Quotes that Remind Us to Suspend Judgment and Seek Understanding

Welcome to “Perspective Quotes,” a sanctuary of wisdom on judgment. Explore a curated collection of thought-provoking quotes that challenge preconceptions, inspire empathy, and encourage open-mindedness. Delve into the diverse perspectives of renowned thinkers, shedding light on the complexity of judgment. Uncover the power of understanding, compassion, and breaking free from the shackles of hasty opinions. Embrace the transformative journey of introspection through our carefully curated selection.

Quotes About Being Judged Wrongly

No one should judge what I’ve done with my life, not unless they’ve been in my shoes every horrible day and every sleepless night.

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. Maxim for life You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

When you start judging yourself, it marks the beginning of perfection.

You say others are nobody to judge, but what if it is you who is wrong?

Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.

Before you judge me, ask me about my childhood. And I will ask you about yours.

Don’t be a judge when you hear someone else’s opinion, do it for yourself.

When you judge someone you create an everlasting impression about them.

Don’t judge a man by where he is, because you don’t know how far he has come.

You don’t have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know.

You don’t have the choice to undo when someone chooses to judge you.

Judging is not a sin unless someone is hurt because of it.

The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others.

A warrior considers himself already dead, so there is nothing to lose. The worst has already happened to him, therefore he’s clear and calm; judging him by his acts or by his words, one would never suspect that he has witnessed everything.

Has it ever struck you that we never judge the people we love?

Quiet people are difficult to judge but great at judging.

Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?

It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge and my job to love.

It is not important that what others judge about us is the truth.

Your judgement is a waste when you utter it with impoliteness.

Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

People are going to judge you anyway, so you might as well do what you want.

People who do bad, cover their faces with masks so that they cannot be judged.

When you will judge a person, first correct them and then judge them.

If you didn’t grow up like I did then you don’t know, and if you don’t know it’s probably better you don’t judge.

Don’t judge your success by other peoples opinions. Have self belief.

You can’t judge the creation of God, it cannot get any better.

The choice is yours to act good or bad, you think nobody is judging but silently everybody is.

Even god doesn’t propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?

Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece because masterpieces make their own rules.

Each human is born with insecurities and faults so technically we have no right to judge at all.

Judging someone can be easy but what the person is going through may not.

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.

Dress for success. Image is very important. People judge you by the way you look on the outside.

When you can’t think, the judging remains an option and I don’t think that’s a good start.

You’ll never know what it is by judging it, you’ve got to find the answers on your own.

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.

Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.

When you are perfect and others judge you, it does mean that you are imperfect, their judgement also may be incorrect.

Our judgement about an evil person does not affect the evil at all.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.

God is present everywhere, then why do we humans waste our time judging people.

The common mistake that every human makes is that they go on looks of the person and then judge them.

We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against.

When someone judges you, it isn’t actually about you. It’s about them and their own insecurities, limitations, and needs.

We have been thought to judge others but not ourselves.

Judging someone is the start of sin but correcting someone is the full stop to that sin.

Everyone has untold stories of pain and sadness that make them love and live a little differently than you do. Stop judging, instead try to understand.

Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.

Successful people are the most judged people in the world.

Judging people to gain attention has become a common method in this modern world.

Easy to judge the mistakes of others, difficult to recognize our own mistakes.

Stop judging how far people still have to go. Start celebrating how far they’ve come.

Judge a person when you are brave enough that you can change them.

Judging a person without knowing the truth can put you in danger.

It’s always the ones who know the least about you who judge you the most.

Every time I judge someone else, I reveal an unhealed part of myself.

I know I’m not perfect, but that does not give anyone the right to judge me.

Before pointing out fingers at others, make sure that you are doing it for the good of everyone.

Most people who are criticizing and judging haven’t even tried what you failed at.

Once you awaken you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.

Maybe justice is blind, but the eyes of God aren’t.

When you are judging someone, follow the facts and not your instincts.

You’re being judged no matter what, so be who you want to be.

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.

It is not the devil but yourself who misguides the judgements taken by you.

None other than the mighty God can make the best judgement in the world.

The least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are.

Those who judge will never understand, and those who understand will never judge.

Even a man with experience can make the most inadequate judgement

Judge a man by his actions, and you will never be wrong.

If you judge people you have no time to love them.

We are very good lawyers for our own mistakes but very good judges for the mistakes of others.

It is you who lets the negative emotions sweep into your heart, and you end up making the wrong judgement.

If you start judging everything in the world, you will find out that your whole life was a lie.

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.

