Quotes About Discernment

He had long since learned that when somehting unusual was going on, something that was part of someone else's plan and not his own, he would find out more information by waiting than by asking. Adults almost always lost their patience before Ender did.

How do you know when the obstacles in your path have been placed by God to protect you, or by Satan to hinder God's purposes in your affairs?

Do you have a situation in which you're having trouble discerning whether God is protecting you or Satan is hindering you? Ask God to show you His way.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath

Don't use cannon to kill musquito.

Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness

When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly, and when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly.

The gentleman does not promote people merely on the basis of their words, nor does he reject words merely because of the person who uttered them.

One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed?

Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

There are those who act without knowing; I will have none of this. To hear a lot, choose the good, and follow it, to see a lot and learn to recognize it: this is next knowledge.

There are few men under heaven who can love and see the defects, or hate and see the excellence of an object.

Staying with good people is like entering a room with orchids. You won't notice the fragrance, but you'll be soaked in the scent. Staying with evil people is just like going inside a stinky fish store. You won't smell it after a while because you will blend with the stench. Keep red things and you'll turn red. Keep lacquer, and you'll turn black ...So a wise man should be careful of where he stays...

guess he said cattle could tell the difference between a flight of geese and a cat on fire. Maybe

He probably doesnt get it that if you scratch from the menu everything that's hard to swallow it's going to make for a pretty lean lunch.

She wasn't wrong, which wasn't the same as the idea being a wise one.

Don't do the natural thing, the impulsive thing. That is usually wrong.

Influencing others is not a matter of outsmarting them. It is a matter of discerning what they truly want and offering it to them in a mutually beneficial package. "He knows so little and accomplishes so much

Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference. Viveca comes downstairs first and heads into the