Quotes About Judgment

I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil, but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.

If decisions were a choice between alternatives, decisions would come easy. Decision is the selection and formulation of alternatives.

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.

Of two evils, choose the less.

Of two evils, choose the prettier.

Where bad's the best, bad must be the choice.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable, in retrospect.

He will give the devil his due.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end.

Let your own discretion be your tutor; suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

The better part of valour is discretion.

And he that doubteth is damned if he eat.

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgment of probabilities, and not on certainties.

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides.

The successful man is he who, when he sees that no further certainty is attainable, promptly decides on the most probable side, as if he were completely sure it was right.

In case of doubt, decide in favor of what is correct.

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.

They talk of my drinking but never my thirst.

You can tell German wine from vinegar ... by the label.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The manner of your speaking is full as important as the matter, as more people have ears to be tickled than understandings to judge.

It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him.