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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• If you judge, investigate.

  Seneca the Younger

  Philosophical, Umpires, Judgement

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

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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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• Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Guilt, Existentialism, Witch

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.66, Penguin

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• Everyone's projecting onto you, or you feel like everyone is judging you. I feel like I'm being judged a lot of the time. You become really self-conscious.

  Kate Moss

  Self, Conscious, Feels

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

  Alexander Pope

  Law, May, Hunger

  The Rape of the Lock canto 3, l. 21 (1714)

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• That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.

  V. S. Naipaul

  Writing, Looks, Elements

  V. S. Naipaul (2012). “Literary Occasions: Essays”, p.188, Pan Macmillan

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• I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Dream, Distance, Reality

  "Bruce Springsteen: 'What was done to my country was un-American'". Interview with Fiachra Gibbons, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2012.

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• The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Clever, Numbers, Peer Pressure

  1779 Mr Puff.The Critic, act 1, sc.2.

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