Inspirational Quotes on Hypocrisy

“Experience tells us that each man most keenly and unerringly detects in others the vice with which he is most familiar himself.”

“Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.”

“Many kiss the hand they wish cut off.”

“Steal the hog, and give the feet for alms.”

“When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word.”

“More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks.”

“We have all felt the brazenness of words without emotion, the hollowness, the unaccountable unpersuasiveness of eloquence behind which lies no love.”

“The sneer at the godly man for his imperfections is ill-judged. A blade is a small thing. At first it grows very near the earth. It is often soiled and crushed and downtrodden. But it is a living thing,... and "it doth not yet appear what it shall be."”

“How many prodigals are kept out of the Kingdom of God by the unlovely character of those who profess to be inside!”

“There are people who go about the world looking out for slights, and they are necessarily miserable, for they find them at every turn--especially the imaginary ones. One has the same pity for such men as for the very poor. They are the morally illiterate. They have had no real education, for they have never learned how to live.”

“Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.”

“You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.”

“It is of no use for any of you to try to be soul-winners if you are not bearing fruit in your own lives. How can you serve the Lord with your lips if you do not serve Him with your lives? How can you preach His gospel with your tongues, when with hands, feet, and heart you are preaching the devil's gospel, and setting up an antichrist by your practical unholiness?”

“The ability to find fault is believed, by some people, to be a sure sign of great wisdom, when, in most cases, it only indicates narrowness of mind and ill nature.”

“The Pharisees broke Moses' tables into pieces, and, gathering up the fragments, took to themselves what part of duty they pleased, and left the rest alone.”

“The pharisees minded what God spoke, but not what He intended. They were busy in the outward work of the hand, but incurious of the affections and choice of the heart. So God was served in the letter, they did not much inquire into His purpose; and therefore they were curious to wash their hands, but cared not to purify their hearts.”

“Do not burn false fire upon God's altar; do not pose and pretend, either to Him or to yourself, in your religious exercises; do not say more than you mean, or use exaggerated language that goes beyond the facts, when speaking to Him whose word is truth.”

“Laughing, if loud, ends in a deep sigh; and all pleasures have a sting in the tail, though they carry beauty on the face.”

“You can't fake it when you're alone with God, you know.”

“Saint abroad, and a devil at home.”