Judgment Quotes

Wisdom earned the hard way.

These judgment quotes trace the link between hard-earned experience and sound decision-making, including the well-known idea that wisdom often follows a few costly mistakes. For more on how experience shapes character, see our Experience quotes page.

Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Hate numbs the judgment, paralyzes the vitals of democracy.

Quotes by A. A. Gill

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If there is an error of human judgment, I am the human.

Quotes by William Mulholland

Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.

Quotes by William Law

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Quotes by William Howard Taft

Judgment comes from experience - and experience comes from bad judgment.

Quotes by Walter Wriston

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

Quotes by Ulysses S. Grant

At the Day of Judgment, we shall not be asked what we have read, but what we have done.

Quotes by Thomas a Kempis

An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.

Quotes by Theophrastus

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Quotes by Theodore Parker

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They also touch on humility and how strong feelings can distort our reasoning, a caution worth remembering before making tough calls. Browse our Bad quotes and Fear quotes pages for related reflections on human nature.