Sentences with phrase «hear than the truth»

It is easier to believe what you want to hear than the truth.

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Instead, you may disrupt the flow of the interview and force the candidate to try to consider the answer you want to hear, rather than telling the truth.

No one will ever tell it to you straighter than a customer and you need to hear the unvarnished truth to ultimately get your offerings just right.

The truth is the reality of your voice is more like that terrible recording than what you hear in your head.

Rosen learned, for example, that when you reach the critical moment of truth with a prospect — when it's time to do the deal or move on — it's far better to get «no» than to hear «maybe.»

He lies because you let him lie, and he lies because you would rather hear a lie than understand the truth.

Religious charlatans will always have a willing audience in people who'd rather hear comforting fairytales than a harsh truth.

I am waiting to read or hear a complementarian say to Christian husbands: «When your wife is right, she is right and you must obey the truth... I'm afraid that complementarians love authority and roles more than truth.»

Unfortunately, those who hear such warnings don't know how to process God's character any more than the failed communicator, for even a good communicator can only relate the truth to the degree he understands it.

I certainly appreciate your confidence in me, but here's the thing: There's a double - standard out there in which a woman's critique of patriarchy tends to get discounted as nothing more than the rants of an «angry feminist,» and, truth be told, I've grown a bit weary of hearing that charge each time I speak out about this disturbing trend in the evangelical church.

If you are not experiencing opposition in this life as a Christian than you need to take another look at the truth that the Bible and Christ taught... Jesus was a revolutionary figure who opposed the society and people that he lived with... He was not a person who was sugary sweet... and He didn't tell people what they wanted to hear... as Scripture says, the path to heaven is narrow and Few choose it... the road to hell is wide and most are following that path.

In this context, a new ecumenism that seeks to foster mutual understanding without compromising biblical truth may gain a better hearing in the future than it has had in the past.

If this turns out to be the case (that he has a skewed view of Jesus), then I want to ask him if, in his lifelong quest for truth, he has ever read about Jesus from Scripture, rather than just hearing about Jesus from others.

If, for example, we have been in the habit of thinking of God's total creation of the world as occurring in six days of twenty - four hours each and we learn that the creation stories in Genesis are a prescientific attempt to present great religious truth rather than accurate geology or biology, we fail to hear God speak if we refuse to change our minds.

When someone comes along with truth they need to be listened to else one is setting oneself up for a greater diasater further down the line than the pain of hearing the reality and acting on it.

For example, when we hear that «he is as sharp as a tack,» or that «she is as bright as a penny,» we understand these as coded messages rather than as the literal truth.

Carla thanks for the truth keep going they need to hear it from more than me and that article is repost

All this being done, in sincerity and truth, let us then rest humbly in the hope authorized by the Divine teachings, that the united cry of the Nation will be heard on high, and answered with blessings, no less than the pardon of our national sins, and the restoration of our now divided and suffering country, to its former happy condition of unity and peace.

What's clear is that he recognized truth when he heard it and saw a gentile ready to be part of a flock much bigger than the one he had been sent to.

There is more truth in «Horton Hears a Who» than there is in the bible..., and it has a better lesson too.

The Pope's books are selling faster than ever... And undoubtedly never before has so much intelligence, wisdom and truth, so much of what is fundamental, been heard in Germany.»

It seems that the Athenians were less interested in the truth than they were in hearing new ideas.

There is more to write of Jesus than is contained in the gospels; Jesus has more to say to his disciples than they can hear now; and therefore Jesus has entrusted the Spirit to the Church, and he will lead Christians into all the truth of Christ.

Truth is a teleological argument for the existence of a supreme intelligent entity is more valid than any argument based on random chance that I have ever heard.

In truth, it's refreshing to hear a young player prioritise that rather than being starry - eyed over the possibility of moving to a club like Barcelona.

