Judging Others Quotes

• Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Love Is, Judging Yourself, Evil

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.129, SCM Press

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• Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Love Is, Judging Yourself, Judgment

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.129, SCM Press

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• If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

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• Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are

  Kristen Stewart

  Funny, Hater, Judging People

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• Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer of how anxious or stressed out you are. Judging others is simply the flip side of judging yourself.

  Harriet Lerner

  Judging Yourself, Mind, Stressed

  FaceBook post by Harriet Lerner from Oct 26, 2014

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• Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Wall, Thinking, Self

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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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• Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure you hands are clean!

  Bob Marley

  Life, Music, Conceited

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• If we judge others, it is because we are judging something in ourselves of which we are unaware.

  John A. Sanford

  Wise, Wisdom, Judging

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• We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing. If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people’s choices. If I feel good about my body, I don’t go around making fun of other people’s weight or appearance. We’re hard on each other because we’re using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.

  Brené Brown

  Fun, People, Judging

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• judge not that ye be not judged

  John Grisham

  Bible, Jesus, Judging

  John Grisham (2004). “The Last Juror”, Doubleday Books

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• We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Compassion, Justice, Judging

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• This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!  It’s that simple. We simply have to stop judging others and replace judgmental thoughts and feelings with a heart full of love for God and His children.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Children, Hate, Heart

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• Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  Justice, Diversity, Judging

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Christopher Kelly, Allan David Bloom (2010). “Emile, Or, On Education: Includes Emile and Sophie, Or, The Solitaries”, p.355, UPNE

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• We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Stephen R. Covey, Rebecca R. Merrill (2008). “The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Hate, Gossip, Negativity

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• As long as we continue to live as if we are what we do, what we have, and what other people think about us, we will remain filled with judgments, opinions, evaluations, and condemnations. We will remain addicted to putting people and things in their "right" place.

  Henri Nouwen

  Thinking, Judging People, Long

  Henri J.M. Nouwen (2017). “You Are the Beloved: Daily Meditations for Spiritual Living”, Convergent Books

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• Tragedy is that our attention centers on what people are not, rather than on what they are and who they might become.

  Brennan Manning

  People, Tragedy, Attention

  Brennan Manning (2010). “The Wisdom of Tenderness: What happens when God's firece mercy transforms our lives”, p.81, Zondervan

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• Before pointing fingers make sure your hands are clean.

  Bob Marley

  Hands, I'm Not Perfect, I Am Not Perfect

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• We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Longfellow "Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

  Les Brown

  Judging People, Judgement, Done

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• Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Men, Judging People, Long

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• Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Judging, Every Man

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1102, Library of America

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• I do not judge men by anything they can do. Their greatest deed is the impression they make on me.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Judging, Deeds

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.22, Courier Corporation

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

  Harold Nicolson

  Humility, Judging, Judgement

  Quoted in Reader's Digest, May 1936

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• It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

  Arnold Bennett

  Friendship, God, Judging

  Arnold Bennett (2015). “Mental Efficiency: Top of Bennett”, p.13, 谷月社

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