117 Leading The Blind Quotes
Following is our list of leading the blind quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about what are blind.
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Famous Leading The Blind Quotes
When a blind man carries a lame man both go forward. — Swedish Proverbs
To lead people walk behind them. — Lao Tzu
I can guide you if you feel blind, I just need you to be willing to journey into my ILL Mind. — Hopsin
In the company of the blind, close your eyes. — Turkish Proverbs
To lead people, walk behind them. — Lao Tzu
Comes a Time when the blind man takes your hand says DON'T YOU SEE? — Robert Hunter
A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind. — Nelson Mandela
Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front. — Nelson Mandela
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind. — William Shakespeare
If love is blind I guess I'll buy myself a cane — Sayings
Lend your light to the blind. Why should the wickedness of men irritate you, when it is only blindness? — Eugenio Maria de Hostos
You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself. — Gene Mauch
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone. — Harry S. Truman
To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. — Octavia Butler
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. — Joan D. Vinge
Short Leading The Blind Quotes
- Only the footsteps of the blind are short, but their thoughts are long. — Leonid Andreyev
- The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. — Helen Keller
- A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men. — Saadi Shirazi
- When life leaves us blind, love keeps us kind. — Chester Bennington
- I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see. — Jose Saramago
- In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. — Desiderius Erasmus
- Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed. — Bruce Springsteen
- A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it. — Alvin Toffler
- Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing. — Helen Keller
- In order to lead the orchestra, you must first turn your back to the crowd. — Mike Mentzer
Blind Leadership Quotes
There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust. — Klaus Balkenhol
Leadership of a world-economy is an experience of power which may blind the victor to the march of history. — Fernand Braudel
The intelligent employer encourages challenge, questioning--not blind acceptance and "our Leader knows best" acclaim. — Mary Barnett Gilson
Leadership doesn't mean giving marching orders that others must follow blindly. Rather, it means causing others to want to follow. Successful leadership is personal. — Pat Heim
On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust. — Andy Hargreaves
You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion. — Richard Branson
What is leadership, after all, but the blind choice of one route over another and the confident pretense that the decision was based on reason — Robert Harris
What Are Blind Quotes
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. — Soren Kierkegaard
How sad, a heart that does not know how to love, that does not know what it is to be drunk with love. If you are not in love, how can you enjoy the blinding light of the sun, the soft light of the moon? — Omar Khayyam
Truth and facts are woven together. However, sometimes facts can blind you from seeing what is actually going on in someone’s life. — Shannon Alder
That’s why courage is tricky. Should you always do what others tell you to do? Sometimes you might not even know why you’re doing something. I mean, any fool can have courage. But honor, that’s the real reason you either do something or you don’t. It’s who you are and maybe who you want to be. — Michael Oher
There are eyes everywhere. No blind spot left. What shall we dream of when everything becomes visible? We'll dream of being blind. — Paul Virilio
O my soul, what are you doing? Are you not aware that God sees you always? You can never hide yourself from His sight. O Father, have pity on us because we are blind and in darkness. Drive out the darkness and give me light. Melt the ice of my self-love and kindle in me the fire of Your charity. — St. Catherine of Siena
I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe. They may even wish not to have their beliefs disturbed by thought. — Mortimer Adler
What you need is a challenge network. I think of a challenge network as the group of your most thoughtful critics who are able to hold up a mirror so that you can see your blind spots and then know what you need to rethink. — Adam Grant
In Scripture, faith involves placing trust in what you have reason to believe is true. Faith is not a blind, irrational leap into the dark. So faith and reason cooperate on a biblical view of faith. They are not intrinsically hostile. — J.P. Moreland
I see blindness more as an ability and sight more as a disability because there are some people with sight who tend to judge others by what they see on the outside but I don't see that. I don't see the skin color, the hair style or the clothing people wear; I only see that which is within a person. — Patrick Henry Hughes
Blind Leading The Blind Quotes
The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war. — Sydney J. Harris
An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed. — A. J. Liebling
When the blind lead the blind, they all fall in the canal. — Tony Hancock
I felt compelled to venture forth and explore the true face of the world. Leading a satisfying life of plenty had blinded many of us to the immense hardships beyond our borders. — Werner Bischof
Those who do not know must be taught, not punished. We do not hit the blind. We lead them by the hand. — Pope Dionysius
