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Gardening can become a spiritual exercise, teaching us discernment as we eliminate the weeds from our lives, giving what we value room to grow. — Diane Dreher

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 — Chanakya

When we say disparaging things, even about inanimate objects, they can stick, so use discernment as to what you put out to the universe. — Russell Eric Dobda

In evaluating ourselves, we tend to be long on our weaknesses and short on our strengths. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The true Mason's level of discernment increases with every use of the working tools, because the true Mason is ever working on him/her self. — William Howard Taft

Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment. — Lord Byron

Don't condemn what you can't comprehend — Bernard Kelvin Clive

God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede. — Oswald Chambers

To be 'in the will of God' is not a matter of intellectual discernment, but a state of heart. — Oswald Chambers

Jefferson attributes to a college professor and mentor his lifelong habit of questioning conventional wisdom. — John Ferling

House speaker Thomas read could see the trend, but he could not have changed himself. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Knowing someone's mind is insight;
knowing someone's heart is discernment;
knowing someone's soul is understanding. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A man without God's discernment loses the peace of God. — Sunday Adelaja

I think that I am too warm to negatively judge individuals, yet I am cold enough to negatively judge humanity. — Criss Jami

The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness. — Eugene H. Peterson

The common theme of common sense is that it's commonly rejected as uncommonly demanding. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The English philosopher Michael Oakeshott notes that one of the signs of being cold today is that one knows what one doesn't have to know. — Joseph Epstein

The more validation I need, the less discernment I have. — Kurt Hanks

Common sense implies a cup of wisdom, a dash of discernment, and a dollop of intellectual acumen that's blended clean and translucent. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment. — Laozi

My wisdom absent of God's wisdom is nothing more than a best-guess. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Wisdom teaches you when to use your discretion- with whom, what, and when to share your feelings and discernments... — Assegid Habtewold

I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading. — John Adams

People, generally, are equally insecure. They just show it (or hide it) differently. — Criss Jami

When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people. — Jennifer O'Neill

Discernment is not a matter of telling the difference between right and wrong; rather it is telling the difference between right and almost right. — Charles Spurgeon

Discernment is trust put into practice. — Peter Santos

Will You help me hear the song You're singing over all this noise? — Steven Curtis Chapman

A spirit of suspicion is not the gift of discernment. — R. Alan Woods

All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense. — Piers Anthony

It's not doing what is right that's hard for a President. It's knowing what is right. — Lyndon Johnson

The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference. — Andy Stanley

Each day hands me a clean sheet of paper upon which to write. Therefore, I would be wise to write without ever having the need to erase. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

When focusing only on one's credentials one boasts his own incompetence in his capacity for discernment of the individual. — Criss Jami

If Justice is pictured blindfold, it is because she judges causes, not men, and not because the prime faculty of an arbitrator is lack of discernment. — Charles Wagner

Our best-laid plans are often our worst-made decisions. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

We should use discernment to connect dots, avoid traps, and make wise judgments without becoming too judgmental, suspicious, and faultfinders. — Assegid Habtewold

Our discernment of Christian doctrines must include a basic knowledge of the history of the church. — Anonymous

Wisdom without Christ brings bitterness; with Christ it brings compassion. — Criss Jami

A man without the discernment of time is walking in the dark. — Sunday Adelaja

Instinct is all of our humanity being deliberately honest with all of life. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment. — Philibert Joseph Roux

Everything in discernment of spirits is directed toward action: toward firmly accepting what is of God and equally firmly rejecting what is not. — Timothy M. Gallagher

The day may come when it takes some discernment to tell when someone loves you for you and when someone wants to stand near your fire. — Jeff Zentner

Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings; it will navigate the runway but it will never know the sky. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts. — Paul C. Nagel

One must find rhythms others' ears don't hear. — David Anthony Durham

General literature without the humbug," was the New Yorker's original mission. — Harold Holzer

Tolerance never exists without negative judgment. It is the sentiment of having a negative opinion about something yet still putting up with it. — Criss Jami

