Quotes About Discernment

If I were seriously interested in something important to me, I wouldn't just click on the first search result, read it and take it as God's word.

The true roll in determing to embrace or reject anything is not whether it have any evil in it but whether it have more of evil than of good. There are few things wholly evil or wholly good.

Judge us not equally, Abraham

Judge them not equally.

Oh, a pipe smoker," said Henry. "Well, that narrows it down." "Sometimes," said Doyle, "there is nothing so significant as a trifle.

The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject anything, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There are few things wholly evil, or wholly good. -Abraham Lincoln, in a speech in the House of Representatives June 20th, 1848

The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There are few things wholly evil, or wholly good." -- Abraham Lincoln, Original Quote

It was not his custom or his pleasure to listen to gossip or instructions from people who were strangers to him, even if they did share the same skin colour, or religion, or traditions.

We always have to be careful that in exposing one truth we don't cover up another. Or

Why did people have to get their hearts broken before they learned who and what was good for them and who was bad for them?

Listen to your second thought, or the third might be too late.

While your husband cannot turn off the world's noise, you can pray he will tune in to what is helpful and tune out what is harmful. You can pray that he will raise his spiritual antennae to detect the frequency of God's voice in his inner man.

The class laughed. I can tell the difference between people making fun of us and people being nice to us.

She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted her to volunteer the story, she realized, and she could just as easily choose to say nothing. But he deserved to know. They all deserved it, and Kirra already knew it, and Cammon may have guessed it, because Cammon could read souls, but Tayse was the only one she would tell.

faithfully pray and God will answer our prayer. That's the part I was struggling with. But then he added that God will always let us know what He wants us to do. God will let you know...

The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong." No teacher, preacher, parent, friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you--just listen to The voice that speaks inside.

Signs must be read with caution. The history of Christendom is replete with instances of people who misread the signs.

To help you identify when someone is talking about or has switched Contexts, listen for: When? Where? With whom? and a verb. When people use these cues, they are telling you what a Context is for them: "When we are sitting in the living room with the kids, arguing about whether it's bedtime." "In client meetings, doing a needs analysis.

"Statesman" gives the impression that every time a major issue comes up, I'll be popping off. And that's not what's going to happen.

If I ever see more clearly at one time than at another, the medium through which I see is clearer.

When you find that a book is poor ... waste no more time upon it.

Filmmakers get into trouble when they're watching too many DVDs and quoting all the time.

But believe me, there's a lot I'd like to say - but I don't think the time is right now.

Let's just be smart this time. I'm looking for smart.