187 Judgemental Quotes

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Famous Judgemental Quotes

your judgement judges you and defines you — Jean-Paul Sartre

Casting judgments is an integral feature of what makes us human. — Gad Saad

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge. — Carl Jung

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances. - Wayne Dyer

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances. — Wayne Dyer

Every day people judge all other people. The question is whether they judge wisely. — Orson Scott Card

People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves. — Albert Camus

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment. — Voltaire

Each person is his own judge. — American Indian Proverb

If you judge, investigate. — Seneca The Elder

None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves. — Charles Spurgeon

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never. — Theodore Parker

Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment. The Road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, so while you talk about me, someone else is judging you. — Bob Marley

Be curious, not judgmental. - Walt Whitman

Be curious, not judgmental. — Walt Whitman

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow. — Philip Sidney

Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition. — Charlotte Bronte

Short Judgemental Quotes

  • Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement. — Mark Twain
  • The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
  • Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye. — William Shakespeare
  • The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others. — Tariq Ramadan
  • Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment. — William Howard Taft
  • In an age of infinite leverage, judgement is the most important skill. — Naval Ravikant
  • A clear mind, leads to better judgement, leads to better outcome. — Naval Ravikant
  • Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself. — Eric Clapton
  • I also learned the value of withholding judgement until I could make a decision based on evidence. — Edward O. Thorp
  • In an age of permissionless leverage, judgement determines success and failure. — Naval Ravikant

Judgemental Image Quotes

Judgemental quote Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on.
Do not judge my story by the chapter you walked in on.

Don't Be Judgemental Quotes

Don't let mistakes be so monumental, don't let your love be so confidential, don't let your mind be so darn judgemental, and please let your heart be more influential. Be thankful for all that the spirit provides and be thankful for all that you see without eyes. — Michael Franti

It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity. — Josemaria Escriva

Don't be afraid to be a loner but be sure that you are correct in your judgement. — Walter Schloss

Judgemental quote What you feel about another person, what you think or say about another eprson, what you do to anoth
What you feel about another person, what you think or say about another eprson, what you do to another person - you do to you. Give judgement and criticism and you give it to yourself. Give love and appreciation to another person or anything, and you give it to yourself.

Someone once said "Don't try to be a great man. Just be a man, and let history make its own judgements." — Jonathan Frakes

I don't lead a particularly Bohemian existence. The main criterion for me is not to be judgemental of other people so long as what they do is not harmful or offensive to others. — Nick Clegg

My friend named his car. And I don't want to be judgemental, but... what a dork. — Demetri Martin

Judgemental quote Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.
Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

Khesed...mercy...love. It's God's nature, His essence. Don't forget that, through all this, don't forget that. Judgement is His necessity, but His nature and essence, His heart, is love. He's the one always calling out to the lost to be saved. — Jonathan Cahn

Being Judgemental Quotes

Do not think dishonestly... Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything. Perceive those things which cannot be seen. Pay attention even to trifles. Do nothing which is of no use. — Miyamoto Musashi

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. — Oscar Wilde

Let everyone who has the grace of intelligence fear that, because of it, he will be judged more heavily if he is negligent. — Bridget of Sweden

Judgemental quote It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. — Roger Babson

The more knowledge (of deen) you have the more humble you should be. Instead you are becoming judgemental. — Nouman Ali Khan

The more rules you have about how people have to be, how life has to be for you to be happy, the less happy you’re going to be. — Tony Robbins

Judgemental quote Open your heart and give love, freely and without judgment. The world needs more love.
Open your heart and give love, freely and without judgment. The world needs more love.

Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving, not by our measure of wealth; by our simple goodness, not by our seeming greatness. — William Arthur Ward

Be who you want to be - be free in your own skin, be liberated and feel beautiful, and do what you want to do without judgement — Adam Lambert

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that — James Neil Hollingworth

He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cupbearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgement. — Saadi Shirazi

Judgement Quotes

We are like a judge confronted by a defendant who declines to answer, and we must determine the truth from the circumstantial evidence. — Alfred Wegener

We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines. — Axl Rose

The more seriously we work on our own imperfections, the less we are judgemental of the imperfections of others. — Neal A. Maxwell

Judgemental quote What is love? Love is absence of judgement.
What is love? Love is absence of judgement.

