Quotes About Discernment

My only strength is finding something where most people would find nothing.

It often requires more strength and judgment to resist than to embrace an opportunity. It is better to do nothing than to do other than well.

Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.

There are two important things for full success in life: 1. Don´t tell everything you know.

Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are proportionately increased.

Very successful people say no to almost everything.

I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.

If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.

Book sense makes sense because someone has gone through it before and able to share it with you. Your job is to listen and discern.

Good taste is synonymous with success in all fields of life. It's not a question of money, but of a trained eye.

Most men talk too much. Much of my success has been due to keeping my mouth shut.

All things are divine. And yet, we pick and choose among them what's appropriate.

you assume the vices you have not, and conceal the virtues you possess." "My

falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.

Quién sabe además si el genovés no era uno de esos hombres que tienen bastante talento para no saber nunca mas que lo que deben saber, ni creer nunca mas que lo que les importa creer?

Dar poate c? genovezul f?cea parte din categoria oamenilor inteligenÈ›i, care nu È™tiu niciodat? decât ce trebuie s? È™tie, È™i care nu cred decât ce au interesul s? cread?.

Testing has found that professional interrogators perform within the 45 to 60 percent range in sorting truth from lies, little better than flipping a coin.

My mother was teaching me that the inside of something was not necessarily its outside. Always look carefully, she told me. Look with more than your eyes.

For a man tells you who he is the instant you meet him, all you have to do is listen.

She judged people smartly and quickly, and often found herself in a huff.