Quotes on Judging

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. What you see reflects your thinking. And your thinking but reflects your choice of what you want to see. If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others' shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.

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

Some individuals have developed such strong internal standards that they no longer need the opinion of others to judge whether they have performed a task well or not. The ability to give objective feedback to oneself is in fact the mark of the expert.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

Do we have to know who's gay and who's straight? Can't we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.

To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.

I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person's heart

Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely.

be a good listener, don't judge and don't put boundaries on someone else's grief.

If our prayer is “Dear God, please use me to be of service,” then that is what we will be. And it is not for us to judge either the size or value of our gifts. Our job is to try to get out of the way, to defer to the spirit moving within us and become open channels for the flow of God’s love.

I never understood society. i undersand that it works somehow and that it functions as a reality and that its realities are necessary to keep us from worse realities. but all i sense are that are plenty of police and jails and judges and laws and that what is meant to protect me is breaking me down.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . . . an accurate knowledge of all particulars, so that we may live as it were in the times, and among the persons, of whom we read, see with their eyes, and reason and decide on their premises?