Even the greatest idea can become meaningless in the rush to judgement. To gauge an idea as feasible we must cut our ties to the status quo and find the balance between constructive criticism and judgment. Within that balance we will uncover crucial input for making our ideas a reality. — Shigeo Shingo

I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs. — Albert Einstein

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law. — Franz Kafka

Judgemental quote Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement than something else is more important t
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement than something else is more important than fear.

If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must lead us from irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgement. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Whatever the circumstances of your life, the understanding of type can make your perceptions clearer, your judgements sounder, and your life closer to your heart's desire — Isabel Briggs Myers

Your judgement of others reveals more about you than them. And their judgement of you reveals more about them than you. A monkey will not find a Mona Lisa in the mirror. It takes a Mona Lisa to reflect a Mona Lisa. Our judgements are a true reflection of ourselves. — Mahatria Ra

Johnny Depp wins. I hope this sends a strong message to companies and the media not to rush to judgement. — Lex Fridman

Good Judgement Quotes

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgement will be much in your favor. — Grantland Rice

Experience comes from bad judgment. — Mark Twain

Judgemental quote Judgement prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
Judgement prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

Why be afraid of what people will say? Those who care about you will say, Good luck! and those who care only about themselves will never say anything worth listening to anyway. — Barbara Bush

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Longfellow "Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. — Les Brown

Time is the only commodity that matters. — Randy Pausch

Success in life is the result of good judgment. Good judgment is usually the result of experience. Experience is usually the result of bad judgment. — Tony Robbins

I love the Irish for their attachment to the faith and for many amiable and noble qualities, but they are deficient in good sense, sound judgement, and manly character. — Orestes Brownson

An ill agreement is better then a good judgement. [An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.] — George Herbert

A good deal of so-called atheism is itself, from my point of view, theologically significant. It is the working of God in history, and judgement upon the pious. An authentic prophet can be a radical critic of spurious piety, of sham spirituality. — James Luther Adams

No Judgement Quotes

Live one day at a time. Keep your attention in present time. Have no expectations. Make no judgements. And give up the need to know why things happen as they do. Give it up! — Caroline Myss

There is no harsher means of punishment, than to answer malice with kindness. — Nikos Kazantzakis

No one truly knows what they will do in a certain situation until they are actually in it. It's very easy to judge someone else's actions by what you assume your own would be, if you were in their shoes. But we only know what we THINK we would do, not what we WOULD do. — Ashly Lorenzana

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often mistaken and easily sin. But if we judge ourselves our labour is always to our profit. — Thomas a Kempis

The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. — Carl Rogers

For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear. — Buddha

In 30 years of public service, I have had no scandals. I have high ethical standards. I am most proud of my judgement, that kind of judgement is what we want in a president going forward. I want to be a peacemaker. — Bernie Sanders

No British Prime Minister of the last seventy years has been more harshly stereotyped than Stanley Baldwin. No one has been so much ignored, after the initial judgements of contemporaries had been made. — Stanley Baldwin

Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria. — Alan Jay Lerner

Judgement Day Quotes

The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it, for the first time, with a sense of hope. Because if a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too. — Sarah Connor

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day. — Jim Rohn

Come with me if you want to live! — Moses

I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to hurt our national unity is my enemy until the day of judgement. — King Hussein I

Its not over, until the Lord says its over. — T. D. Jakes

Do not wait for the last judgement. It takes place every day. — Albert Camus

What does a man seek in this world? A position, or a throne? Man seeks peace of mind and the fear of Almighty God. As long as one knows that there is ajudgement day, he tries to keep his conscience clear and do what he can. — King Hussein I

Oh Lord, help me change my ways, Show a litlle mercy on judgement day, It aint me I was raised this way, Never let em' play me for a busta, Makin' hell for a huslter. — Tupac Shakur

The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make. — James Cameron

Hey, don't take this the wrong way, but don't come back, ok? — Cornelia Funke

Day Of Judgement Quotes

As we do what He would have us do for His children, the Lord considers it kindness to Him, and we will feel closer to Him as we feel His love and His approval. In time, we will become like Him, and will think of the judgement day with happy anticipation. — Henry B. Eyring

