Quotes About Discernment

what reason did not dictate, reason cannot explain.

Where the world is inclined to favour, replied I, it is apt to over-rate, as much as it will under-rate where it disfavours.

What people aren't looking for, they rarely see.

great leader knows the value of holding his own counsel and listening. He doesn't reveal what he's thinking until he knows the minds of those around him. "How so, Dabney?

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn't mean you should?

Don't believe everything you hear

There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is said okay. I had only been in Colby for a few weeks. But I had not forgotten.

If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all.

But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.

Quisiera ver claro en mí antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

B]eauty is always an affair of knowledge.

You should also try to figure out which people are thing people and which ones are people people.

9And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11filled with the fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Goats, to the left with you!' the Judge one day will ordain. 'And you, little sheep, stand quietly here on my right!' - Fair enough; but it is to be hoped he will say one thing more, namely: 'As for you, stand right opposite me, you men of sense!

The eye is the worst way to judge.

Che voialtri, parlando di una cosa dobbiate subito dire: questo è folle e questo è ragionevole, questo è bene e questo è male! Ha forse un senso tutto ciò? Con ciò avete forse indagato i movimenti interiori di un'azione? Sapete forse determinare esattamente le cause per cui è stata compiuta, per cui doveva essere compiuta? Se così fosse, non sareste tanto sbrigativi nei vostri giudizi.

Perché solo quando siamo in grado di profondamente comprendere un sentimento, noi possiamo avere il giusto criterio di parlarne.

Der Verständige findet fast alles lächerlich, der Vernünftige fast nichts.

Speak of things public to the public, but of things lofty and secret only to the loftiest and most private of your friends. Hay to the ox and sugar to the parrot.

People are smarter than you might think.

We judge people until we finally find something wrong with them.

Men and women often judge what they don't really know.

Sport, truth, like art, is in the eye of the beholder. You believe what you choose and I'll believe what I know

You put something down and you don't know immediately what it is. It has always been like that. ...All you have to know is whether you're lying or whether you're telling the truth, you can't afford to make a mistake about that distinction any longer.