Quotes about Discernment
I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.
— Theodore Roosevelt
Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
— Theodore Roosevelt
But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.
— Thomas a Kempis
Grant me prudently to avoid him that flatters me, and to endure patiently him that contradicts me.
— Thomas a Kempis
This is great wisdom, not to be hasty in action, or stubborn in our own opinions.
— Thomas a Kempis
Not every desire is from the Holy Spirit, even though it may seem right and good.
— Thomas a Kempis
We must not trust every word of others or feeling within ourselves, but cautiously and patiently try the matter, whether it be of God.
— Thomas a Kempis
Ask not, who hath said this or that, but look to what he says.
— Thomas a Kempis
Oh, how good and peacemaking a thing it is to be silent concerning others, and not carelessly to believe all reports, nor to hand them on further; how good also to lay one's self open to few, to seek ever to have Thee as the beholder of the heart; not to be carried about with every wind of words, but to desire that all things inward and outward be done according to the good pleasure of Thy will!
— Thomas a Kempis
No man ought to despise or in any way injure another man without urgent cause: and, consequently, unless we have evident indications of a person's wickedness, we ought to deem him good, by interpreting for the best whatever is doubtful about him.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.
— Charles Swindoll
Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.
— Henry David Thoreau