Quotes About Judgment

We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy (p. 50).

We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy (p. 50)

If you want to get a good idea of whether I'd make a good employee, drop by my house one day and take a look around.

The conviction that we know others better than they know us—and that we may have insights about them they lack (but not vice versa)—leads us to talk when we would do well to listen and to be less patient than we ought to be when others express the conviction that they are the ones who are being misunderstood or judged

But with strangers, we're intolerant of emotional responses that fall outside expectations.

I can see him and I hate the bastard already: short-sighted and promiscuous, six foot three of gristle and bristle and pathos, of deep-voiced charm and casuistry. . . Business-like, inept and unintelligent, strong and infantile, like most American men, quick to wield chairs in a fight, vain, and who, at thirty still ten, turns the act of love into a kind of dysentery...

Its good to keep wide-open ears and listen to what everybody else has to say, but when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what youve heard on its own, and place it where it belongs, and come to a decision for yourself; youll never regret it. But if you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, youll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.

There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.

It takes ten good decisions to make up for one disastrous one. This is why it is better not to make nine good decisions than to make one bad one—which is what happens most of the time.

Other people's criticisms about what you are capable of, have nothing to do with you.

Don't waste time defending your intentions. History will judge you by the outcomes of your actions

If beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, value is in the mind of the consumer.

Judgment is a negative frequency.

Don't live to be judged for what you haven't done. Live to be judged for what you have done.

The tragedy is that what you disapprove of in others is the very thing you disapprove of in yourself.

Don't judge people for their success or what they have today, when you don't know their past.

Being success is not an easy thing. It need courage, fight, brave, and time. Let them judge. Just show them the result later. Because a wise man said that success is the biggest revenge.

The best decisions are often those made from the creative part of your mind and not the emotional part of your heart.

Avoid making important or long-term decisions when you are fatigued mentally, emotionally or physically.

Your wisdom decides the quality of your decisions.

You have to master the art of selectivity in everything you do. Otherwise, you could be side-tracked by secondary events and opportunities.

Get rid of the judgmental mindset and adopt one of love and acceptance towards people – including yourself.

People will have their opinions of you, but you must be able to distinguish theirs from yours.

You do not know what is better before you have tried what is worse.