Misleading Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old misleading quotes, misleading sayings, and misleading proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Any advice which does not lead to self-improvement is misleading. Lailah Gifty Akita
Organized religions by their very natures are misleading. Frank Zappa
If we are leading but not closely following Christ, we are misleading. Beth Moore
Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have. Samuel Butler
Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing. Christoph Waltz
The emotion of love gives all of us a misleading illusion of knowing the other. Milan Kundera
The most misleading assumptions are the ones you don't even know you're making. Douglas Adams
Lyrics are always misleading because they make people think that that's what the music is about. Brian Eno
One of the most misleading representational techniques in our language is the use of the word 'I.' Ludwig Wittgenstein
Fallacious and misleading arguments are most easily detected if set out in correct syllogistic form. Immanuel Kant
It is misleading in a crucial way to view information as something that can be poured into an empty vessel, like a fluid or even energy. Anatol Rapoport
Obsolete misleading theologies bear the same relation to the essence of true religion that scarlet fever, mumps, and measles do to education. Luther Burbank
There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice. Bo Bennett
Nothing is more misleading to the youth of a nation than to state the outcome immediately after the beginning as if nothing could have taken place in between. Gustav Stresemann
It's misleading to suppose there's any basic difference between education & entertainment . This distinction merely relieves people of the responsibility of looking into the matter. Marshall McLuhan
It is misleading to imagine that we are developed in spite of our circumstances, for we are developed because of them. It is mastery in circumstances that is needed, not mastery over them. Oswald Chambers
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts. Herbert Spencer
It's misleading to essentialize an entire society as if it were a single mind. Steven Pinker
Misleading and deceiving people are addicted to a despair of longing to Death & Weakness. That's all. Petra Hermans
Nothing could be more misleading than the idea that computer technology introduced the age of information. The printing press began that age, and we have not been free of it since. Neil Postman
A deceitful tongue will always be good at twisting the truth. Dennis Adonis
How deceitful hope may be, yet she carries us on pleasantly to the end of life. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. Jane Austen
The deceitful misquoting of scientists to suit an anti-scientific agenda ranks among the many unchristian habits of fundamentalist authors. Richard Dawkins
False expectations take away joy. Sandra Bullock
A false tale often betrays itself. Aesop
False modesty is better than none. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
False praise is worse than no praise. Felix Dennis
False words do not bring forth fruit. Sophocles
In a false quarrel there is no true valor. William Shakespeare