Judgment Quotes - Page 31

• [The cause of inaction in war] ... is the imperfection of human perception and judgment which is more pronounced in war than anywhere else. We hardly know accurately our own situation at any particular moment while the enemy's, which is concealed from us, must be deduced from very little evidence.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Imperfection, Perception

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• For if many ill-conceived plans have succeeded through the still greater lack of judgment of an opponent, many more, apparently well laid, have on the contrary ended in disgrace. The confidence with which we form our schemes is never completely justified in their execution; speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

  Thucydides

  Safety, Opponents, Causes

  Thucydides (1996). “The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War”

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• If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the pompous "wisdom" of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error.

  Mark Twain

  Attitude, Past, Errors

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• If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. ... As a nation, we've been through too many fights to preserve our rights of free thought to let them go just because some prude with a highlighter doesn't approve of them

  Stephen King

  Fighting, Rights, Should Have

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• Positive economics is in principle independent of any particular ethical position or normative judgment...In short, positive economics is or can be an "objective" science.

  Milton Friedman

  Independent, Principles, Short Positive

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• Socrates condemned art because he preferred philosophy and only after much internal struggle did Plato accept this judgment.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Art, Plato, Philosophy

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• We might say God's wrath is His justice in action, rendering to everyone his just due, which, because of our sin is always judgment.

  Jerry Bridges

  Wrath, Justice, Might

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• Travelling through the world produces a marvellous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within ourselves, and see no farther than the end of our nose.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Men, Noses, World

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• Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.

  Euripides

  Life Is Short, Men, Hands

  Euripides, G. S. Kirk (1979). “Bacchae of Euripides”, p.58, CUP Archive

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• I shall often go wrong through defect of judgment. When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground. I ask your indulgence for my own errors, which will never be intentional, and your support against the errors of others, who may condemn what they would not if seen in all its parts.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Often Is, Views, Errors

  Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”

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• It is not realistic or hard-headed to solve problems and take action unguided by ultimate moral aims and values, although we all know some who claim that it is so. In my judgement, it is thoughtless folly. For it ignores the realities of human faith and of passion and of belief; forces ultimately more powerful than all the calculations of our economists or of our generals. Of course to adhere to standards, to idealism, to vision in the face of immediate dangers takes great courage and takes self-confidence. But we also know that only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly.

  Robert Kennedy

  Powerful, Passion, Self Confidence

  Robert F. Kennedy's Day of Affirmation Address at the University of Capetown, South Africa, www.mtholyoke.edu. June 6, 1966.

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• It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.

  Ben Jonson

  Art, Lying, Giving

  Ben Jonson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ben Jonson (Illustrated)”, p.3178, Delphi Classics

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• If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Succeed, Achieve, Ifs

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• Healing is bringing mercy and Awareness into that which we have held in judgment and fear.

  Stephen Levine

  Healing, Awareness, Mercy

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• No Judgment = No Expectations: That's my motto.

  Arlo Guthrie

  Expectations, Motto, My Motto

  "Arlo Guthrie celebrates 50 years at 'Alice's Restaurant'". Interview with Tammy Paolino, www.usatoday.com. November 12, 2015.

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• Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.

  Alan Hirsch

  Fame, Halls, Subjective

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• The problem of criticism is not judgment but evocation - conveying the particular emotional and visual feel that the movie has.

  David Denby

  Emotional, Criticism, Problem

  Source: www.newyorker.com

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• I'm very proud of my faith. So, it's not so much (being embarrassed by it). It's just it is really personal. It's not one of those things I'm willing to compromise. I don't have to bounce it off other people. I'm not willing to take judgment on what I believe - and I would hate to not live up to it. That's just not fair.

  Ted McGinley

  Hate, Believe, People

  "Ted McGinley reflects on faith, the meaning of the Cross and playing a pastor in 'Do You Believe?'". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.

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• If you feel you have a strong constituency among the young, you can really die happy, because the great unanswered question, the only valid value judgment is whether you're going to last, and that tells you that you are, for a bit at least.

  Martin Amis

  Strong, Unanswered Questions, Lasts

  "New New Yorker Martin Amis Talks Terrorism, Pornography, Idyllic Brooklyn and American Decline". Interview with David Wallace-Wells, www.vulture.com. July 22, 2012.

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• When you question a man's motives, when you say they are acting out of greed, they are in the pocket of an interest group, et cetera. It's awful hard to reach consensus. It's awful hard to reach across the table and shake hands. No matter how bitterly you disagree, though, it is always possible if you question judgment and not motive.

  Joe Biden

  Men, Hands, Greed

  "Best and worst of 2015 commencement address season". "The Five" with Eric Bolling, www.foxnews.com. May 18, 2015.

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• Don't question your wife's judgment; look who she married.

  Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

  Wife, Looks, Married

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• It is not right, my fellow-countrymen, you who know very well all the crimes committed in our name. It's not at all right that you do not breathe a word about them to anyone, not even to your own soul, for fear of having to stand in judgment of yourself. I am willing to believe that at the beginning you did not realize what was happening; later, you doubted whether such things could be true; but now you know, and still you hold your tongues.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Believe, Names, Soul

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• Democracy without God is mans worship and elevation of himself and his own intelligence or humanism, where man becomes his own measure for morality, judgment, and justice.

  Myles Munroe

  Men, Justice, Democracy

  Myles Munroe (2011). “Understanding Your Place in God's Kingdom: Your Original Purpose for Existence”, p.31, Destiny Image Publishers

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• Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Public Opinion, Discerning, Incapable

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• Our ancient laws expressly declare that those who are but delegates themselves shall not delegate to others powers which require judgment and integrity in their exercise.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Integrity, Exercise, Law

  Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”

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