Judging Quotes - Page 3

• Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

  Vikas Swarup

  Men, Action, Motive

  Vikas Swarup (2009). “Six Suspects: A Novel”, p.83, Macmillan

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• One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Inspirational, Patriotic, Light

  Woodrow Wilson (1913). “Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897-”

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• Because it strikes me there is something greater than judgement. I think it is called mercy.

  Sebastian Barry

  Thinking, Judgement, Mercy

  Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.163, Faber & Faber

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• It is open to a war resister to judge between the combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side. By so judging he is more likely to bring peace between the two than by remaining a mere spectator.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Peace, War, Congratulations

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.120, Courier Corporation

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• When you forgive somebody, when you are generous, when you withhold judgment, when you love and when you stand up to injustice, you are, in that moment, bringing heaven to earth.

  Rob Bell

  Love, Inspirational, Forgiveness

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• If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Political, House Divided

  Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Rodney O. Davis, Douglas Lawson Wilson (2008). “The Lincoln-Douglas Debates”, p.32, University of Illinois Press

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• We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Education, Spiritual

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “Kavanagh: A Tale”, p.3

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• We know nothing of the trials, sorrows and temptations of those around us, of pillows wet with sobs, of the life-tragedy that may be hidden behind a smile, of the secret cares, struggles, and worries that shorten life and leave their mark in hair prematurely whitened, and a character changed and almost recreated in a few days. Let us not dare to add to the burden of another the pain of our judgment.

  William George Jordan

  Pain, Struggle, Character

  William George Jordan (1901). “The kingship of self-control [from Self-control, its kingship and majesty] by W.G. Jordon [sic].”

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• A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly, only an absolute fool values a man according to his clothes, or according to his position, which after all is only something we wear like clothing.

  Seneca the Younger

  Horse, Animal, Men

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• A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.

  Horace

  Doe, Corruption

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, pp. 411-412, ("Satires", Book II. 2. 8), 1922.

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• The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts.

  Ovid

  Facts, Duty, Wells

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• I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

  Wilson Mizner

  Laughter, Laughing, Judgement

  Evanell K. Powell Brant, Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner (1979*). “Debauched Proverbs and Other Miznerisms of Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner”

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• Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Dance, Humor

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• We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

  Harold Nicolson

  Humility, Judgement, Action

  Quoted in Reader's Digest, May 1936

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• If you judge, investigate.

  Seneca the Younger

  Philosophical, Umpires, Judgement

  "Medea". Play by Seneca the Younger, CXCIV, 1st century.

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• To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.

  Anton Chekhov

  Eye, Successful, Judgement

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• When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers.

  Gerald Jampolsky

  Teacher, Acceptance, Temptation

  Gerald Jampolsky (2009). “Good-Bye to Guilt: Releasing Fear Through Forgiveness”, p.138, Bantam

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• There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Should

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 410-411, Dei Discorsi. I. 7, 1922.

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• Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

  Euripides

  Tree, Judgement, Fruit

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• Judges ought to be more learned, than witty, more reverend, than plausible, and more advised, than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

  Francis Bacon

  Witty, Integrity, Tongue

  "Essays: Or Counsels, Civil and Moral".

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• It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.

  Walter Benjamin

  Attitude, Media, Public Opinion

  Walter Benjamin (1996). “Selected Writings: 1927-1934”, p.433, Harvard University Press

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• For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Quality, Essentials

  Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Swasey McKean, Charles Stearns Wheeler (1838). “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays”, p.280

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• Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Dream, Character

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.71, Harvard University Press

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• I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know.

  Jean Houston

  Life, God, Believe

  Jean Houston (1996). “A Mythic Life: Learning to Live Our Greater Story”, Harpercollins

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• Another way of judging the value of a prophet's religious experience, therefore, would be to examine the type of manhood that he has created, and the cultural world that has sprung out of the spirit of his message.

  Muhammad Iqbal

  Religious, Would Be, World

  Sir Muhammad Iqbal (2000). “The religious thought in Islam”

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