Quotes About Discernment

Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another?s hand.* If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.

It is great cleverness to know when to conceal ones cleverness.

Too great cleverness is but deceptive delicacy, true delicacy is the most substantial cleverness.

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

Proper DJs don't just trot out a load of nice tunes, they think carefully about the time, the place, and the people in front of them, and choose something that's perfect.

Policymakers have to make judgments based on the best intelligence they get.

God's way of training requires the constant exercise of an individual's spiritual senses so that he will train himself to discern good from evil. When a child is rightly trained, he will listen to the voice of the Spirit in times of temptation; and, when he is confronted with the allurements of the occult, his spiritual senses will have been trained "to distinguish good from evil" (Heb. 5:14).

The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.

We were busy judging everyone's spiritual state. We had a lot to do. Only God might be able to see their hearts and innermost thoughts, but we had a pretty good idea of how it was going to go for plenty of folks

The fog is clearing; life is a matter of taste.

Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.

In other words, what is salient to us—such as our own facial features—may not be salient to other species.

Do not cast your pearls before swine.

I made sure about their past before shaking hands with them. You have to be careful before you can accept a German.

Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur.

It is often hard to distinguish between the hard knocks in life and those of opportunity.

The maxims of men disclose their hearts.

When one has one's hand full of truth it is not always wise to open it.

I am a terrible judge of character' "I don't think so. You just need to take note of FACTS from the outset, not feelings.

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

I've found you can ignore half of what Dox tells you and not miss much-except for maybe they occasional complaint that you're spending too much.

If you want to know a man, dig in his firepit...Basically, it meant that you could judge a lot about a man's life by what he thew away - or by what he was willing to burn in order to stay warm.

But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.