One philosophically fascinating aspect of Catholicism is the very strange conception of reality it presents (the incarnation, the eucharist, judgement day etc.). — Tim Crane

Every gulp of air that goes out in a cause other than the cause of Allah will turn to sorrow and regret on the Day of Judgement. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

It's true that the judgement of what firearms should be prohibited will be decided by the government of the day - and shouldn't it be that way? — Allan Rock

Non Judgemental Quotes

Practice moment to moment non-judgemental awareness. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

Reverence is an attitude of honoring life. Reverence automatically brings forth patience. Reverence permits non-judgemental justice. Reverence is a perception of the soul. — Gary Zukav

The mental suffering you create is always some form of non-acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgement. The intensity of the suffering depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment. — Eckhart Tolle

If you are being judgemental, that is non-yogic. — Rajashree Choudhury

Mindfulness - moment to moment non-judgemental attention and awareness. — Richard Davidson

Please raise your children with love and non-judgement. Tell them everyone has the right to love who they want to love. It shouldn’t threaten you or who you are. — Ellen DeGeneres

Moral Judgement Quotes

Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins. — Thomas Aquinas

The reason that I think it is a waste of time to engage in moral value judgements about people's violence, is because it doesn't advance by one iota our understanding of either the causes or the prevention of the violent behaviour. — Sayings

Without making any moral judgements whatsoever, one can say that self-indulgence and excessive self-preoccupation are the antithesis of genuine awareness. — Ronald Rolheiser

Physiologically, it simply doesn't matter whether your anger is justified or not. The body doesn't make moral judgements about feelings; it just responds. — Doc Childre

As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision. — Napoleon Bonaparte

All the particular moral judgments we intuitively make are likely to derive from discarded religious systems, from warped views of sex and bodily functions, or from customs necessary for the survival of the group in social and economic circumstances that now lie in the distant past. — Peter Singer

One should make morals judgements for oneself. — Kathryn Bigelow

That I can't relate to today's music or morals doesn't make either necessarily bad. Just different. I leave the judgements to others. — Perry Como

If you want a significant man, with absolutes, morality, and meaning, then you must have what the Bible insists upon - that God will judge men justly, and they will not be able to raise their voices because of the base upon which He judges them. — Francis Schaeffer

What can the Church do? If she stands by her moral teaching, then she will be seen as standing in judgement over a vast percentage of Europeans. — Timothy Radcliffe

Being Judgmental Quotes

Whatever an individual chooses to do with themselves, long as it doesn't affect me and they're respectful with it, I don't care what they do. Because I'm not perfect and I have flaws, so who would I be to be judgmental? — Kevin Gates

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. — Mother Teresa

I can’t hate people for making judgment on me, or making a decision of liking me or not liking me. All I can do is try to better as a person. And I’m good with knowing everything isn’t always going to be perfect. — Chris Brown

A slave stands infront of Allah on two occasions. The first during salah, and secondly on the Day of Judgment. Whoseover stands correctly in the first, the second standing will be made easier for him. And whosoever, disregards the first standing, the second standing will be extremely difficult. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Transform your world by transforming your internal state. Start by learning to let go of negative self judgment, and replace it with positive and loving thoughts about yourself. Be kind to yourself, and watch your external world change. — Anita Moorjani

Economics, as it has emerged, can be made more productive by paying greater and more explicit attention to the ethical considerations that shape human behaviour and judgment. — Amartya Sen

Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment. — Ralph Marston

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate. — Elihu Root

Biography can be the most middle-class of all forms, the judgment of little people avenging themselves on the great. — Edmund White

Not every truth should be said — Spanish Proverbs

Judgmental Person Quotes

I'm here to impress only one man. He don't live here with us. He's on top. So that's all I'm concerned about. My work is not for the public or for man to view or make judgment on me, I work for one person. — Snoop Dogg

I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment. — William Golding

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego. — Sir Alec Guinness

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego. — Alec Guinness

I have absolutely no fear of death. From my near-death research and my personal experiences, death is, in my judgment, simply a transition into another kind of reality. — Raymond Moody