I'm caught up in the system where the blind lead the blind And this artist only speaks on the Signs of the Time. And I pop pills in Purple Rain to state my pain, They say I'm just like my father, bold and too cold. — Beanie Sigel
Tis the times' plague, when madmen lead the blind. — William Shakespeare
Anger makes us strong, Blind and impatient, And it leads us wrong; The strength is quickly lost; We feel the error long. — George Crabbe
When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into -- matrimony. — George Farquhar
You gotta learn to love when you're failing.... The embracing of that, the discomfort of failing in front of an audience, leads you to penetrate through the fear that blinds you. Fear is the mind killer. — Stephen Colbert
Going Blind Quotes
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way. — Margaret J. Wheatley
That's what love does - it pursues blindly, unflinchingly, and without end. When you go after something you love, you'll do anything it takes to get it, even if it costs everything. — Bob Goff
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful. — Margaret J. Wheatley
Life's just one great journey. It's a road we travel as we go from point A to point B. What makes that journey worthwhile is the people we choose to travel with, the people we hold close as we take steps into the darkness and blindly make our way through life. They're the people who matter. — Dr. Seuss
Are we no greater than the noise we make Along one blind atomic pilgrimage Whereon by crass chance billeted we go Because our brains and bones and cartilage Will have it so? — Edwin Arlington Robinson
If you go to sleep with the blind, you’ll wake up squinting. — Bulgarian Proverbs
Spring has many American faces. There are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. Summer is drawn blinds in Louisiana, long winds in Wyoming, shade of elms and maples in New England. — Archibald MacLeish
O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light. The purer we are, the more we receive. — Ephrem the Syrian
We kill the women. We kill the babies. We kill the blind. We kill the cripples. We kill them all.... When you get through killing them all, go to the goddamn graveyard and kill them a-goddamn-gain because they didn't die hard enough. — Khalid Abdul Muhammad
You can tell it's good if you light it and a blue flame comes up; that means it's good moonshine and it won't make you go blind. — Johnny Knoxville
Being Blind Quotes
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. — Malcolm X
I call on you not to hate, because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking. — Saddam Hussein
If I had a choice, I would still choose to remain blind...for when I die, the first face I will ever see will be the face of my blessed Saviour. — Fanny Crosby
Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Oh what a happy soul am I although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world contented I shall be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don't. To weep and sigh, because I'm blind? I cannot and I won't. — Fanny Crosby
We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery. — H. G. Wells
Let me be patient, let me be kind, make me unselfish, without being blind. — Sayings
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men's skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact. — Lyndon B. Johnson
A virgin can conceive. A dead body can walk again. Your leprosy can be cured. The blind can see. Nonsense. It’s not moral to lie to children. It’s not moral to lie to ignorant, uneducated people and tell them that if they only would believe nonsense, they can be saved. It’s immoral. — Christopher Hitchens
It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and to resist than to retreat into the fantasies embraced by a nation of the blind. — Chris Hedges
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More Leading The Blind Quotes
I always call niggas fools for wanting to learn the hard way. When I'm really the fool for tryna teach 'em. When the blinds leading the blind. You can't reach 'em. If niggas ain't as hungry as you then why feed 'em? Niggas ain't tryna be lead then why lead 'em? Having big problems with your dogs, why breed em? — Joe Budden
The enemies of the Soviet state calculate that the heavy loss we have borne will lead to disorder and confusion in our ranks. But their expectations are in vain: bitter disillusionment awaits them. He who is not blind sees that our party, during its difficult days, is closing its ranks still more closely, that it is united and unshakable. — Lavrentiy Beria
Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul. — Daryl Hall
Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion. — Buddha
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. — Bible
I'm going to let love lead the way, always. And I was born with this blind - blind ambition, and it's kind of gotten me here to this point. And I think that I'll stick to it. — Katy Perry
The attributes for entrepreneurs cut both ways. You need the ability to ignore inconvenient facts and see the world as it should be and not as it is. This inspires people to take huge leaps of faith. But this blindness to facts can be a liability, too. The characteristics that help entrepreneurs succeed can also lead to their failure. — Eric Ries
The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind; they will both fall into the ditch. — Philip Dormer Stanhope
When the blind lead the blind, no wonder they both fall into - matrimony. — George Farquhar
The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads. — Ann Macbeth
The development of the national spirit in its present form leads into blind alleys. Some condition must be found which preserves the life of the nation, but rules out the fatal rivalry among nations. — KaThe Kollwitz
