Quotes About Discernment

There are some persons in this world, who, unable to give better proof of being wise, take a strange delight in showing what they think they have sagaciously read in mankind by uncharitable suspicions of them.

It's a wise thing to hold back.

Fortunately for me, I'm married to an amazing woman - Nancy Lasseter - who is wise enough not to let me buy every car I want. If I was single, I would be living in a very small apartment and renting a warehouse full of cool cars.

A wise woman keeps her hands firmly in her pockets and does not accidentally unzip anything, including her mouth.

Those who are looking to seek power must make wise judgements.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

A wise man knows when to go 'head and back off so you gotta pick and choose your fights. I know how to pick and choose.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

Sometimes you can tell a wise person not only by what he says but also by what he doesn't say. Remember, it is much better to say little than to say too much and regret it later.

I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.

Every script has things that would draw me away or draw me towards it. But I just try and choose as wisely as possible - when I get to choose.

Choose your friends wisely, and also choose friends that you can trust.

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

I don't choose my directors, but I choose my scripts wisely.

This is a business. Be smart. Choose wisely.

As I've got older, I've got slightly more fussy. You've got less time; you need to use it wisely.

Believe it or not, me and Bez choose the reality TV we do wisely.

I think social media tools are helpful, so long as you pick your social media wisely.

People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.

I'm a better artist and I'm a better person because I'm wiser, and stronger and I know who's hip for me and who ain't.

Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.

Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.