Real life applications get tricky when we think about them. — Kevin DeYoung

The Luddite impulse is strong among Christians, and our first reaction is to rage against the machine. — Kevin DeYoung

Father, give me the wisdom and discernment to hear Your still, small voice through the loudness of this world. — Anonymous

To be more precise about it, it is neither close nor open-mindedness but wisdom, discernment, and a pure heart that God wants. — Criss Jami

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding. — Corrie Ten Boom

I've been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people. — Kellan Lutz

When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title. — Criss Jami

Intelligence is not discernment and judgment or critical evaluation. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Applause lavished at a whim and without discernment, often proves the ruin of young people training for a stage career. — Jean-Georges Noverre

The simple power of prayer can save us all kinds of time and trouble if we will ask God to give us wisdom and discernment in our relationships. — Joyce Meyer

The most important part of discernment is pinpointing the forces to be reckoned with, both the constructive and destructive. — Criss Jami

Reflection and action must never be undertaken independently. — Paulo Freire

Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment ... — Pliny The Younger

It would be doing cunning too much honor to call it an inferior species of true discernment. — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant may swim. — John Owen

A duke's son MUST know about poisons. It's the way of our times. — Frank Herbert

Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought. — John C. Maxwell

Let discernment be your trustee, and mistakes your teacher. — T.F. Hodge

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity. — Criss Jami

Don't build your dreams on the opinions of men but on the promises of God — Bernard Kelvin Clive

It's too late to leave the future to the futurists. — Sherry Turkle

A leader should accurately discern deceit. — Sunday Adelaja

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery. — Samuel Johnson

A free man is one who has discerned the inanity of all points of view; a liberated man is one who has drawn the consequences of such discernment. — Emil M. Cioran

I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush. — Criss Jami

Opportunities are seldom labeled. — John G. Shedd

Sometimes you feel as though you've slandered yourself, but the joke's on them. — Criss Jami

Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard. — Lewis B. Smedes

We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe. — Charles R. Swindoll

Let me be on my guard when the world puts on a loving face, for it will, if possible, betray me as it did my Master, with a kiss. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I appreciate a book intended to be judged by its cover. The insincere readers are often weeded out while the sincere readers remain curious. — Criss Jami

When the urgent crowds out the important, people urgently accomplish nothing of value. — Orrin Woodward

Children have almost an intuitive discernment between the maxims you bring forward for their use, and those by which you direct your own conduct. — Anna Letitia Barbauld

Where there is not discernment, the behavior even of the purest soul may in effect amount to coarseness. — Henry David Thoreau

The people of your world are forgetting their foundations. Discernment erodes and muddies all waters, no matter how pure. — Wayne Thomas Batson

And, to be true, an enemy's lair is an enemy's lair, no matter how comfortable or fancy it might appear. — Steven J. Carroll

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created. — Joan Halifax

Because of this ever increasing discernment of the true Mason he/she will find more efficient ways to apply brotherly love, relief and truth. — George Washington

Feelings could override facts, as facts could alter feelings. Choose the truth first, rather than following after feelings. — Anthony Liccione

Don't ask God to show you the way if you're not willing to get moving. — Kellen Roggenbuck

Sound judgement, with discernment is the best of seers — Euripides

Be courageous and face this moment in time consciously and with all the discernment and clarity within your power. — James O'Dea

Judgment is discernment on a bad hair day. — Mary Anne Radmacher

God gives His deepest discernment and sharpest marksmanship to men who aim to expose His truth before an enemy's lies. — Criss Jami

It is the interplay between our experience and how we respond to it that makes karma devastating or helpfully invigorating. — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

It's remarkable how very many things there are that a king may not do. — Geraldine Brooks

This is a time when all of God's people need to keep their eyes and their Bibles wide open. We must ask God for discernment as never before. — David Jeremiah

The Bible says we need to love our enemies, bless our enemies. It does not say we should assume our enemies' priorities. — David McGee

Rich in material, but Devoid of Knowledge is like having an antique Clock with no numbers. Appealing to the eye, but Useless in the modern world. — Andrea L'Artiste

Fashion can be bought by anybody; style takes discernment, it has to do with individuality. — Bill Blass