Quotes About Judgment

That was not a glare. That was a dignified look of measured contempt.

I can't ever come up with any logical reason why she would want to be with me. I just...have to trust her judgment.

A leader is often judged by how well he bears responsibility. As king, everything that happens in your kingdom - regardless of who commits the act -is your fault.

You think a 'lord' in front of your name is going to make that face any less ugly?

You aren't insane, then." "Heavens no," I said. I eyed her. "You don't accept that." You see people that aren't there Mr. Leeds. It's a difficult fact to get around. "And, yet, I live a good life," I said. "Tell me. Why would you consider me insane, but the man who can't hold a job, who cheats on his wife, who can't keep his temper in check, you call him sane?

Saints ans Stars... I´d built my entire gut response to this person on the fact that they couldn´t smile right

You're an excellent judge of character, Sarene—except your own. Often our own opinions of ourselves are the most unrealistic.

Sometimes stupid is right," Megan said, then paused. "Hell. I hope nobody ever quotes me on that one.

Why did it seem that the more he demonstrated himself to be an idiot, the more convinced people became that he had some kind of hidden depths?

Tell me. Why would you consider me insane, but the man who can't hold a job, who cheats on his wife, who can't keep his temper in check? You call him sane? ... Plenty of sane people can't manage to keep it all under control. Their mental state--stress, anxiety, frustration--gets in the way of their ability to be happy. Compared to them, I think I'm downright stable.

That's why we get annoyed by you Idrians. So high, so certain that what you do is right. If your god asked you to give up your Breath—or even the Breath of your child—wouldn't you do it? You give up your children to become monks, forcing them into a life of servitude, don't you? That's seen as a sign of faith. Yet when we do something to serve our gods, you twist your lips at us and call us blasphemers.

As was often the case, the most outspoken man was the least discerning.

Do not be so hard on the child. She is a product of her upbringing, just as you are. If you judge her worth based on frivolities, then you are doing the same as those who judge you based on your simple clothing.

She had to stop judging people. But was that possible? Wasn't interaction based, in part, on judgments? A person's background and attitudes influenced how she responded to them.

A coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right.

I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.

The answer, then, wasn't to stop judging. It was to hold those judgments as mutable.

I'll do what I can, make the decisions as I see they must be made, Elend thought. Then accept the consequences.

Do not look to the executioner for the reason his blade falls. And

He didn't like it when people used the word "stupid" for the way he was. People called one another stupid when they made mistakes. Dabbid wasn't a mistake. He could make mistakes. Then he was stupid. But not always. He couldn't think fast like others. But that made him different, not stupid. Stupid was a choice.

He says he's letting the Stormfather judge you," Moash added. "Jezerezeh, king of Heralds. He says that if you deserve to live, you will…." He trailed off. He knew as well as the others that unprotected men didn't survive highstorms, not like this.

I know that many women who read this will see it only as further proof that I am the godless heretic everyone claims. —From Oathbringer, preface

That girl never did have the decency to be wrong an appropriate amount of the time.

I need to know about Yomen, the obligator king." "He's a good man." Vin frowned. "Oh," Slowswift said. "You didn't expect that? Everyone who is your enemy must also be an evil person?