A life is not meant to be half lived. It is meant to be fully, wholly embraced. If you want to make a change in the world you have to be strong. You have to take chances. You have to persevere. Sometimes you must blindly go in a direction that you may be unsure of, but one that you have faith will lead you to the right place. — Esther Earl
The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind; "they will both fall into the ditch. — Lord Chesterfield
What's the condition of America like, spiritually, tonight? Zero. Why? Because we've got blind men coming out of seminaries. Men there don't teach them; they don't hear a word about Hell. They're blind themselves, and as blind men, they lead the blind and they go to Hell. — Leonard Ravenhill
A genuine love of learning is one of the two delinquencies which cause blindness and lead a young man to ruin. — Tom Stoppard
Guide dogs for the blind. It's cruel really, isn't it? Getting a dog to lead a man round all day. Not fair on either of them. — Steve Coogan
There are other kinds of emotional pain that emerge from our own mistaken thinking. As we surrender that pain, we are inviting into our thought system a guide who will lead us to different thoughts. It’s like the song “Amazing Grace”: I was blind and now I see. — Marianne Williamson
There is on earth among all dangers, no more dangerous thing than a richly endowed and adroid reason, especially if she enters into spiritual matters which concern the soul and God. For it is more possible to teach an ass to read than to blind such a reason and lead it right; for reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. — Martin Luther
We have been educated to such a fine -- or dull -- point that we are incapable of enjoying something new, something different, until we are first told what it's all about. We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation. In short, the blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way. — Henry Miller
God does not require you to follow His leadings on blind trust. Behold the evidence of an invisible intelligence pervading everything, even your own mind and body. — Raymond Holliwell
Helping Africa has been turned into a theater of the absurd. It's like the blind leading the clueless. — George Ayittey
You've got to be happy with yourself. You can't sell yourself if you're out here and you ain't good. Because you're giving people messages, and if your message is wrong, then it's like the blind leading the blind. — Young Jeezy
One can't allow blind loyalty to a friendship to lead one away from acting in the public interest. If Martin [Schulz] were to propose something that was totally absurd, our friendship would not prevent me from doing the opposite. — Jean-Claude Juncker
Karl Agell sang for our Blind album which was our second best selling record. He's a great guy and as a matter of fact, before Mike, Woody and I really got going on touring on the old Animosity stuff, Karl & I did about a dozen shows performing the Blind album from start to finish. He's still a good friend of mine and is now in a band called Lead Foot that's more Rock and Roll but they're fantastic, kind of Thin Lizzy or MC5 sounding. — Reed Mullin
It is written that he who governs well, leads the blind; But that he who teaches, gives them eyes. — David O. Mckay
But man's eyes are blind through sin, and he can discern no part of God's truth till the Spirit opens them. Inner illumination, leading directly as it does to a deep, inescapable conviction, is thus fundamental to the Spirit's work as a teacher. — J. I. Packer
What is it to bring the man out of his sepulchre if you leave him dead? Why lead him into the light if he is still blind? We thank God, that he who forgives our iniquities also heals our diseases. — Charles Spurgeon
Never take advice about never taking advice. That is an old vice of men - to dish it out without being able to take it - the blind leading the blind into more blindness. — Criss Jami
Anger is the lowest emotion. It clouds the intellect and can make you do foolish things. You become blind to reason and react only with your body, without thinking. This leads to failure in every sphere. Uproot this evil from your system. — Anand Neelakantan
The blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way. — Henry Miller
If I were blind I'd rather have another blind person leading me around because they know what I'm dealing with and they're experiencing the same things. — Augusten Burroughs
An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads. — Richard Whately
For some years now, there has been proof that the devastating effects of the traumatization of children take their inevitable tollon society--a fact that we are still forbidden to recognize. This knowledge concerns every single one of us, and--if disseminated widely enough--should lead to fundamental changes in society; above all, to a halt in the blind escalation of violence. — Alice Miller
the leading error of the human mind, - the bane of human happiness - the perverter of human virtue ... is Religion - that dark coinage of trembling ignorance! It is Religion - that poisoner of human felicity! It is Religion - that blind guide of human reason! It is Religion - that dethroner of human virtue! which lies at the root of all the evil and all the misery that pervade the world! — Frances Wright
The true, prescriptive artist strives after artistic truth; the lawless artist, following blind instinct, after an appearance of naturalness. The one leads to the highest peaks of art, the other to its lowest depths. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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