Quotes About Discernment

IT IS BETTER TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT AND LET PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE A FOOL, THAN TO OPEN IT AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT.

youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.

He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.

Choose well.

What is proper to hear, no one, human or divine, will hear before you.

Truly, the world hath as many eyes to look upon a man withal as there are spots on a toad; so, with what pair of eyes thou regardest me lieth entirely with thine own self.

Don't judge your taco by its price

Et pourtant, nulle part on n'enseigne aux enfants une méthode systématique pour faire le départ entre le vrai et le faux, une affirmation sensée et une autre qui ne l'est pas. Pourquoi ? Parce que leurs aînés, même dans les pays démocratiques, ne veulent pas qu'ils reçoivent ce genre d'instruction.

Ah hears tings which Ah don' like at all. Cain't say much. Get mahself 'n plenty trouble. But yuh all want to watch yo step plenty good. Yassuh.

I think the most important thing that young people should be taught at school is how they can decide what they're being told is true.

Youth is ever apt to judge in haste, and lose the medium in the wild extreme.

Discerning the will of God is a very tricky thing, partly because, you know, the little voice in my head can either be God's voice or it can be my own ego doing a magnificent impression of God's voice.

Be sure you positively identify your target before you pull the trigger.

Bad things happen for multiple reasons, and only the Holy Spirit can reveal the source of trouble in any particular situation.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

I listened very, very carefully to the world around me to pick up the signals of when trouble was coming. Not that I could stop it. But it made me observant. That was helpful when I became a lawyer, because I knew how to read people's signals.

If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.

Don't let people treat you like you're stupid. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.

I'm not going to respond to every single thing that Donald Trump has to say or that Hillary Clinton says.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.

Stereotypes exist because there's always some truth to stereotypes. Not always, but often.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.