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Thursday, October 31st, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Pastoral Resources
Sermon Quotations Archive
Quotations regarding 'Dishonesty'
14 entries
The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
Abu Bakr, Saudi Arabian Statesman
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.
George Bancroft, American Historian (1800-1891)
Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable.
Leo Burnett, American Businessman (1891-1971)
I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.
Charles Dickens, English Novelist (1812-1870)
I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character flaws.
Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman (1933-2007)
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.
Benjamin Franklin, American Politician (1706-1790)
Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist (1804-1864)
Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.
Stephen Leacock, Canadian Economist (1869-1944)
Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.
Horace Mann, American Educator (1796-1859)
Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.
Plato, Greek Philosopher
There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.
Todd Rundgren, American Musician (1948- )
Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.
Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian Royalty (1922- )
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.
John Steinbeck, American Author (1902-1968)
Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
Dalton Trumbo, American Novelist (1905-1976)
14 entries