Quotes About Judgment

Do I know I'm right? Judgements aren't the same as facts. Instinct is not science. I'm like any other human being, as fallible and as capable of being wrong. I only know what I believe.

Willing or preferring is the same with respect to good and evil, that judging is with respect to truth or falsehood.

Sinners often speak the truth. And saints have led people astray. Examine what is said, not the one who says it.

I lack the Lord's own gentleness of heart, for I see deliberate malice where he sees ignorance and weakness.

The moment you say so-and-so is wise or is cruel or defensive or loving or whatever, you have hardened your perception and become prejudiced and ceased to perceive this person moment by moment, somewhat like a pilot who operates today with last week's weather report.

We see things and people not as they are, but as we are.

Everyone seems to agree that the world will end soon and the only essential task is to cleanse the besmirchment from one's soul before that day comes.

You think that's going to exonerate you?

cost-benefit analysis.

Different days pass verdict on different men, and only the last day a final verdict on all men, and consequently no day is to be trusted.

Pliny whispers in my ear, 'Different days pass verdict on different men and only the last day a final verdict on all men; and consequently no day is to be trusted.

Sometimes what others say about us matters the most

Personally, I am always very nervous when I begin to speak. Every time I make a speech I feel I am submitting to judgment, not only about my ability but my character and honor. I am afraid of seeing either to promise more than I can perform, which suggests complete irresponsibility, or to perform less than I can, which suggests bad faith and indifference' (Cicero in Everitt, 58).

In the months that followed he brought a rapid succession of cases to court—as he recalled, "smelling somewhat of midnight oil.

This was a disastrous error in judgment, as Brutus and his friends now realized.

Personally, I am always very nervous when I begin to speak. Every time I make a speech I feel I am submitting to judgment, not only about my ability but my character and honor. I am afraid of seeming either to promise more than I can perform, which suggests complete irresponsibility, or to perform less than I can, which suggests bad faith and indifference.

Octavian decided that they should be put to death.

He insulted the more distinguished of the captives who came before him for judgment

Tiberius was persuaded to remain silent. The matter was closed.

Octavian merely replied: "That's a matter for the carrion birds to decide.

All his life he suffered from first-night nerves. He acknowledged: Personally, I am always very nervous when I begin to speak. Every time I make a speech I feel I am submitting to judgment, not only about my ability but my character and honor. I am afraid of seeming either to promise more than I can perform, which suggests complete irresponsibility, or to perform less than I can, which suggests bad faith and indifference.

Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian.

For all men are equal at the moment of death and who are we to judge them when a much greater judge awaits?

Have we killed everyone who needs killing?