Quotes About Judgment

quidquid agas prudenter agas et respice finem...Skye was used to hearing this phrase, which Mr. Penderwick translated loosely as look before you leap and please don't do anything crazy.

While in her heart Batty knew that Ginevra was a nice person, she sometimes couldn't help wondering if nice people could also be show-offs.

A prejudice can be a lovely thing to have, which is exactly why so many people have them in the first place. A prejudice is a simplification: Every member of this group is exactly the same and therefore I never have to think about any of them. What a time-saver!

The line between good art and bad never seemed as clear as the one between a pie and an empty oven.

Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

Evil and sin arise from the blamer in ourselves.

I am well aware that a great many of the world's most popular spiritual doctrines advocate a heart-centered approach to spiritual development, but popularity among the soundly asleep may not be the best criterion by which to judge a method for waking up.

Disgust is so reassuring; it feels like a moral proof.

7. Beware of comparison shopping

Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.

A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.

If somebody treats you with unkindness, if they judge or criticize you, it's likely they have endured similar treatment from others in the past, and they are only repeating unconscious patterns in search of a love they cannot find.

People bring their own shit to the way they see things. If they don't believe what you're doing is right, that's their choice. But the choice has more to do with them than with you. Don't worry about it. You made your own choice.

Where they lived, being known by this label [uppity] meant that you thought you were better than everyone else around you. That you deserved more, and that given the opportunity, you would leave this place behind without a second thought. There was shame in thinking like that.

As adults, most of us become a lot more concerned about the opinions of others, often hesitating because people may laugh at us or criticize us. At the age of six, we knew we had to fall

I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was, I don't belong in here with these future criminals.

And if you don't spend every second outdoors, people think there's someting wrong with you.

But do I have "low intelligence"?

Once people know you're a CHEATER it follows you wherever you go.

That's the choice you face every day, every hour: A simple, positive action, repeated over time. A simple error in judgment, repeated over time. So easy to do. So easy not to do.

The Avengers have the same unfortunate tendency as ordinary law enforcement. Once we have a perpetrator to hang the crime on, we look no further.

Ideologically disciplined thinkers, especially the more gung-ho ones, often give the appearance of being critical thinkers as they go around deftly applying the official ideology and confidently reporting their judgments. The fact that professionals are usually more well-informed than nonprofessionals contributes to the illusion that they are critical thinkers.

That's right, kid. Never play an ace if a two will do.

That's right, kid. Never play an ace when a two will do.