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God. — Nicolaus Copernicus

Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience; taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them — Byron Katie

Science is a very human form of knowledge. We are always at the brink of the known; we always feel forward for what is to be hoped. Every judgment in science stands on the edge of error and is personal. Science is a tribute to what we can know although we are fallible. — Jacob Bronowski

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person. — Janine Turner

Your emotional reactions to the evil you encounter and your judgments of it show you what you need to change in yourself. Changing those parts of your personality that judge, react in fear, and cannot love into acceptance, fearlessness, and love is the journey you were born to make. — Gary Zukav

Judgmental People Quotes

My philosophy of leadership is to surround myself with good people who have ability, judgment and knowledge, but above all, a passion for service. — Sonny Perdue

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others. - Daniel Gilbert

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others. — Daniel Gilbert

Know this! They (false prophets) are the judgment of God upon a wicked defiled people who although they have a knowledge of God they do not want him. And so God sends them the teachers that they themselves desire. — Paul Washer

I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship. — Brené Brown

People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. — English Proverbs

If a strong government finds that it can, with impunity, destroy a weak people, then the hour has struck for that weak people to appeal to the League of Nations to give its judgment in all freedom. God and history will remember your judgment. — Haile Selassie

Is it other people that bother me? Or the judgment I make about other people? — Oliver Burkeman

Don’t judge things and people based on their look. — Danish Proverbs

The people are going to be able to judge for themselves who is supporting corruption and who is against it. — Nayib Bukele

With regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them. — Galileo Galilei

Feeling Judged Quotes

When God moves, everybody will be blessed. If something is of the flesh, everybody will have a sick feeling. And if something is of the devil, it seems like the hair will stand up on your neck. That's a simple way everyone can judge, whether they've got any spiritual discernment or not. — Kenneth E. Hagin

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Only God Can Judge Me That which does not kill me can only make me stronger. I don't see why everybody feel as though that they gotta tell me how to live my life — Tupac Shakur

Don't judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that's about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It's me against the world - that's how I feel. — Lil Wayne

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path. — Paulo Coelho

No matter how many times I tell you this, you're still thinking, thinking, judging, judging, coming to conclusions, trying to work out your life. You have to let go. Totally, absolutely, completely. You have to let go so completely that you will feel no body, no mind, no pain, nothing. — Robert Adams

For people to judge a man's worth and his very manhood according to the way he feels about sport, and not to recognize it for the piddly, inconsequential goings on that it really is. — Robin Green

Reality is neutral. Our reactions reflect back and create our world. Judge, and feel separate and lonely. Anger, and lose peace of mind. Cling, and live in anxiety. Fantasize, and miss the present. Desire, and suffer until you have it. Heaven and hell are right here, right now. — Naval Ravikant

I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you. So everything that I do that's bad, I'm going to suffer from it. But in my mind, I believe what I'm doing is right. So I feel like I'm going to heaven — Tupac Shakur

Having Down syndrome means nothing to me, I'm special like everyone else. I do not let people judge me for having Down syndrome. The important thing is how I feel about myself. On the inside, I feel beautiful. — Edward Barbanell

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More Judgemental Quotes

One of the outstanding ironies of history is the utter disregard of ranks and titles in the final judgments men pass on each other. The final estimate of men shows that history cares not an iota for the rank or title a man has borne, or the office he has held, but only the quality of his deeds and the character of his mind and heart. — Samuel Logan Brengle

Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of life, by ceaseless alertness to learn from others, by study of the activities of men who have made notable marks, by striving to analyze the everyday play of causes and effects, by constant study of human nature. — B. C. Forbes

If you can forgive yourself then you will no longer see the reflection of your own internal judgement in the faces of the people around you. And if you can do that then suddenly you’ll be in a whole different universe because the universe we all exist in is the one where we’re all so terrified of the judgement of our peers. — Duncan Trussell

I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability. — Kenneth Robert Livingstone

The soul's impurity consists in bad judgements, and purification consists in producing in it right judgements, and the pure soul is one which has right judgements, for this alone is proof against confusion and pollution in its functions. — Epictetus

There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement. — Leonardo da Vinci

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