Quotes About Judgment

The public do not know enough to be experts yet know enough to decide between them.

Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.

Observing someone doesn't mean that you know them. Too many folks think they know you when they really don't know you.

We judge ourselves by our motives and others by their actions.

The important thing is not what they think of me it is what I think of them.

I am better than my reputation.

Fools act on imagination without knowledge, pedants act on knowledge without imagination.

Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.

Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service.

I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to the point of responsibility. I don't believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.

What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision.

I have the charisma of the chipmunk. I never have thought I was smart. I thought the people I dealt with were dumb.

A great opportunity is often hard to be explained clearly; things that can be explained clearly are often not the best opportunities.

Part of the challenge with leadership is that it's very driven by gut instinct in most cases - and even worse, everyone thinks they're really good at it. The reality is that very few people are.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

A true Leader asks advice, when he has time to think; but he never asks advice in a crisis. He acts.

In order to receive a pardon you must plead guilty.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

You are the only person who can label what you do a failure. Failure is subjective.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.