Discernment Quotes - Page 2

Intelligence and wisdom are certainly compatible, however they are rarely seen in each other’s company.

Marriage is a Sacrifice strictly for Selfless Duos

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

On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes.

Real life applications get tricky when we think about them.

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

Even though artists of all kinds claim to put their hearts and souls into their works, it will only confuse you, for example, if you try to discern a painter by his paintings. His masterpiece may be the master because of its iridescence; it may display a hundred different perspectives through his single face.

St. John's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom. He seemed to use them rather as instruments to search other people's thoughts, than as agents to reveal his own: the which combination of keenness and reserve was considerably more calculated to embarrass than to encourage.

Worrying Never Stops a Problem but a Problem Ceases when you Refuse to Worry

The best Gift a man can get from God is a noble wife, trust me, everything is possible!

To discern profits only when it is within the ken of the market herd is not the acme of investing excellence

I must never equate the degree of pain as evidencing the incorrectness of a decision, for if I do I will default on some of the most critical decisions I should have ever made.

To be intuitive is to possess a godly characteristic: to be bad at second-guessing the good.

Ignorance is not bliss. Rather, ignorance is blistering.

Real men don't Lust but Love

Real Women make an impact, they are Irresistible

In God, the majority is not always right, enter through the narrow gate

The best way to Prove your critics wrong is to Improve yourself

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

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

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.

God is our final say in who and what's negative and who and what's positive in our lives. It is best not to have this so over-simplified as the illusioned superstitionists have it; an infinite being's tests may not always be so flowery, and the things we may see as positive are in many cases simply desires of our sinful nature. We are to protect our spirit without falling into the narcissistic mistake of trying to protect our selfish emotions, which the latter, in turn, is more than unlikely to bring peace and happiness. But rather guilt and emptiness. When one walks around constantly, in his mind, attempting to separate positive versus negative people, he is already controlled by something even worse than those he calls the 'negative people', and that is before he spots it soon enough to avoid it as he hypocritically tries to avoid them.

He was the perfect soldier: he went where you sent him, and stayed where you put him, and had no idea of his own to keep him from doing exactly what you told him.

It takes people with Vision to be in company with someone with a Mission, in Conviction

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

Vision defect leads to Copycat

How shall a man judge what to do in such times?''As he ever has judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear...It is a man's part to discern them, as much in th Golden Wood as in his own house.

Knowing that one thing you want is a great step. Sure, whether you prefer or not, you'll get offers, and many will seem just like that one thing you want.

Instinct is all of our humanity being deliberately honest with all of life.

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

Life is worth more than man will ever know. Each of our choices open up the possibility of a different world. Every time we wake up, the universe puts itself in our hands. So many paths. So many choices. Our discernment is the only way to tell which one leads to happiness.

Vigilance of the wisest kind is to incessantly remain open to the reality that what I ‘see’ is but a single thread and solitary shard of what ‘is’, for to assume otherwise is to surrender the wisdom of vigilance to the decay of ignorance.

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.

One must find rhythms others’ ears don’t hear.

It's too late to leave the future to the futurists.

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

No matter your Knowledge, Power, Fame or Wealth, Tommorrow is always a Mystery

The wisdom to be on the throne of one’s life must surpass the wisdom of the one being ruled, otherwise I will squander the whole of my life in the most appalling ways. By virtue of that reality, I would be wise to get out of the chair and invite God to have a seat.

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

Language consists in equal parts of speaking and silence.

He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to see the past in the future. Things persisted in not being what they seemed.

Allergy is not all the time bad, Am Allergic to the Holy Spirit, it makes me want more of God.

Common sense is one of the most unused commodities available to man.

What you consistently Believe in your Spirit becomes a Reality with time

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

Unconditional Love is the Trafficator for a Good Marriage

The common theme of common sense is that it’s commonly rejected as uncommonly demanding.

One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment without teaching how to judge righteously. We now live in an age where, apart from the inability to bear even good judgment when it so passes by, still everyone, inevitably, has a viral opinion (judgment) about everything and everyone, but little skill in good judgment as its verification or harness.

Possibility is possible till it becomes Possible

Intelligent people, as some say, in their openness, are indeed slow to criticize, but conversely, in their openness to the concerns of others, the genuine are slow to fret about being criticized.

Some skeptics believe religious people are religious because they fear Hell. It's about as fair as saying skeptics are skeptics because they fear the ridicule of modern society.

Raw power without Godly obedience is a long walk off a short conscience.

It's not at all hard to understand a person it's only hard to listen without bias.

Show Love to the Snake and it will Bite you at the End, Because, hatred and enmity toward Humanity is in its DNA

There are so many charlatans in the world of education. They teach for a couple of years, come up with a few clever slogans, build their websites, and hit the lecture circuit. In this fast-food-society, simple solutions to complex problems are embraced far too often. We can do better. I hope that people who read this book realize that true excellence takes sacrifice, mistakes, and enormous amounts of effort. After all, there are no shortcuts.

Negative Confession is not a Choice of words but a Weakness

What's simple is that everything good comes from God, and everything bad comes from man. Where it gets complicated is that everything seemingly good but ultimately bad comes from man, and everything seemingly bad but ultimately good comes from God.

The Womb of a Virtuous Woman produces a Wonder boy that grows to be a Real Man

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

You push the TRUTH off a cliff, but it will always fly. You can submerge the TRUTH under water, but it will not drown. You can place the TRUTH in the fire, but it will survive. You can bury the TRUTH beneath the ground, but it will arise. TRUTH always prevails!