Often I have asked myself, what would it be like if I no longer had any desire to judge another? Or be controlled by the judgment of others? I would walk the earth as a very light person indeed.

Your wrong judgement can become a reason for another man’s obscenity.

I started succeeding in life when I stopped paying attention to what others thought about me.

Quotes About Judging Someone Without Knowing Them

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

Don’t concern yourself with the opinions of those who judge you. That is placing on them an importance they do not have.

The ego is all about self-serving, ownership, winning, judging, and so on.

There’s a story behind every person. There’s a reason why they’re the way they are. Think about that before you judge someone.

If you are pained by external things it is not they that disturb you but your own judgment of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgment now.

No one likes feeling judged. Back off and let people live. We’re all on some type of journey, all evolving and growing.

Everything we judge in others is something within ourselves we don’t want to face.

The happiest people I know are always evaluating and improving themselves. The unhappy people are usually evaluating and judging others.

Judge [people] not by what they are, but by what they strive to become. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Children are excellent judges of character, you know – Mohsin Hamid, Moth Smoke

To judge someone is to say that I have the right to define who they are.. – Craig D. Lounsbrough

In comparing and judging, the fools inside us have their say. – Rajesh`, Random Cosmos

Only the shallow judge others,. – Abhijit Naskar, When Call The People

The man of true compassion serves without judgment. – Dada J. P. Vaswani

The highest form of influence is to be a model, not a critic; a light, not a judge. – Stephen R. Covey

Who am I to judge another when I am myself flawed! – Avijeet Das

Energy does not judge, it merely creates. – Alaric Hutchinson, Living Peace

If you have to judge, then judge with love. – Debasish Mridha

One of the easiest things in life is to judge others. – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Be wary of taking to the judges seat. – Rasheed Ogunlaru

Why is the eye considered a reliable judge when it knows nothing of love or intelligence? – Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons

Avoid judging others by trying to understand others and their concepts of love and care. –Debasish Mridha

Those with character know to judge themselves before they judge others. – Abhijit Naskar, When Call The People

Even the thinnest anything, has two sides to it. Let’s seek to examine both sides to everything before we judge – Dr. Jacent Mpalyenkana, Ph.D. MBA

The only measure of judging a human being is through that person’s character, because character is not determined by race, religion, gender or social status. – Abhijit Naskar, Human Making is Our Mission

Judgment separates us from the people we want to be close to incredibly quickly. – Gina Senarighi, Love More, Fight Less

We are all flawed and creatures of our times. Is it fair to judge us by the unknown standards of the future? – Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

If others are judgmental and do not appreciate your life’s work, don’t be dejected. – Ashish Mandlik

Never judge people based on their nationality, religion, race, gender, skin colour or look. Humans are all the same. – Lily Amis, Angel of Hope & Lily

It was our first date and I asked what his favorite movie is. He asked if I’d judge him, but instead of judging him I just loved him. – Dominic Riccitello

It is difficult to live without judging others. – Debasish Mridha

I’m jealous of nature. It just expresses itself without judgment, the comparison with others, worry or complaints. And because of this very fact, it heals us in ways we can’t even imagine. –Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA

It’s easy to judge, but much more difficult to serve. – Orrin Woodward

There are some people who, in reality, do not know why they judge others, yet, they keep judging others from dawn to dusk! That is pure ignorance! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Experience has taught me that it is wrong and cruel to suspend judgment, that nonjudgmentalism is at best indifference to the suffering of others, at worst a disguised form of sadism. – Theodore Dalrymple, Life at the Bottom

Judging the things you do not understand is like a game of gambling where setbacks are often than success. – Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

People make mistakes. When you judge them, you measure their weakness against your own strength. – Nesta Jojoe Erskine, Unforgettable

Be a rebel, but a good-natured one. Live as you please and don’t judge others. – Marty Rubin

I know people can be judgmental and difficult. But if you shut yourself away from the world, you’ll never see how beautiful it really is. – Imania Margria, The Pacemaker

Whether it’s our internal self-judgment that shuts down opportunity for connection or our judgment of others that makes it hard for loved ones to open up to us, judgment is cancer for authenticity in relationships. – Gina Senarighi, Love More, Fight Less

Look At Yourself First Before Judging Others Quotes

Bein’ human means judgin’ all the time, said the voice behind him.This and that, good and bad, making choices every day…that’s human. – Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

In the matters of your mistake you defend it like a lawyer, in the matters of other’s mistake you act like a judge. – Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

You can judge yourself all you want, but it won’t change a thing.⁣ Judging yourself is not changing yourself. – Richie Norton

Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door. – James

For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? – Corinthians

But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. – James

The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. – Corinthians

And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them,Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. – John

For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? – Peter

The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. – James

There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. – James

Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; – Luke

For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. – Matthew

Judgement prevents us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances. – Unknown

Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are – Kristen Stewart

Not judging people is the fastest way to peace. – Jonathan Jackson

Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. – Simon Bolivar

Don’t judge others, you are not perfect. – Unknown

Don’t judge people for the choices they make when you don’t know the options they had to choose from. – Unknown

I try not to live my life worrying about what others think. A core spiritual quality is nonjudgment, which is not just about not judging others, but also not living your life worried about others judging you. – Deepak Chopra

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

The happiest people I know are evaluating and improving themselves. The unhappy people are usually evaluating and judging others. – Unknown

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

We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.- John Wesley

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 least amount of judging we can do, the better off we are. – Michael J. Fox

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. – Carl Jung

Society judges people by their successes. I get attracted by their dedication, simplicity, and humility. ― Debasish Mridha

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows. – Paul Valery

Before you assume, learn the facts. Before you judge, understand why. Before you hurt someone, feel. Before you speak, think. – Unknown

To judge others is human. To keep your opinions to yourself is class. – Unknown

When someone judges you, it isn’t actually about you. It’s about them and their own insecurities, limitations, and needs. – Unknown

Stop judging how far people still have to go. Start celebrating how far they’ve come.- Unknown

Your job is not to judge. Your job is not to figure out if someone deserves something. Your job is to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, and to heal the hurting. – Unknown

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. – Unknown

Don’t judge people. You never really know what kind of battle they are fighting. – Unknown

There’s a story behind every person. There’s a reason why they are the way they are. Think about that before you judge someone. – Unknown

People are too quick to pass judgment and too slow to self-reflect. – Unknown

When we stop judging others and ourselves, our heart begins to open. – Unknown

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Once you awaken you will have no interest in judging those who sleep. – Unknown

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions. – Stephen Covey

How would your life be different if…you stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey. – Steve Maraboli

It is the property of fools to be always judging. – Thomas Fuller

If we judge others, it is because we are judging something in ourselves of which we are unaware. – John A. Sanford

We evaluate others with a Godlike justice, but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion. – Sydney J. Harris

When someone judges you, it isn’t actually about you. It’s about them and their own insecurities, limitations, and needs. – Lulu

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

Everything we judge in others is something within ourselves we don’t want to face. – Unknown

Judging is giving too much value on the surface and missing the value beneath ― Dee Dee Artner

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

Don’t judge me by my past I don’t live there anymore.

If I stop judging other people, I free myself from being judged, and I can dance!- Patti Digh

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. ~ Voltaire

Faultfinders usually are not content with their own situations in life and therefore try to make others miserable by judging them.― Greg Gordon

Most people who are criticizing and judging haven’t even tried what you failed at. – David Goggins

Do not judge others by your own standards, for everyone is making their way home, in the way they know best. – Leon Brown

Stop judging others by what you see. Because what you see is what they want you to see. You better focus on yourself. – Unknown

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. – Unknown

Judge people to improve them, not to humiliate them.

Short Quotes About Judging Others

Don’t judge a book by its cover.

Only God can judge me.

Don’t judge me by my past. I don’t live there anymore.

In the end they’ll judge me anyway, so whatever.

I hate victims who respect their executioners.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Don’t judge me. You know my name, but not my story.

Before you judge someone, walk a mile in his shoes.

Don’t judge anyone but don’t trust anyone.

When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers.

Experiment is the sole judge of the validity of any idea.

A coward judges all he sees by what he is.

Writers are often the worst judges of what they have written.

I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged.

Instead of judging people, we need to pray.

Remember that only God can judge us; forget the haters, because Somebody loves you.

Let the Lord judge the criminals.

Don’t judge people.

I don’t judge others.

Never judge someone by the opinion of others.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Love is the absence of judgment.

Judge yourself not others.

The more a man judges, the less he loves.

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

Not judging people is the fastest way to peace.

Do not judge. Assess. – Naide P Obiang

Never judge a heart by its scars. – John Mark Green

But who are you to judge your neighbor? – James

Judge not, that you be not judged. – Matthew

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment. – John

Before pointing fingers make sure your hands are clean. – Bob Marley

Why judge when it’s only a matter of perception. – Haresh Sippy

Be curious, not judgemental. – Walt Whitman

Please be kind, don’t be judgemental. – Noel Edmonds

Judge them when you’re sure they can’t get back at you.