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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON SIN 6
I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.
Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729, British dramatist, essayist, editor)
Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.
Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729, British dramatist, essayist, editor)
Show business is really 90 per cent luck and 10 per cent being able to handle it when it gets offered to you.
Tommy Steele
It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
We are very apt to measure ourselves by our aspiration instead of our performance. But in truth the conduct of our lives is the only proof of the sincerity of our hearts.
Author Unknown
We give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
Author Unknown
We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable.
Author Unknown
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1895, Scottish essayist, poet, novelist)
The saints are the sinners who keep on trying.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1895, Scottish essayist, poet, novelist)
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971, Russian composer)
Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.
Edwin H. Stuart
I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745, Anglo-Irish satirist)
A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117, Roman historian)
Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.
The Talmud (BC 500?-400? AD, Jewish archive of oral tradition)
Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.
Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892, British poet)
Their silence is praise enough.
Terence (Roman writer of comedies)
There is a demand today for men who can make wrong appear right.
Terence (Roman writer of comedies)
There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582, Spanish saint, mystic)
But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door. It desires to have you, but you must master it.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Genesis 4:7
But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Numbers 32:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Romans 3:23
He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Let another praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism) Source: Ecclesiastes 15:9
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a blame to any people.
The Holy Bible (Sacred scriptures of Christians and Judaism)
Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.
Dylan Thomas (1914-1953, Welsh poet)
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862, American essayist, poet, naturalist)
Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.
John Tillotson (1630-1694, British theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury)
The sobs and tears of joy he had not foreseen rose with such force within him that his whole body shook and for a long time prevented him from speaking. Falling on his knees by her bed. He held his wife's hand to his lips and kissed it, and her hand responded to his kisses with weak movement of finger. Meanwhile, at the foot of the bed, in the midwife's expert hands, like the flame of a lamp, flickered the life of a human being who had never existed before...
Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910, Russian novelist, philosopher)
Compromise is usually bad. It should be a last resort. If two departments or divisions have a problem they can't solve and it comes up to you, listen to both sides and then pick one or the other. This places solid accountability on the winner to make it work. Condition your people to avoid compromise.
Robert Townsend (1920-, American businessman, president of Avis)
If you don't do it with excellence, don't do it at all! Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?
Robert Townsend (1920-, American businessman, president of Avis)
Make every decision as if you owned the whole company.
Robert Townsend (1920-, American businessman, president of Avis)
There are no losers in losing, only losers in not wanting to win.
Jesus M. Trejo
I'm a bit of a P. T. Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
Donald Trump (1946-, American businessman, actor)
A hard thing about business is minding your own
Author Unknown
A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know.
Author Unknown
A vacation should be just long enough that you're boss misses you, and not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you.
Author Unknown
Among the worries of today's business executives is the large number of unemployed still on the payroll.
Author Unknown
Business conventions are important because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without.
Author Unknown
Business is like a wheelbarrow -- it stands still until someone pushes it.
Author Unknown
Business will continue to go where invited and remain where appreciated.
Author Unknown
Curses are like chickens; they always come home.
Author Unknown
Fundamental sincerity is the only proper basis for forming a relationship.
Author Unknown
However far your travels take you, you will never find the girl who smiles out at you from the travel brochure.
Author Unknown
If others have sinned you need not mention it
Author Unknown
If you must strike a man from behind, slap hi on the back.
Author Unknown
It is usually best to be generous with praise, but cautious with criticism.
Author Unknown
Leisure for people of business, and business for people of leisure would cure many problems.
Author Unknown
Life is hard. Next to what?
Author Unknown
Love: Before I heard the doctors tell The dangers of a kiss; I had considered kissing you. The nearest thing to bliss. But now I know biology and sit and sigh and moan; six million mad bacteria and I thought we were alone!
Author Unknown
People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.
Author Unknown
People will go right on preferring to do business with friends.
Author Unknown
Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
Author Unknown
Sincerity gives wings to power.
Author Unknown
The first thing the secretary types is the boss.
