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• It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Past, Judging

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• And all men are ready to pass judgement on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Men, Flesh, Human Nature

  Saint John Chrysostom (1996). “A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: St. Chrysostom: On the priesthood; Ascetic treatises; Select homilies and letters; Homilies on the statutes”, Burns & Oates

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• We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.

  Tami Hoag

  Temptation, Quality, Assuming

  Tami Hoag (2002). “Dark Horse”, p.62, Bantam

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• Sound judgement, with discernment is the best of seers

  Euripides

  Sound, Seers, Discernment

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• No speech is ever considered, but only the speaker. It's so much easier to pass judgement on a man than on an idea.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Ideas, Speech

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.298, Penguin

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• Without making any moral judgements whatsoever, one can say that self-indulgence and excessive self-preoccupation are the antithesis of genuine awareness.

  Ronald Rolheiser

  Moral Judgement, Self, Awareness

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• No one truly knows what they will do in a certain situation until they are actually in it. It's very easy to judge someone else's actions by what you assume your own would be, if you were in their shoes. But we only know what we THINK we would do, not what we WOULD do.

  Ashly Lorenzana

  Thinking, Shoes, Knowing

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• You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Inspiring, Meaningful

  Mark Twain (1889). “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court”, p.422, Createspace Independent Pub

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• Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Wise, Wisdom, Powerful

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1960). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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• We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence.

  Alfred Wegener

  Truth, Judging, Answers

  Alfred Wegener (1966). “The Origin of Continents and Oceans”, p.8, Courier Corporation

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• Let everyone who has the grace of intelligence fear that, because of it, he will be judged more heavily if he is negligent.

  Bridget of Sweden

  Religious, Fear, Judging

  Saint Bridget (of Sweden), Marguerite Tjader Harris, Albert Ryle Kezel (1990). “Life and Selected Revelations”, p.136, Paulist Press

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• Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

  Seneca the Younger

  Giving, Blame, Speak

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• The attentions of others matter to us because we are afflicted by a congenital uncertainty as to our own value, as a result of which affliction we tend to allow others' appraisals to play a determining role in how we see ourselves. Our sense of identity is held captive by the judgements of those we live among.

  Alain de Botton

  Play, Identity, Roles

  Alain De Botton (2008). “Status Anxiety”, p.8, Vintage

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• It is just as cowardly to judge an absent person as it is wicked to strike a defenseless one. Only the ignorant and narrow-minded gossip, for they speak of persons instead of things.

  Lawrence G. Lovasik

  Wicked Person, Envy, Gossip

  Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.176, Sophia Institute Press

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• Too often we judge people based on our own backgrounds and experiences, but when you understand people's stories, it's easier to understand their demeanor.

  Joel Osteen

  Judging, People, Understanding

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• A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement

  Clement Attlee

  Clever, People

  Clement Richard Attlee, Francis Williams (1962). “Twilight of Empire: Memoirs of Prime Minister Clement Attlee”

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• Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement.

  Fausto Cercignani

  People, Yardsticks, Dignity

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• So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong.

  Walter Bagehot

  Fear, Long, Wish

  Walter Bagehot (1986). “The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: Miscellany”

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• youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.

  Homer

  Inspirational, Teenager, Feelings

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• Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

  Euripides

  Judging, Tree, Fruit

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• A poem generated by its own laws may be unrealized and bad in terms of so-called objective principles of taste, judgement, deduction.

  A. R. Ammons

  Objectivity, Law, Principles

  A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.

  Roger Babson

  Inspirational, Money, Character

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• Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up!

  Caroline Myss

  Giving Up, Expectations, One Day At A Time

  FaceBook post by Caroline Myss from Feb 02, 2014

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• Even the greatest idea can become meaningless in the rush to judgement. To gauge an idea as feasible we must cut our ties to the status quo and find the balance between constructive criticism and judgment. Within that balance we will uncover crucial input for making our ideas a reality.

  Shigeo Shingo

  Cutting, Reality, Ideas

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