Benefit Of The Doubt Quotes

• Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Forgiveness, Patience, Hurt

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• Love chooses to believe the best about people. It gives them the benefit of the doubt. It refuses to fill in the unknowns with negative assumptions. And when our worst hopes are proven to be true, love makes every effort to deal with them and move forward. As much as possible, love focuses on the positive.

  Stephen Kendrick

  Believe, Moving, People

  Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick (2013). “The Love Dare”, p.33, B&H Publishing Group

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• Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

  Napoleon Hill

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.44, Lulu.com

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• I've always given people the benefit of the doubt until they prove me otherwise.

  Boris Kodjoe

  People, Doubt, Benefits

  "Boris Kodjoe The ‘Addicted’ Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. October 7, 2014.

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• None of us need one more person bashing or pointing out where we have failed or fallen short. Most of us are already well aware of the areas in which we are weak. What each of us does need is family, friends, employers, and brothers and sisters who support us, who have the patience to teach us, who believe in us, and who believe we’re trying to do the best we can, in spite of our weaknesses. What ever happened to giving each other the benefit of the doubt? What ever happened to hoping that another person would succeed or achieve? What ever happened to rooting for each other?

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Brother, Believe, Giving

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• Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt.

  Brander Matthews

  Evil, Giving, Doubt

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• I will be merciful, and I will believe in people. If I am to err, I will err on the side of mercy. I will give people the benefit of the doubt. I will bend, but not break, in order to give people the opportunity to grow and develop.

  David K. Bernard

  Believe, Opportunity, Order

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• I remember classes in college where the professor was espousing certain theories about how blacks were inherently less intelligent. But I learned a long time ago to give people the benefit of the doubt, not to assume that somebody was reacting to you because of race.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Intelligent, College, Race

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• When 99% of people doubt your idea, you're either gravely wrong or about to make history.

  Scott Belsky

  Inspirational, Success, Faith

  Twitter post from Aug 18, 2010

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• You're not a sucker. You're just nice. You give people the benefit of the doubt.

  Sarah Dessen

  Nice, People, Giving

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.259, Penguin

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• Always consider giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game... And if it's a game, then you need to win.

  Taylor Swift

  Winning, Games, Giving

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• I'm a reasonable kind of guy. If I hear something that seems to make sense, I'm willing to give it the benefit of the doubt. If the alternative explanation has to be pounded into shape before it fits the mould of our experience, it seems to me that it's unlikely to be true.

  Frank Schatzing

  Giving, Guy, Doubt

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• Nearly all inmates are drawn from the ranks of the powerless and the poor. A child of privilege frequently receives the benefit of the doubt; a child of poverty seldom does.

  Jimmy Carter

  Children, Doubt, Doe

  Carter, Jimmy (1979). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, 1978”, p.836, Best Books on

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• Occasionally I would like the German people to give us the benefit of the doubt, given our history, as opposed to assuming the worst -- assuming that we have been consistently your strong partners and that we share a common set of values.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, People, Giving

  Remarks by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel in Joint Press Conference, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. February 09, 2015.

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• Give the benefit of the doubt; assume that your beloved's intentions are life-enhancing and positive.

  John Friend

  Giving, Doubt, Benefits

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• You telling me it's only been a couple other people that you've been with
  Imma trust you Imma give you the benefit of the doubt and Imma love you
  You can even call me daddy, give you someone to look up to

  Drake

  Couple, Real, Love You

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• I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

  Claudia Christian

  Giving, Doubt, Benefits

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• I had to make a decision about whether it would impact how I felt about trusting people, and I decided I wasn't going top allow it to impact my outlook on trust, because I believe trust is a choice. And I've always given people the benefit of the doubt until they prove me otherwise. So, it just made me stronger in my conviction about that, but it also taught me never to put anything past anyone.

  Boris Kodjoe

  Believe, Past, Impact

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I think audiences deserve the benefit of the doubt. I prefer to be surprised by them rather then just assume they'll react negatively to any new idea.

  David O. Russell

  Thinking, Ideas, Doubt

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• Don't expect me to be perfect. Despite all my lives, I'm still only human. I can't deliver perfection, and I'll only disappoint you. But I want you to know that you are the most important person to me. I'm trying to protect you. Sometimes I screw things up. I may even tell a white lie every now and then. But you have to give me the benefit of the doubt.

  Kirsten Miller

  Lying, White, Giving

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• We are the only species of mammal that doubts our ability to give birth. It's profitable to scare women about birth. But let's stop it. I tell women: Your body is not a lemon.

  Ina May Gaskin

  Inspirational, Women, Giving

  FaceBook post by Ina May Gaskin from Mar 22, 2015

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• Simple morality dictates that unless and until someone can prove the unborn human is not alive, we must give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it is (alive). And, thus, it should be entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

  Ronald Reagan

  Pursuit Of Happiness, Simple, Giving

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)., Ronald Reagan, United States. Office of the Federal Register (1983). “Ronald Reagan”

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• If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Girl, Sarcastic, Humorous

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• I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.

  Leon Panetta

  People, Giving, Doubt

  "The Secret History" by Jane Mayer, www.newyorker.com. June 22, 2009.

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• The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

  Samuel Butler

  Death, Doubt, Dying

  Samuel Butler (1951). “Notebooks: Selections Edited by Geoffrey Keynes and Brian Hill”

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