truth is a lair.
– Dr T.P.Chia
The truth is that we all live in a world full of dishonest liars.
– Dr T.P.Chia
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
– Napoleon Bonaparte
People who are under pressure, or have low self- esteem and confidence, are more likely to tell lies. People who are addicted to gambling, alcohol, and drugs are potential liars.
– Dr T.P.Chia
Lying is morally wrong, but altruistic or noble lies intending to benefit others are considered to be morally acceptable.
People who possess a negative character and a narcissistic personality tend to be more deceiving and deceptive.
– Dr T.P.Chia
A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
– Alfred Tennyson
Lying is never the best option, but in some situations it is necessary.
Surprisingly, most people often lie about and to themselves, as well as lie to those they love.
– Dr T.P.Chia
Trust of the innocent is the most important tool of a liar.
The average person tells 4 lies a day or 1460 a year; a total of 87,600 by the age of 60. And the most common lie is: I’m fine.
A pretense is as bad as a lie. They are both deceptions.
An excuse is a skin of a reason stuffed with a lie.
– Billy Sunday
All successful people often have to pay the price of saying and doing some dishonest things to get to where they are.
– Dr T.P.Chia
The darkness always lies.
– Anthony Liccione
Some people are more likely to lie than others, regardless of race, religion, education, profession or status.
– Dr T.P.Chia
Small lies that promote good- well or avoid conflicts are the most common type of lying. White lies and superficial pleasantries are not all bad lies.
– Dr T.P.Chia
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.
– Adolf Hitler
We all lie at one time or the other, impulsively or intentionally, magnanimously or maliciously. We lie in personal relationships, social conversations, work places for good or bad reasons.
– Dr T.P.Chia
Anything is better than lies and deceit!
– Leo Tolstoy
Lying is a way of life- – lying is inevitable in everyday life. Lying is a conscious attempt of the mind to protect ourselves, or to advance our self- interest, by distorting the truth or telling deceptive falsehoods.
– Dr T.P.Chia
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
– George Washington
The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.
– Adolf Hitler
Lies require commitment.
– Veronica Roth
We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
– Eric Hoffer
As a social skill, people learn to lie at very young age, and lying often come naturally to people with little awareness, thought and planning.
– Dr T.P.Chia
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
– Samuel Butler
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
– Baltasar Gracian
Sometimes, a lie is told in kindness. I don’t believe it ever works kindly. The quick pain of truth can pass away, but the slow, eating agony of a lie is never lost.
– John Steinbeck
If it is necessary sometimes to lie to others, it is always despicable to lie to oneself.
– W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
– Otto von Bismarck
It is better to tell the truth and face the punishment, than to lie and face the consequences.
– Anthony Liccione
Fake news engenders fake debates, and fake debates result in fake politics. It is a means to take the focus far away from the real problems that affect people.
– Ravish Kumar
It is better to slap the truth than to kiss a lie.
Everyone Lies.
I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.
– S.E. Hinton
Great liars are also great magicians.
– Adolf Hitler
Never do anything you are ashamed of and you’ll never have to lie.
Sometimes the truth will hurt and a lie will set you free; just as a lie will hurt and the truth will set you free.
– Anthony Liccione
No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.
– Richard Yates
There are three types of lies – lies, damn lies, and statistics.
– Benjamin Disraeli
A lie travels farther than the truth.
– Irish Proverb
Things come apart so easily when they have been held together with lies.
– Dorothy Allison
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie;for an excuse is a lie guarded.
– Alexander Pope
If I told you I’ve worked hard to get where I’m at, I’d be lying, because I have no idea where I am right now.
– Jarod Kintz
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Too many prefer gentle lies to hard truths.
– Shane Parrish
Each time we don’t say what we wanna say, we’re dying.
– Yoko Ono
Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie: a fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.
– George Herbert
If you don’t want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.
– Bruce Lee
The mirror will only lie, when you look at it through a mask.
– Anthony Liccione
Lie until even you believe it – that’s the real secret of lying.
– Holly Black
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.
– Seneca
No lie ever reaches old age.
– Sophocles
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it easier to do it a second time.
– Thomas Jefferson
Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.
– Johann Kaspar Lavater
Majority may rule in many things, but a lie does not cease to be a lie just because is believed by many people.
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.
– Alfred Adler
Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true.
– Yogi Berra