Author Unknown
The novice in advertising frequently gives the public credit, for too much intelligence.
Author Unknown
The pain we feel when someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone
Author Unknown
They that value not praise, will never do anything worthy of it.
Author Unknown
What people call insincerity is simply a method by which we can multiply our personalities.
Author Unknown
When life seems just a dreary grind; and things seem fated to annoy; say something nice to someone else and watch the world light up with joy.
Author Unknown
When two friends have a common bank account, one sings and the other weeps.
Author Unknown
You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.
Author Unknown
To be sincere means to be the same person when one is with oneself; that is to say, alone -- but that is all it means.
Paul Valery (1871-1945, French poet, essayist)
Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offense that one appreciates them.
Marquis De Vauvenargues (1715-1747, French moralist)
People often feel offended by praise because it designates a limit to their excellence. Few people are modest enough not to be offended by someone appreciating them.
Marquis De Vauvenargues (1715-1747, French moralist)
These days, the wages of sin depend on what kind of deal you make with the devil.
Kara Vichko
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.
Queen Victoria (1819-1901, British queen)
When we recognize that a better word for Fundraising is "friend raising," we open limitless doors to creativity in support of our causes.
Sue Vineyard
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
Edmund Waller (1606-1687, British poet)
There's a lot more business out there in small town America than I ever dreamed of.
Sam Walton (1918-1992, American businessman, founder of Wal-mart)
Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.
John Wanamaker (1838-1922, American merchant)
Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.
John Wanamaker (1838-1922, American merchant)
Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change.
An Wang (1920-1989, Chinese-American physicist, founder of Wang Laboratories)
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
Andy Warhol (1930-, American artist, filmmaker)
You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, American businessman, founder of IBM)
You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart.
Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956, American businessman, founder of IBM)
A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.
Alec Waugh (1898-1981, British novelist, travel writer)
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
John Welch (1935-, American businessman, former chairman of GE)
Our planning system was dynamite when we first put it in. The thinking was fresh; the form mattered little. It was idea oriented. We then hired a head of planning, and he hired two vice presidents, and then he hired a planner; and the books got thicker, and the printing more sophisticated, and the covers got harder, and the drawings got better.
John Welch (1935-, American businessman, former chairman of GE)
Advertising is legalized lying.
H.G. Wells (1866-1946, British-born American author)
Advertisers are the interpreters of our dreams -- Joseph interpreting for Pharaoh. Like the movies, they infect the routine futility of our days with purposeful adventure. Their weapons are our weaknesses: fear, ambition, illness, pride, selfishness, desire, ignorance. And these weapons must be kept as bright as a sword.
Elwyn Brooks White (1899-1985, American author, editor)
Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions.
William Allen White (1868-1944, American editor, writer)
Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892, American poet)
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855-1919, American poet, journalist)
A kiss may ruin a human life.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
There is no sin except stupidity.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity, Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensified assertion of individualism, it saves us from monotony of type. In its rejection of the current notions about morality, it is one with the higher ethics.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
Everyone says he's sincere, but everyone isn't sincere. If everyone was sincere who says he's sincere, there wouldn't be half so many insincere ones in the world and there would be lots, lots, lots more really sincere ones!
Tennessee Williams (1914-1983, American dramatist)
What's good for the country is good for General Motors, and vice versa.
Charles E. Wilson (1886-1972, American corporate executive)
Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.
Woodrow T. Wilson (1856-1924, American President (28th))
Business is like war in one respect. If its grand strategy is correct, any number of tactical errors can be made and yet the enterprise proves successful.
General Robert E. Woods (Business executive, president of Sears Roebuck)
I am the world's worst salesman, therefore, I must make it easy for people to buy.
F. W. Woolworth (1852-1919, American business, founder of Woolworth's)
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.
William Wrigley Jr. (1861-1932, American businessman, founder of Wrigley & Co.)
I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show his best, or even a good man swing his lantern higher.
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939, Irish poet, playwright.)
In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.
Owen D. Young (1874-1962, American lawyer, businessman, public official)
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