Quotes About Discernment

Es propio del enemigo enflaquecerse y perder ánimo, dando huida sus tentaciones, cuando la persona que se ejercita en las cosas espirituales pone mucho rostro contra las tentaciones del enemigo. Cuando el enemigo de natura humana trae sus astucias y suasiones a la ánima justa, quiere y desea que sean recibidas y tenidas en secreto.

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Tell me what you know. • Tell me what you don't know. • Then tell me what you think. • Always distinguish which from which.

People are going to pull you in all directions. Where you end up is a direct result of how wise your decisions are.

Don't tell everyone everything. Sometimes it's better to simply keep your mouth shut.

Welcome all, befriend several, but trust only a few.

Le goût est la qualité fondamentale qui résume toutes les autres qualités. C'est le nec plus ultra de l'intelligence. Ce n'est que par lui seul que le génie est la santé suprême et l'équilibre de toutes les facultés.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

The right words are always there, if a man's sharp enough to see them.

I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.

Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

My job was simply to follow His leading one step at a time, holding every decision up to Him in prayer.

I just am a snob when it comes to humor.

In an era of too much information, the need for discernment and wisdom will be greater than ever.

Ask yourself the three things you must always ask yourself before you say anything. 1) Does this need to be said 2) "Does this need to be said by me? 3) Does this need to be said by me now?

As my dear wife occasionally reminds me: "Never miss an opportunity to shut the fuck up.

How can you tell when the devil is lying? His lips are moving.

I've heard it said, "If the Devil can't make us really bad, then he'll try to make us really busy.

We must discern what God calls us to accomplish rather than mindlessly adding on everything presented to us.

Just because opportunities present themselves doesn't mean you should accept every one of them. It's not realistic, and it's also not wise.

As we become scarred and desensitized to what is right and wrong, good and evil, life-giving and life-draining, we lose sight of our first love. We move away from God one degree at a time.