In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us

There’s a sin, a fearful sin, resting on this nation, that will not go unpunished forever. There will be a reckoning yet. . . there’s a day coming that will burn as an oven. It...

Those who doubt themselves will doubt you. Those who limit themselves will try to limit you. Do not fight them. Smile, go your own way, and trust that your example is enough.

Adults were constantly auditioning, but for what?

Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?

In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.

Anyway, what does “wrong” mean? Who decides what’s wrong and what’s right?

Assume makes an ass out of you and me.

The surgical resident interested in learning trauma will bypass a residency at a quiet community hospital for a residency at a fast-paced Level 1 trauma center treating a high volume of trauma patients. A Level...

If the quality of my Christianity lies in my ability to be more inclusive than the next pastor, things get tricky because I will always, always encounter people—intersex people, Republicans, criminals, Ann Coulter, etc.—whom I...

Its all about perspective, that is how you look at things. Your own thoughts and outlook defines whether an experience, event, situation whatever is good or bad. And your definition determines your response.

Considering one’s plate is full with circumstance, how senseless is it to assume one is able to digest someone else’s hopelessness?

They have to make a judgment. The more your employer is putting in pretax the more you should switch to Roth.

If you take a case that the government doesn’t want you to win to court, you can predict what judgment you will get.

I’m reserving judgment, but normally I like to put (young) guys initially at the latter part (of the lineup), a kind of coattail,

I am just a guy, doing my best to be the best person I can be.And, every once in a while, I fuck up the moment I’m in.Please. Get over it. Get over yourselves. Get...

If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany.

Ignorance. It claws, tears, and eventually destroys the threads that hold humanity together. These people all around me saying not this, not that…Their tongues untied with the rudeness they fear not to speakTo those they...

It is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of England. We have no eternal allies, and we have...

You can not be the judge of another’s wishes. If you love someone, you must believe that they know what is best for themselves.

Time destroys the speculations of man, but it confirms the judgment of nature

Reason and calm judgment: the qualities especially belonging to a leader.

A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her...

I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place every day.

Those women who had gone out with Germans were grabbed and treated very badly, often shaved totally bald so that everyone could see who they were. Some were taken prisoners. There had been so much...

Friends ask you questions; enemies question you.

Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized.

When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life, and it is only fair that one has to pay dearly for having assaulted men...

We don’t want him, we want you.– Cooper Hawkes.This isn’t a dating service. We’re in the middle of a war. If we stop following orders, there will be no order. It’ll all fall apart.- T.C....

I don`t think there`s a wedge between Washington and Seoul, … There are slight differences of judgment, but basically Washington and Seoul have a strong commonality of interest.

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another

When you cry out against a God who punishes people in a place like hell, you cry out against the God who has revealed Himself in the pages of Scripture. You cry out against His...

the way you look defines who you are. You might argue for your soul, or your heart, but everyone else in the world will judge you on your big nose or your weak chin. Six...

I have made the judgment that I cannot be elected president, … All of those things combined to make it difficult for us to have the time and to close the gap in organization and...

below” you. Somebody with disabilities. Somebody who lives an alternative lifestyle. Somebody without a home.Somebody that you, until now, would always avoid, always look down on, and always be disgusted by.Reach your arm out and...

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity.

Let everyone beware lest he presume to take it upon himself to criticize and condemn other men’s faults without his having been truly touched within by the Holy Spirit in his work. Otherwise he may...

Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.

Matthew once said to me, after one of my more finely worded rants about stupid people who have the wrong opinions, “Nadia, the thing that sucks is that every time we draw a line between...

Its all about perception, that is how you look at. Your own thoughts and outlook defines whether it is good or bad. And your definition determines your response.

Stay out of the court of self-judgment, for there is no presumption of innocence.

We have made it a point of emphasis all year. Our guys have to use better judgment about when to shoot (the ball) and when to drive and draw contact. There were some games when...

That solves about 95 percent of the cases but the cases that get to the Supreme Court are the five percent that aren’t easily answered and that’s where you fall back on judgment and perspective.

There are different kinds of judgment-making. Naturally, when we meet people, we form judgments based upon how we were taught to see the world and other people (how we were raised, what we’ve experienced and...

When someone points out your past mistakes, look at them dead in the eyes and follow with, ‘and I’d do it all again to have the life I have now.

The self-centered man will always expect nothing but praise. He will hope and expect all incoming criticism to be mere self-projection from the critic because when you’re self-centered, self-projection is all you can imagine one...

It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our final day (attributed to Matthew Henry)

unusually brazen. … It shows really poor judgment to put yourself in a position where you are seen as wielding that power for a friend.

If we’re to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon jagged bits of rock.

It’s not doing what is right that’s hard for a President. It’s knowing what is right.