Will Rogers Quotes

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.

Sincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.

You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear.

You can know something is a lie when it has no love in it.

TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.

You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't believe you or think that you're being funny.

Never trust a man who lays his hand on his heart when he assures you of anything.

It is proof of sincerity, which I value above all things; as, between those who practice it, falsehood and malice work their efforts in vain.

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly.

Everyone can lie, young Roger, given cause enough. Even me. It's only that it's harder for those of us who live in glass faces; we have to think up our lies ahead of time.

Telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.

It's easy enough to make the truth look silly. A man never seems more foolish-like than he does when he's speaking his whole mind and heart.

It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself.

Faithful heart may have froward tongue.

Genuine sincerity opens people's hearts, while manipulation causes them to close.

The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.

We have the right to lie, but not about the heart of the matter.

Honesty without kindness, humor, and goodheartedness can be just mean. From the very beginning to the very end, pointing to our own hearts to discover what is true isn’t just a matter of honesty but also of compassion and respect for what we see.

When people show you who they are ... believe them!

At no time did I intend to, or do I believe that I did put forward false information to the American people.

He had then warned his daughter not to violate the Eleventh Commandment. "Which one is that?" I asked her. "Do not bullshit thy father," she said.

There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.