139 Judging Yourself Quotes

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Famous Judging Yourself Quotes

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

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves. — Nathaniel Branden

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. - Wayne Dyer

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. — Wayne Dyer

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

Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers. — Mahatma Gandhi

Each person is his own judge. — American Indian Proverb

Before you judge another, ask yourself if what you don't like in them is actually what you don't like in yourself. — Joe Vitale

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

Don't confuse luck with skill when judging others, and especially when judging yourself. — Carl Icahn

Do not judge yourself harshly. Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world. — Buddha

You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra

You know, a man always judges himself by the balance he can strike between the needs of his body and the demands of his mind. You're judging yourself now, Mersaut, and you don't like the sentence. — Albert Camus

If you look at YOURSELF as the brand, then you will understand an intrinsic truth: People judge. — Gene Simmons

How one can live without being able to judge oneself, criticize what one has accomplished, and still enjoy what one does, is unimaginable to me. — Anna Freud

The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others. — Tariq Ramadan

Short Judging Yourself Quotes

  • Realize that failure isn’t a reason to judge yourself. — Leo Babauta
  • We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others. — John Wesley
  • We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions. — Stephen Covey
  • Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never. — Theodore Parker
  • Do not judge others by your own yardstick. — German proverbs
Judging yourself quote Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge.
Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge.

Stop Judging Yourself Quotes

We're a new generation of people. We need to be happy. We need to love each other. We need to accept each other for who we are and stop judging each other. Live life and love. Stop judging just to keep yourself secure. Look deeper. There's always something deeper than what it is. — Lil B

Please stop worrying about how much you can do! STOP judging yourself and others on physical abilities and prowess, stop believing MORE is better, stop the madness! — Bryan Kest

Be less of a judge and you will be surprised that when you become a witness and you don't judge yourself, you stop judging others too. And that makes you more human, more compassionate, more understanding. — Osho

Judging yourself quote Every time you judge someone else, you reveal an unhealed part of yourself.
Every time you judge someone else, you reveal an unhealed part of yourself.

But to do its noticing and judging, poetry balances itself on the pinprick of the moment. Slowing down, stopping yourself completely, to read and understand a poem is like trying to acquire an old-fashioned skill. — Ian McEwan

Not Judging Yourself Quotes

If you're going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you're not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If you like them all the time, you're probably doing something wrong. — Antonin Scalia

The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe. — Deepak Chopra

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself. — Henry James

Judging yourself 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.

Measure yourself by your best moments, not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression. — Robert A. Johnson

Before you start pointing fingers, make sure your hands are clean. — Jimi Hendrix

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril. — Joan of Arc

Judging yourself quote Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge.
Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge.

When you finish a thing you ought to be able to say to yourself: 'There, I am willing to stand for that piece of work. It is not pretty well done; it is done as well as I can do it; done to a complete finish. I will stand for that. I am willing to be judged by it.' — Orison Swett Marden

udge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgment. — Bob Marley

Tell the truth. Do your best no matter how trivial the task. Choose the difficult right over the easy wrong. Look out for the group before you look out for yourself. Don't whine or make excuses. Judge others by their actions and not by their race or other characteristics. — James F. Amos

The most important rule: Do not, I repeat, do not censor yourself in any way. Leave your editorial mind out of the loop. Just let the ideas come pouring out in any way, shape, or form they want to. Do not judge anything. — James Scott Bell

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

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

Judging yourself quote Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

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

Judging yourself quote Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.

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

God has given different gifts to different people. There is no basis for feeling inferior to another who has a different gift. Once it is realized that we shall be judged by the gift we have received, rather than the gift we have not, one is completely delivered from a false sense of inferiority. — Fulton J. Sheen

Judging Myself Quotes

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes. - Sally Field

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes. — Sally Field

I had to learn to forgive myself, not to judge, but to learn from the past. They showed me how vital it is to accept, be truthful, and love myself. So I could do the same with others. — Marlo Morgan

Harboring bitterness against people is actually confessing their sin to myself, over and over again. Anger is akin to confessing their sin to God, dissatisfied that he hasn't done something and placing myself in his position as judge. — Paul David Tripp

Judging yourself quote If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged. I cannot blindly follow the crowd and accept their approach. I will not allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowled — Bruce Lee

I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can. — Avicii

I put myself in a position of authority where if I get judged, I get scrutinized. So if I get caught slipping, than I have to reap the repercussions of it. That is the game I’m in and people will judge you, you just have to get over it. — Damon Dash

Judging yourself quote We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged. — Terry McMillan

I experienced in myself a certain capacity for judging which I have doubtless received from God, like all the other things that I possess; and as He could not desire to deceive me, it is clear that He has not given me a faculty that will lead me to err if I use it aright. — Rene Descartes

Forbid that I should judge others, lest I condemn myself. — Max Ehrmann

Few people are aware of the severe human rights violations committed daily by family court judges across the country. These courts are siding over and over again with proven sexual abusers of children and batterers of women. I wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't done so much investigating. — Lundy Bancroft

Self Judgment Quotes

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

Everyone is critical of the flaws of others, but blind to their own. — Arabic Proverbs

How someone else decides to classify me or judge me or categorize me is none of my business. — Rich Roll

Judging yourself quote Don't judge someone just because they sin differently than you
Don't judge someone just because they sin differently than you

The second you think that all your good fortune is a product of your virtue, you become highly judgmental, lacking empathy, totally without self-awareness, arrogant, stupid - I mean, all the stuff that our ruling class is. — Tucker Carlson

Awareness is our true self; it's what we are. So we don't have to try to develop awareness; we simply need to notice how we block awareness with our thoughts, our fantasies, our opinions, and our judgments. We're either in awareness, which is our natural state, or we're doing something else. — Joko Beck

The camel never sees his own hump but that of his brothers is always in his eyes. — Moroccan Proverbs

Judging yourself quote Judging a person does not define who they are... it defines who you are.
Judging a person does not define who they are... it defines who you are.

Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. — American Proverbs

Failure is a judgment, an opinion. It stems from your fears, which can be eliminated by love-love for yourself, love for what you do, love for others, and love for your planet. — Wayne Dyer

Perfectionism is a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame. — Brené Brown

Judging You Quotes

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. - Mother Theresa

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

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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

Judging yourself quote Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climd a tree, it will live its whol
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climd a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

Once you accept you are being judged by people who have less knowledge than yourself, then what's it worth? — Marco Pierre White

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes. After that who cares?... He's a mile away and you've got his shoes! — Billy Connolly

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein

You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone. — Marcus Aurelius

You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by how it treats the poor, the disfavored and the disadvantaged. — Bryan Stevenson

If you have friends or family who are not practicing, give them your company and not your judgment. They need your patience and your love. Allah is sufficient for judgment and He subhanahu wa ta'ala is a perfect Judge. We are not. — Nouman Ali Khan

Being Judged Quotes

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. — Mahatma Gandhi

Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat. - Scottish Proverbs

Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat. — Scottish Proverbs

If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim. — Jeff Cooper

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

People tell me judge not lest ye be judged. I always tell them, twist not scripture lest ye be like satan — Paul Washer

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

As human beings we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions; to judge people too quickly and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration of the actual facts and ideals of the period. — Prince Charles

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other. — Desmond Tutu

In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same. — Ida B. Wells

Judging Others Quotes

I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other. — Virginia Satir

Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful - Christian community is the final apologetic. — Francis Schaeffer

Care less about what other people think because at the end of the day, everyone is so worried about themselves & how they are coming across that nobody is actually judging as much as y'all think they are. — Tyler Oakley

You must show no mercy...nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you...for your greatness will silence them all. — The Ultimate Warrior

When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it! — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think. - David Icke

The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think. — David Icke

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own. — Paulo Coelho

Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked. — Fulton J. Sheen

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others. — L. Frank Baum

Love others as you would love yourself, judge others as you would judge yourself, cherish others as you would cherish yourself. When you wish for others as you wish for yourself and when you protect others as you would protect yourself, that's when you can say it's true love. — Confucius

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More Judging Yourself Quotes

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself. - Eric Clapton quote

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself. — Eric Clapton

Judging is preventing us from understanding a new truth. Free yourself from the rules of old judgments and create the space for new understanding. — Steve Maraboli

Like anybody, I like clothes, and I enjoy what I like to wear. We might have a difference in personal outfit choices. Some might not like it. But to judge someone because of their appearance is pretty foolish. If you have time to do that, I suggest you look at yourself in the mirror and spend more time developing yourself. Come on, it's 2013. — G-Dragon

Don’t judge yourself by others’ standards…have your own. And don’t get caught up into the trap of changing yourself to fit the world. The world has to change to fit you. And if you stick to your principles, values and morals long enough, it will. — Berry Gordy

O God and Lord, now the council condemns even Your own act and Your own law as heresy, since You Yourself did lay Your cause before Your Father as the just judge, as an example for us, whenever we are sorely oppressed. — Jan Hus

Self-judgment may be the greatest barrier to self-understanding. If we want to understand other human beings, there is no better way than to listen to them with empathy like a close friend would. If you wish to understand yourself, the same rule applies: listen with empathy. Instead of talking negatively to yourself, try to listen to yourself with respect and positive attention. Instead of judging yourself, accept yourself just as you are. — William Ury

Judge for yourself who's still fighting for change and who got sick on power, because the person in the Miraflores has forgotten about the people of Venezuela. — Henrique Capriles Radonski

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others. — Ali ibn Abi Talib

Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever. — Nancy Lopez

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

Are you holding yourself to, and judging yourself by, standards of productivity or performance that are impossible to meet? — Oliver Burkeman

Keep in mind that the tendency to be judgmental - toward yourself or another person - is a good barometer of how anxious or stressed out you are. Judging others is simply the flip side of judging yourself. — Harriet Lerner

Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses. — Robert Greene

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had? — Arthur Ashe

Leave all human injustices to the Lord, for God is the Judge, but as to yourself, be diligent in loving everybody with a pure heart. — John of Kronstadt

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 secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. — Deepak Chopra

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

But history will judge you, and as the years pass, you will ultimately judge yourself, in the extent to which you have used your gifts and talents to lighten and enrich the lives of your fellow men. In your hands lies the future of your world and the fulfillment of the best qualities of your own spirit. — Robert Kennedy

Have faith in who you are. Believe that you will recover, and it will truly happen. And don't judge yourself too harshly. Some things are meant to be, and you had to fall so that later you may rise and become what you are truly meant to be. — Joseph Delaney

I think you have to be schizoid three different ways to be an actor ... You have to be a human being. Then you have to be the character you're playing. And on top of that you've got to be the guy sitting out there in Row 10, watching yourself and judging yourself. That's why most of us are crazy to start with, or go nuts once we get into it. — George C. Scott

That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The true measure of a man is how he behaves when death is close. — Alma Katsu

I hope you will be yourself, human, even a little sentimental, possessed of a sense of humor and a sense of humility. . . . There are arrogant people in this world and, what is worse, arrogant judges. — Harry A. Blackmun

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