Questionable Quotes - Page 7

• Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend, rather than the gloss of a sweet-lipped flatterer there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.

  Francis Quarles

  Friendship, Sweet, Lying

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• You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring business.

  Victor Kiam

  Business, Hype, Littles

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• Ever since then I have known that if all the values in this world are more or less questionable, the most important thing in life is kindness.

  Yevgeny Yevtushenko

  Kindness, Things In Life, Important

  "A Precocious Autobiography. Translated from the Russian by Andrew R. MacAndrew".

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• For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were the most aggressive, and managed to keep their form in spite of their questionable discipline. Out of the line they were undoubtedly difficult to handle, but once in it they loved a fight. They were a curious mixture of toughness and sentimentality.

  Adrian Carton de Wiart

  Military, Fighting, Discipline

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• When praying for the Lord's will about something questionable, don't give up if you don't receive clear leading after one prayer; just keep on praying until God makes it clear.

  Curtis Hutson

  Prayer, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• It isn't that it's questionable when you speak up for the right of people with different sexual orientation. People took some part of us and used it to discriminate against us. In our case, it was our ethnicity; it's precisely the same thing for sexual orientation. People are killed because they're gay.

  Desmond Tutu

  Gay, Ethnicity, People

  "Interview: Desmond Tutu on gay rights, the Middle East and Pope Francis". Interview With Sarah Pulliam Bailey, www.washingtonpost.com. September 13, 2013.

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• When the believer is faced with a decision regarding a questionable matter, he should never proceed unless he has complete peace about it. If there is nothing wrong with it, then God is able to give complete peace.

  Curtis Hutson

  Giving, Decision, Matter

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