Quotes about Judgment
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in the first chapter of his wonderful book Life Together, has a discussion of how Christians never meet one-on-one; they always meet under the presence of Christ. That's the way we escape the dreadful habit that human beings have of sizing one another up. Does that identify anything that you are familiar with? It's one of the most dreadful things in human life, and only the love of Christ and the presence of the kingdom can bring us beyond it.
— Dallas Willard
The first thing men notice about a woman is her eyes. Then, when her eyes aren't looking, they notice her breasts.
— Conan O'Brien
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, do not accept, as you may lose a friend.
— St. Augustine
"I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny."
— Luke 12:59
There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account.
— JC Ryle
Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.
— Confucius
Your age doesn't define your maturity; your grades don't define your ability; and what people say about you doesn't define who you are.
— Nicky Gumbel
One of the most amazing things Jesus said is that at the judgment seat, preachers are going to say 'I cast out devils, and Jesus will say 'I never knew you.
— Leonard Ravenhill
The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong.
— John Tillotson
The worst temptation of religious people has always been to publish and punish the sins of (other) sinners in this world, with no patience or deference for the judgment of God.
— Wendell Berry
Professional standards, the standards of ambition and selfishness, are always sliding downward toward expense, ostentation, and mediocrity. They tend always to narrow the ground of judgment. But amateur standards, the standards of love, are always straining upward toward the humble and the best. They enlarge the ground of judgment. The context of love is the world.
— Wendell Berry
Tell um de good Lawd dont keer whether he bright er not. Dont nobody but white trash keer dat.
— William Faulkner