Good Judgment Quotes

• Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

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• I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.

  Omar N. Bradley

  Military, Mistake, Judgment

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• Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.

  John Wooden

  Doors, Common Sense, Emotion

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• We should learn to be patient with ourselves. Recognizing our strengths and our weaknesses, we should strive to use good judgment in all of our choices and decisions, make good use of every opportunity, and do our best in every task we undertake. We should not be unduly discouraged nor in despair at any time when we are doing the best we can. Rather, we should be satisfied with our progress even though it may come slowly at times.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Opportunity, Choices, Decision

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• Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

  Euripides

  Literature, Helping, Judgment

  "Pirithous". Play by Euripides, 5th century BCE.

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• A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Money, Character, Reputation

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.396

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• Good judgment comes from experience. And where does experience come from? Experience comes from bad judgment.

  Mark Twain

  Doe, Judgment

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• Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.

  John Wooden

  Self, Practice, Discipline

  John Wooden, Jay Carty (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.34, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• They will pressure you into doing things that may be unsafe, use your good judgment, and remember, 'I would rather be laughed at, than cried for.'

  George MacDonald

  Use, May, Pressure

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• When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy.

  Greg Iles

  Differences, Life And Death, Risk

  Greg Iles (2011). “The Devil's Punchbowl: A Novel”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping

  Dee Hock

  Data, Facts, Judgment

  Dee Hock, VISA International (1999). “Birth of the Chaordic Age”, p.236, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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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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• Problems may only be avoided by exercising good judgment. Good judgment may only be gained by experiencing life's problems.

  Jim Stovall

  Inspirational, Life, Exercise

  Jim Stovall (2010). “Today's the Day!”, p.42, David C Cook

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• If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.

  Gautama Buddha

  Action, Judgment, Companion

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• In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and conflicting demands, often under great time pressure, leaders must make decisions and take effective actions to assure the survival and success of their organizations. This is how leaders add value to their organizations. They lead them to success by exercising good judgment, by making smart calls when especially difficult and complicated decisions simply must be made, and then ensuring that they are well executed.

  Warren G. Bennis

  Smart, Exercise, Organization

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Accidents on big mountains happen when people's ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.

  Bear Grylls

  Ambition, Heart, Pride

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• Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

  Wayne Dyer

  Lying, Judging, Racism

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• Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

  Tryon Edwards

  Life, Common Sense, Sound

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.218, Ravenio Books

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• Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Judgment, Checks

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• A famously wise old man in a village was once asked how he came by his wisdom. "I got it from my good judgment," he answered. And where did his good judgment come from? "I got it from my bad judgment."

  Sydney J. Harris

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

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• About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

  Josh Billings

  Art, Originality, Honest

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. That is the secret of good judgment.

  Charles Brent

  Prayer, Thinking, Secret

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• When a man spends his time giving his wife criticism and advice instead of compliments, he forgets that it was not his good judgment, but his charming manners, that won her heart.

  Helen Rowland

  Heart, Men, Giving

  Helen Rowland (1909). “Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”

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• Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Soul, World, Judgment

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• For all right judgment of any man or things it is useful, nay, essential, to see his good qualities before pronouncing on his bad.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Men, Judging, Quality

  Thomas Carlyle, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Swasey McKean, Charles Stearns Wheeler (1838). “Critical and Miscellaneous Essays”, p.280

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