Quotes About Discernment

Insight essentially means being able to see things other people are not able to see. This is the hallmark of leadership.

I know when people are with me or not. It's an instinct.

You've got to go with what feels instinctive and true to your heart, and filter out all of the other stuff.

You have to go by your instincts in casting.

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.

I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.

Common sense is not so common.

As individual people, embedded in our daily lives, of course we're interested in what makes one person different from another. We've got to hire one person and not another, marry one person and not another.

Because I come from the place of interviewing, I know how to answer a question giving you what you need to hear and not a minute more.

Genius ... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

It is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read.

Today, with the abundance of books available, it is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read. … Feed only on the best. As John Wesley's mother counseled him: 'Avoid whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, takes off your relish for spiritual things, … increases the authority of the body over the mind.

One of the marks of an educated man today is to know what not to read--what not to see or what not to listen to.

Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

This has been done by masters of the trade and Garcia had taken in every stock situation with amazing powers of retention, but he had not put things together right and had used extraordinary discernment in not adding one single touch of originality.

Persuading them to join is not the problem, but separating the wheat from the chaff is harder.

To some lawyers all facts are created equal.

The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and judgment, which enable one to recognize the best method as to attain it; the singleness of purpose; and, lastly, what is most essential of all, will-stubborn will.

She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity.

Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.

GidiÅŸat böyle dedi. Yaln?zca gereksinim duyduklar?n? al. Geyik al?yorsan, en iyisini alma. En küçük ve en yavaÅŸ olan?n? seç, o zaman geyik daha güçlü olur ve her zaman sana et verir. Pa-koh (panter) bunu biliyor. Sen de bilmelisin!

I lied to you and it was easy, because you believe everybody means what they say. Everyone's lying to you, Neverfell. Everyone. And you can't tell, because you're just not very bright when it comes to people. Brighten up fast, or you're done for.

Sometimes it's best to start moving in the direction you think God may want you to go, and then trust Him to lead you—closing doors He doesn't want you to go through and opening up others.

God wants us to know His will and He reveals it to us both through the Bible and through the guidance of His Holy Spirit. Seek God's will when you pray, and He will help you know it.