Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Judges

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.
William Motter Inge (1913–73) American Playwright, Novelist

When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart.
Russian Proverb

Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins.
American Indian Proverb

When you judge others,
you do not define them, you define yourself.
Earl Nightingale (1921–89) American Motivational Speaker, Author

Don’t judge men’s wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat

If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now.
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher

We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes of a refined one, and so on. We always imagine, and in imagining share, the judgments of the other mind.
Charles Cooley (1864–1929) American Sociologist

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed, that wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
William Penn (1644–1718) American Entrepreneur, Political leader, Philosopher

It is with our judgments as with our watches: no two go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa (1910–97) Roman Catholic Missionary, Nun

Be curious, not judgmental.
Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
Franz Kafka (1883–1924) Austrian Novelist, Short Story Writer

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–65) English Novelist, Short-Story Writer

Everyone complains of the badness of his memory, but nobody of his judgment.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.
Anne Mccaffrey (1926–2011) American-born Irish Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer

Don’t mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
Henry James (1843–1916) American-born British Novelist, Writer

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 (1809–65) American Head of State

A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation.
Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer

Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher

We are firm believers in the maxim that, for all right judgment of any man or thing, it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist

But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.
Lydia Maria Child (1802–80) American Abolitionist, Writer

Never judge someone by who he’s in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals.
Cynthia Heimel (1947–2018) American Humor Columnist, Feminist

A man is not good or bad for one action.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher

If you judge, investigate.
Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian

We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that we never love without reservations and never hate with all our being cannot prevent us from seeing others as wholly black or white.
Eric Hoffer (1902–83) American Philosopher, Author

I have tried to make all my acts and commercial moves the result of definite consideration and sound judgment. There were never any great ventures or risks. I practiced honest, slow-growing business methods, and tried to back them with energy and good system.
Marshall Field (1834–1906) American Entrepreneur, Businessperson, Philanthropist

Even God doesn’t plan to judge a man till the end of his days, why should you and I?
Unknown

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.
Richard Whately (1787–1863) English Philosopher, Theologian

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