Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Discernment Quotes
DiscernmentLiteratureTruth Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
DiscernmentPrudence Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
AuthenticityDiscernmentPerception I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.
DiscernmentJudgmentUnderstanding You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.
DiscernmentFaithLightMoralitySpirituality God requires his servants to walk in the light, and not cover their eyes that they may not discern the working of Satan.
DiscernmentMoralityViceVirtue The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.
BalanceComplexityDiscernmentEnemies Vs Friends The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
DiscernmentGeniusLaughterPerception But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
DiscernmentEmpowermentSelf Reliance Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.
DiscernmentGenerosityWisdomWorthiness O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.
CompassionDiscernmentStrength I'm a pretty tough guy, you know. I'm a pretty hard man. I've got a lot of compassion, but I don't waste time with people.
AcceptanceAnxietyDiscernmentMindfulnessPresent Moment We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
DiscernmentGrowthLearningResilience Certainly I'm not going to sit on the Internet all day and read what Sam from Iowa is saying about me. But I'm a sponge. I've always been a sponge.
CounselDiscernmentLeadershipWisdom Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
CommunicationDiscernmentExpertise I'm going to save my public voice largely for the issues where I have some depth.
DiscernmentJusticeLoyalty I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.
ArtsDiscernmentIntegrityValue I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it.
CourtesyDiscernmentJustice It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
Critical ThinkingDiscernmentInterdisciplinary ApproachTruth Vs Falsehood Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
AuthenticityCautionDiscernmentFiltering The difference between a stranger sending you a message that you might be interested in at a very low volume level, no repetition, just sending it to very few people, and that being done as spam - those things get close enough that you want to be careful never to filter out something that's legitimate.
DiscernmentInner ConflictInstinctsSelf-Control Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
