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Quotes About Judgment

Because other people are fools, must you be so too?
~ Marcus Aurelius
Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise.
~ Marcus Aurelius
All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Don't let outward appearances mislead you into thinking that someone with more prestige, power or some other distinction must on that account be happy.
~ Marcus Aurelius
Someone bathes in haste; don't say he bathes badly, but in haste. Someone drinks a lot of wine; don't say he drinks badly, but a lot. Until you know their reasons, how do you know that their actions are vicious?
~ Marcus Aurelius
Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?
~ Marcus Aurelius
When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you.
~ Marcus Aurelius
I have examined you long enough. I have read your heart, and written out your secrets! You are but a shell-the shell that holds a corrupted and sinful heart. He shall live; you shall die!
~ Unknown
The Christian life is not about pleasing God the finger-shaker and judge. It is not about believing now or being good now for the sake of heaven later. It is about entering a relationship in the present that begins to change everything now. Spirituality is about this process: the opening of the heart to the God who is already here.
~ Marcus J. Borg
I looked Mikey right in the eye, and I said, "We gotta let 'em go." It was the stupidest, most southern-fried, lamebrained decision I ever made in my life. I must have been out of my mind. I had actually cast a vote which I knew could sign our death warrant. I'd turned into a fucking liberal, a half-assed, no-logic nitwit, all heart, no brain, and the judgment of a jackrabbit.
~ Marcus Luttrell
We should never let our personal opinions screw up smart business choices.
~ Unknown
When people don't take the time to become well educated, they are most likely making their decision based solely on price, which generally means they're not the best fit.
~ Unknown
Not all who own a harp are harpers.
~ Marcus Terentius Varro
No Sane man will dance.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts.
~ Unknown
Judy shook her head when she saw me the next day, dressed in the same clothes I had worn to work the day before. "We used to call that the walk of shame," she said.
~ Marcy Dermansky
His sister was a lesbian, but that didn't make him decent.
~ Marcy Dermansky
Er zijn noodzakelijke en minder noodzakelijke zonden.
~ Unknown
Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.
~ Margaret Atwood
I had the additional disadvantage of being unable to approve my own conduct; being a child of the age, I knew how wrong and how misguided it was. I walked around with a scarlet letter embroidered upon my bosom, visible enough in the end, but the A stood for Abstinence, not for Adultery.
~ Margaret Drabble
It's not a contest. At least, it's not a good contest.
~ Unknown