Quotes about Deception

Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.

There is a great difference between being born wise and only looking it.

Courage is fire and bullying is smoke.

In order to be prepared to hope in what does not deceive, we must first lose hope in everything that deceives. —Georges Bernanos (in Reason for Being by Jacques Ellul)

Legalism is a subtle danger because no one thinks of himself as a legalist.

Jacob the trickster gets his due. After pulling off the ruse, he has to run for his life and spends 20 years in exile with his uncle. Uncle Laban then gives Jacob a dose of his own medicine by planting an unwanted sister in his wedding bed and by repeatedly changing his wages as head shepherd.

The enemy) laughs at your attempts to fix your own issues with timely words and hard work - tactics that might affect matters for a moment but can't begin to touch his underhanded, cunning efforts down where the root issues lie.

If I were your enemy, I'd disguise myself and manipulate your perspectives so that you'd focus on the wrong culprit—your husband, your friend, your hurt, your finances, anything or anyone except me. Because when you zero in on the most convenient, obvious places to strike back against

The enemy's ways are anything but original. He's been trapping people the same way since the beginning of time.

Strategy 2—Against Your Focus He disguises himself and manipulates your perspective so you end up focusing on the wrong culprit, directing your weapons at the wrong enemy (2 Cor. 11:14).

Someone who wants to remain hidden so that you'll forget he's even there. He'll do everything he can to make you feel like you will never win.