Quotes About Discernment

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

One of the things that women really excel at is reading and reacting to subtle cues. We've always had to do that because men don't have to.

To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

Be Good. But don't be a fool.

Don't share your dreams with everyone and don't be angry with non-dreamers.

My savvy grandfather, who owned a juke joint, always carried a straight razor in his pocket, and was nobody's fool, saw the truth behind Emmitt's big-man act. He knew he was a fake.

The things you see when you're not carrying a gun

Toutes les opinions ne se valent pas, et il ne faut pas confondre l'éloquence d'une parole avec la justesse d'une pensée.

Then why do you want to know?" "Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.

Beware of the half truth. You may have gotten hold of the wrong half.

Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question.

I don't have time to distinguish between the unfortunate and the incompetent.

Intelligence consists in recognizing opportunity

Love is not blind, it sees more not less; But because it sees more it chooses to see less.

Making friends is easy, but choosing the right ones to respect you and give you as much back as you give back to them.....that's the hard part

Believe them and they'll you all sorts of things.

You must remember everything. Everything must be remembered, but the bad, like private parts, shouldn't be shown without a good reason.

Be discerning and courageous about who plays a role in your life. Not everyone has earned the right to be in your inner circle.

When in doubt," she said, "do nothing.

Maturity means the ability to see what is important and what is not.

Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it.

Because the Bible is a theological book, it is a book of wrestlings, not a book of answers. In each age the people have to struggle to hear the word of the Lord for their time, and sometimes their hearing is keener than at other times.

Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart" (1 Sam. 16:7).

the light shines to only those that need it