Judgment Quotes - Page 28

• Another error is an impatience of doubt and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action commonly spoken of by the ancients; the one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the end impassable; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

  Francis Bacon

  Men, Errors, Two

  The Advancement of Learning bk. 1, ch. 5, sec. 8 (1605)

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• Judge not, before you judge yourself.
  Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment.
  The Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too,
  so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you.

  Bob Marley

  Music, Hands, Perfect

  "Song: 'Judge Not'". 1961.

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• The fans know that I have been giving it my all and that we had the good judgment to when to say when.

  Bobby Rahal

  Sports, Giving, Fans

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• Do not confuse beauty with beautiful. Beautiful is a human judgment. Beauty is All. The difference is everything.

  Matthew Fox

  Beautiful, Differences, Humans

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• Great battles are really won before they are actually fought. To control our passions we must govern our habits, and keep watch over ourselves in the small details of everyday life.

  John Lubbock

  Passion, Everyday, Battle

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• All superstition is much the same whether it be that of astrology, dreams, omen, retributive judgment, or the like, in all of which the deluded believers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and pass over their failure, though it be much more common.

  Francis Bacon

  Dream, Astrology, Events

  Francis Bacon (2016). “Novum Organum”, p.13, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Our moral reasoning is plagued by two illusions. The first illusion can be called the wag-the-dog illusion: We believe that our own moral judgment (the dog) is driven by our own moral reasoning (the tail). The second illusion can be called the wag-theother-dog's-tail illusion: In a moral argument, we expect the successful rebuttal of an opponent's arguments to change the opponent's mind. Such a belief is like thinking that forcing a dog's tail to wag by moving it with your hand will make the dog happy.

  Sam Harris

  Dog, Atheist, Moving

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• What havoc, said I to myself, would these manners make in America! Our governors, our judges, our senators or representatives, and even our ministers, would be appointed by harlots, for money; and their judgments, decrees, and decisions, be sold to repay themselves, or, perhaps, to procure the smiles of profligate females.

  John Adams

  America, Judging, Decision

  John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1851). “The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography (cont.) Diary. Notes of a debate in the Senate of the United States. Essays: On private revenge. On self-delusion. On private revenge. Dissertation on the canon and the feudal law. Instructions of the town of Braintree to their representative, 1765. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford. Instructions of the town of Boston to their representatives, 1768. Instructions of the town of”, p.171

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• When you voice your disagreement, begin by talking about what you have in common with the person you are arguing with. Too often we rush to judgment, race to argue, and overlook all the common ground we share.

  Matthew Kelly

  Race, Talking, Voice

  Matthew Kelly (2015). “Perfectly Yourself: 9 Lessons for Enduring Happiness”, p.160, BookBaby

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• I am committed against every thing which in my judgment, may weaken, endanger, or destroy (the Constitution) ... and especially against all extension of Executive power; and I am committed against any attempt to rule the free people of this country by the power and the patronage of the Government itself.

  Daniel Webster

  Country, Government, People

  Daniel Webster (1854). “The Works”, p.336

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• It would be an absurdity for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, against their own opinion, judgment, and conscience.

  John Adams

  Views, Law, Judging

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• Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.

  Martha Beck

  Giving, Receiving, Demon

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• Horace appears in good humor while he censures, and therefore his censure has the more weight, as supposed to proceed from judgment and not from passion.

  Edward Young

  Passion, Weight, Good Humor

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• Set it up in Zimbabwe, Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny, And in this judgment there is no partiality. So arm in arms, with arms, we'll fight this little struggle, 'Cause that's the only way we can overcome our little trouble.

  Bob Marley

  Struggle, Fighting, Destiny

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• You need a graphic understanding of a situation to make a complete judgment and we didn't have that.

  William Scranton

  Understanding, Needs, Situation

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• Rather to excite your judgment briefly than to inform it tediously.

  Francis Bacon

  Discovery

  Francis Bacon (1868). “The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His Occasional Works: Namely Letters, Speeches, Tracts, State Papers, Memorials, Devices and All Authentic Writings Not Already Printed Among His Philosophical, Literary, Or Professional Works”, p.219

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• Since natural law was thought to be accessible to the ordinary man, the theory invited each juror to inquire for himself whether a particular rule of law was consonant with principles of higher law. This view is reflected in John Adams' statement that it would be an 'absurdity' for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, 'against their own opinion, judgment, and conscience.'

  John Adams

  Men, Views, Law

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• There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness

  Jonathan Edwards

  Sweet, Differences, Honey

  Jonathan Edwards, Henry Rogers, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1839). “The Works of Jonathan Edwards, A.M.: With an Essay on His Genius and Writings”, p.14

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• Wicked people will on the day of judgment see all there is to see of Jesus Christ, except His beauty and loveliness

  Jonathan Edwards

  Jesus, People, Wicked

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• Fierce and poisonous animals were created for terrifying man, in order that he might be made aware of the final judgment in hell.

  John Wesley

  Animal, Men, Order

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• Men, generally going with the stream, seldom judge for themselves, and purity of taste is almost as rare as talent.

  Voltaire

  Men, Judging, Taste

  Voltaire, John G. Gorton (1824). “A Philosophical Dictionary”, p.111

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• In place of the old beliefs of a civilization based on godliness, judgment and historical loyalty, young people are given the new beliefs of a society based on equality and inclusion, and are told that the judgment of other lifestyles is a crime. ... The "non-judgmental" attitude towards other cultures goes hand-in-hand with a fierce denunciation of the culture that might have been one's own

  Roger Scruton

  Loyalty, Attitude, Hands

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• The characteristic feature of a free society is that it can function in spite of the fact that its members disagree in many judgments of value. Freedom really means the freedom to make mistakes.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Mistake, Mean, Facts

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• Too many students who are technically quite far advanced do not properly interpret the technically less difficult pieces they play, because they regard them as beneath serious consideration. This is a fundamental error in musical taste and judgment.

  Leopold Auer

  Errors, Play, Musical

  Leopold Auer (1960). “Violin Playing as I Teach it”, p.69, Courier Corporation

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• A dog gladly admits the superiority of his master over himself, accepts his judgment as final, but, contrary to what dog-lovers believe, he does not consider himself as a slave. His submission is voluntary, and he expects his own small rights to be respected.

  Axel Munthe

  Dog, Believe, Rights

  Axel Munthe (1930). “The Story of San Michele”

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