I have lost all respect for TH14 since he became a sky pundit, saying stuff that is more pleasing to hear on TV than the truth.

here is the big truth... sanchez out miki in would leave us with a weaker best 11 than the start of the window... and a close rival stronger... with money in the bank from Walcott and coquelin the only winner would be the owner and his overpaid mouthpiece... on motd yday he says nothing happening with PMA then we hear about a silly underbid... whole thing looking like deja vu all over again

it is heard to believe cus d said dat d truth is bitter, dis is d best write up ever, not minding that some AKB wont agree with you, we might beat chelsea tomorrow but dat does nt mean we are better than them, if u actually played football ball u will know that dis game some times not the better team win, but dat does nt mean we should shy away from the truth.

Wenger, as we have known for over two decades is afraid to face up to the truth and thus spouts little other than utter nonsense, claptrap and predictably boring lies, which we hear ALL the time and ridiculous cliches.

The Baby Bunching truth: Also never heard of this, but we bet you'll let baby # 2 in the Jumperoo / Megasaucer WAY earlier than you let the first one!

Young kids only lie because they're trying to make their parents happy, so by telling your child that the truth will make you happy, you're challenging the original thought that hearing good news (rather than the truth) will please you.

There is an expectation that you have less of a need to defend your truth than you have curiosity to hear another's.

The truth is that the US Appointment confirmation process is both broader in scope and more powerful in its ability to halt appointments than the current UK select committee pre appointment hearing system.

15:45 - Jay has gone a bit too far, there, suggesting that in «microcosm» what we have heard today reflects the dangerous press tendency of viewing the story as being more important than the truth.

Only the apocryphal tale about a young George Washington seemed to inspire the kids to admit to peeking: Children who heard the tale in which the future first president is praised for confessing his transgression were three times more likely to tell the truth than their peers who heard other stories.

I've come to appreciate this rather than rolling my eyes at it but through studying yoga, the chakras, and what it means to live a balanced life, I feel more and more how important it is to not only speak our truth but to truly hear the truth from others as well.

Basically, you hear everything other than the truth: «I am clueless on how to meet a woman, and I need help figuring it out.

AND the person you're telling would much rather hear the truth now than be led on only to find out their affections aren't returned a ways down the road.

There really isn't much that needs to be said in my «About Me»... other than the mind - blowing truth that you've only heard about me in the movies!

However, it's once you get higher up in standing at the Church that more truths are revealed, stories we've all heard, none more memorable than the Scientology episode of «South Park ``.

While «Hidden Figures» and «Loving» offer more inspirational looks at race relations, «Get Out» is the movie that delivers hard truths that we all need to hear, in a manner that makes us squirm more ways than one.

One result is that the public square is filled by impassioned advocates (including academics with little in the way of scholarly accomplishment), while we hear far less than I'd like from those who may be best equipped to recognize complexities, offer essential context, and explain hard truths.

One result is that the public square is filled by impassioned advocates (including academics with little in the way of scholarly accomplishment), while we hear far less than I'd like from those who are best equipped to recognize complexities and explain hard truths.

The varied perspectives and in - depth stories we heard about what made schools work affirmed an essential truth shaping MCIEA's school quality measures work: school quality is more complex and human than any test score or algorithm can capture.

Local school districts will hold Truth in Taxation hearings over the next two weeks to hear public input on proposed property tax increases, but most residents may end up paying less than last year.

The Inquisitor by Mark Allen Smith (Macmillan / Holt; Macmillan Audio) is a thriller about a professional torturer in the «information retrieval» business, who instills fear rather than pain and has a gift for recognizing when he hears the truth.

Steve truly knows his stuff and it's refreshing to hear someone tell the truth about what's realistic to expect rather than selling a bunch of hyped up promises and then blaming the student when the false promises don't materialize.

Since truth is often stranger than fiction, can you think of any outrageous ways people have gotten back at someone that you may have heard on the news or from other sources?

Maybe I had only convinced myself that I had some noble goal of seeking and recording a more complex truth than most, but I loved hearing the easy one.

The truth is there are lots foreigners that have a happy relationship with a Thai woman and the only reason why a lot of people don't know about it is because they are hanging out in the bars all the time and get to hear the sad stories that have started and ended in the red light district (often if a Thai hooker breaks up or divorces with her guy she goes back to beach road even though she has enough money just because it's so much easier than looking for a real job).