Quotes about Discernment
To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
But you see, it is the wilderness that weeds out the saints from the "aint's.
— Bishop TD Jakes
Just because turtles dwell at your feet doesn't mean you should come down from your height and barter with, debate, or eat alongside them.
— Bishop TD Jakes
to weakness if you're fighting the wrong issue or the wrong person, or for the wrong reason.
— Bishop TD Jakes
He who spares the bad injures the good.
— Publilius Syrus
Look! Don't be deceived by appearances - men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!
— William Booth
I don't read such small stuff as letters, I read men and nations. I can see through a millstone, though I can't see through a spelling-book. What a narrow idea a reading qualification is for a voter!
— Sojourner Truth
It does not take long to tell where a man's treasure is. In fifteen minutes' conversation with most men, you can tell whether their treasures are on the earth or in Heaven.
— DL Moody
The views of men can only be known, or guessed at, by their words or actions.
— George Washington
Faith never means gullibility. The man who believes everything is as far from God as the man who refuses to believe anything.
— AW Tozer
The man who has been taught by the Holy Spirit will be a seer rather than a scholar. The difference is that the scholar sees and the seer sees through; and that is a mighty difference indeed.
— AW Tozer
When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.
— Benjamin Disraeli