Quotes About Discernment

Remember to always tune your inner ear so you can listen for (and separate from each other) both the good reason and the real reason when anyone (including yourself) gives you an excuse.

A leader listens to the good reason closely to try and figure out what the real reason is, and then comes up with a solution.

Her long narrow eyes darkened with whatever it was they were beginning to see.

One had to make one's way carefully here, for all these people were blind.

The idea that leading in a "fast world" always requires "fast decisions" and "fast action"—and that we should embrace an overall ethos of "Fast! Fast! Fast!"—is a good way to get killed. 10X leaders figure out when to go fast, and when not to.

The challenge becomes not opportunity creation, but opportunity selection.

People who are great at making decisions in the face of uncertainty have great judgment.

When I was young, an eccentric uncle decided to teach me how to lie. Not, he explained, because he wanted me to lie, but because he thought I should know how it's done so I would recognise when I was being lied to.

I could never describe it to anyone how I knew, but there was no mistaking it. One moment, I was walking along undecided - and the next moment, I knew that it was God's will for me to go to America. I don't think I could describe it any more accurately.

We should never overestimate an audience's culture, but we should never underestimate their intelligence.

You mustn't underestimate an audience's intelligence.

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

Common sense is often underrated.

When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.

If you would judge, understand.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Cooking is not difficult. Everyone has taste, even if they don't realize it. Even if you're not a great chef, there's nothing to stop you understanding the difference between what tastes good and what doesn't.

It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad.

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

When Ignatius understood that God did not wish him to remain at Jerusalem, he began to consider what he should do. The plan he approved and adopted was to enter upon a course of study in order to be better fitted to save souls.

If the secret of being a bore is to tell all, the secret of pleasing is to say just enough to be - not understood, but divined.

I am not a painter, nor an artist. Therefore I can see straight, and that may be my undoing.

Unfortunately, we don't live in a society where you can say whatever you want, and there will be no repercussions. Pick and choose your battles. I think that's the key.

Unfortunately, a lot of executives aren't like producers, and can't hear the diamond in the rough.