All Quotes, Misconception

22+ Misconception Quotes

Misconception can be harmful. Misconceptions are the greatest hurdles toward achieving truth. The misconception is the father of any ignorance. This is a collection of 24 quotes on misconception and misconception sayings.


Every misconception is a poison: there are no harmless misconceptions. - Leo Tolstoy
Stupidity is a talent for misconception. - Edgar Allan Poe
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. - Emil Cioran
The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion. - Alva Myrdal
The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it. - Tim Ferriss
The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected. - George Henry Lewes
Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. - Lionel Trilling
A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it. - Gordon W. Allport
The final portrait is often furthest from the truth. - Dave Cullen
It is a misconception to think that during evolution humans sacrificed physical skill in exchange for intelligence: wielding one's body is a mental activity. - Ted Chiang
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world. - George Soros
We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth. - Deb Caletti
Work-life balance is one of the biggest misconceptions people have. - Robert Herjavec
Disillusionment means having no more misconceptions, false impressions, and false judgments in life; it means being free from these deceptions. Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life. - Oswald Chambers
There aren't really any actual misconceptions, just dumb people versus good, honest people. - Ted Nugent
Only misconceptions need to be supported by elaborate arguments. Truth can always stand alone. - Leo Tolstoy
It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. - Michel'le
The idea that growth equals profitability is a misconception. - Mark Cuban
An autobiography should give the reader opportunity to point out the author's follies and misconceptions. - Claud Cockburn
One of the bigger misconceptions of learning is that many skills take a lifetime to get world-class at, or 10,000 hours to become world-class at. - Tim Ferriss
Why is it that there is this misconception that dark equals good. That only applies to chocolate. - Rhys Bowen
If you see a blatant error or misconception about yourself, you really want to set it straight. - Jimmy Wales
If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can't be maintained forever. - George Soros
Many climbers become writers because of the misconceptions about climbing. - Jonathan Waterman
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