Quotes About Judgment

Todos deveriam conhecer a verdade de que ninguém é dotado de tamanha prudência e sabedoria a ponto de ser adequado a si mesmo na orientação de sua própria vida espiritual. A soberba é um guia cego e engana a muitos. A luz de nosso próprio julgamento é fraca e não conseguimos prever todos os perigos ou armadilhas e erros aos quais estamos propensos na vida do espírito.

Lamentations is insurance against premature comfort, against "healing the wounds of my people lightly" During the time of ruin there are always those who attempt to cover the wounds of judgment with band-aid comfort. But comfort cannot function apart from a serious grappling with the pain of judgment.

Judgment is not the last word; it is never the last word. Judgment is necessary because of centuries of hardheartedness; its proper work is to open our hearts to the reality beyond ourselves, to crack the carapace of self-sufficiency so that we can experience the inrushing grace of the healing, merciful, forgiving God.

Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is a well-known way of escaping detection in your own crimes and misdemeanors.

What caused them to not choose us? What caused them to choose the other guys? Did we do everything we could? Honestly? Was there any lack of commitment? If we had to do it again, would we have done anything differently? What?

There was a market opportunity there, I felt. Go ahead, someone. Embrace "less is more" for those who need simplicity. Was my deterioration starting to affect my judgment? Was I getting wise—or just cranky? I didn't know. I just wanted an easy-to-use cell phone. One without a damn camera.

Las putas nunca debieron irse de aquella casa. El primero y el segundo oficio más viejos del mundo deberían estar juntos. Al fin y al cabo, entre el nacimiento de uno y otro sólo mediaron unas horas. El primero surgió para que cualquiera pudiera satisfacer las exigencias del amor; el segundo, para que nadie intentara satisfacer por su cuenta las exigencias del odio».

I once met a man of pro-football-sized proportions who saw something in my hesitation when I shook his hand that inspired him to tell me he was pained by the way small women looked at him when he passed them on the street—pained by the fear in their eyes, pained by the way they drew away—and as he told me this, tears welled up in his eyes.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

In a case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Judge a tree from its fruit not from the leaves.

Man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.

Second thoughts are ever wiser.

Respect is better than tolerance (2) for the very obverse and complement of its sternness: It does not just "bear" the others, nor just forbear to judge them. It takes them seriously, for respect is engaged regard, even appreciative receptivity. Tolerance permits, even finds, convenient slanting glances, averted eyes; respect looks the others full in the face, hears their words.

But I also think that the young especially ought to learn how to live with the array of conditions associated with excellence: That what is finest often denies itself to easy access; that to live admiringly with things above oneself is a source of dignity; that genuine hierarchies confer respect on all their members; that even what is greatest, or especially what is greatest, offers itself for critical judgment.

Telling a joke is like doing a linguistic pirouette. If you fall flat, it means not only that you don't have the wherewithal to do it well but also that you have misjudged your own skill, that you are fool enough to undertake something you can't finish -- and that lack of self-control or self-knowledge is a lack of grace.

Mr. Murray had no doubt about Miss Minton's honesty. It was her sanity he was not sure about.

Many a man who falls in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

She would walk away from fights she deemed unnecessary, while never shying away from the important ones. She knew when to tease, when to flatter, and when to punch the bully in the nose.

A wise man knows when to speak and when to stay quiet.

When I first released music, and no one knew what I looked like, I would read comments like: 'I've never heard anything like this before; it's not in a genre.' And then my picture came out six months later: now she's an R&B singer.

Good and bad are not really relevant to me.

We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'