Judging Yourself Quotes

• When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Leadership, Karma

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Nov 11, 2011

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• I think the hardest thing to overcome is judging yourself and being your own worst critic so to speak.

  Nile Rodgers

  Thinking, Overcoming, Speak

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• Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Hands, Judging Others, I'm Not Perfect

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• If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

  Mother Teresa

  Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

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• Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Love Is, Evil, Grace

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.129, SCM Press

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• That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Wise, Men, Succeed

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• Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Guilt

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• Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Love Is, Judging Others, Judgment

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.129, SCM Press

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• Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer of how anxious or stressed out you are. Judging others is simply the flip side of judging yourself.

  Harriet Lerner

  Mind, Stressed, Flip

  FaceBook post by Harriet Lerner from Oct 26, 2014

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• Something I always tell students is, when you're writing something, you want to write the first draft and you want it to come out easily in the beginning. If you're afraid to say what you really have to say, you stammer. [...] You're judging yourself, you know, thinking about your listener. You're not thinking about what you're saying. And that same thing happens when you write.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Writing, Thinking About You, Want

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu. 2008.

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• Please stop worrying about how much you can do! STOP judging yourself and others on physical abilities and prowess, stop believing MORE is better, stop the madness!

  Bryan Kest

  Believe, Worry, Madness

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• I think you have to be schizoid three different ways to be an actor ... You have to be a human being. Then you have to be the character you're playing. And on top of that you've got to be the guy sitting out there in Row 10, watching yourself and judging yourself. That's why most of us are crazy to start with, or go nuts once we get into it.

  George C. Scott

  Crazy, Character, Thinking

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• Yoga is about working with what you've got on that day. Some days you may find certain positions easier to get into than others. It's not about comparing yourself or judging yourself, it's about being in that moment and doing your best.

  Jayne Middlemiss

  Yoga, May, Moments

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself.

  Carl Icahn

  Skills, Luck, Judging Others

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• Your prospective employer, or the person you have a crush on, or the person you want to talk to. You're judging yourself, you know, thinking about your listener. You're not thinking about what you're saying. And that same thing happens when you write.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Crush, Writing, Thinking About You

  Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

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• After years and years of everybody commenting on the way I look and dress and being photographed, one starts to become self-conscious and starts to plan things more. You end up judging yourself more, what looks good and what doesn't.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Self, Years, Judging

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Your best changes from moment to moment, sick or well, tired or rested. Remember that you are an imperfect human being. There is no value to judging yourself for

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Tired, Sick, Excellence

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• You know, a man always judges himself by the balance he can strike between the needs of his body and the demands of his mind. You're judging yourself now, Mersaut, and you don't like the sentence.

  Albert Camus

  Men, Mind, Balance

  Albert Camus (2012). “Happy Death”, p.36, Vintage

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