Quotes about Discernment
The language of love and the language of seduction are the same. The one who wishes a girl for a wife and the one who wishes her for only a night both say the words, "I love you." Jesus has told us to discern between the language of seduction and the language of love, and to know the wolves clad in sheepskin from the real sheep.
— Richard Wurmbrand
He said there were two kinds of Christians: those who sincerely believe in God and those who, just as sincerely, believe that they believe. You can tell them apart by their actions in decisive moments.
— Richard Wurmbrand
I think you had better learn to control that imagination of yours,Anne, if you can't distinguish between what is real and what isnt.
— LM Montgomery
Which would you part with first -- your tobacco, your whiskey, or your religion?
— Brigham Young
Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.
— Anonymous
Solomon said if you want to be wise you run with the wise; if you want to be a fool, you run with fools.
— Zig Ziglar
GROUNDED. UNFLAPPABLE. Got it together. A few people among us seem to have learned the secret of life. When others around them are losing their cool, these people remain calm, think clearly, and make good choices. No, they aren't supermen and superwomen, and no, they aren't on drugs. They've learned to tap into God's wisdom.
— Zig Ziglar
we can tune out the Holy Spirit's whispers and become oblivious to His communication with us.
— Zig Ziglar
I can tell the difference between the acts of a man and the acts of God. That's why I still believe. I could always tell the difference.
— Dee Henderson
To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
The Truth lies not in the Yes and not in the No, but in the knowledge and the beginning from which the Yes and the No arise.
— Karl Barth
It is known that the taste--whatever it is--is improved exactly as we improve our judgment, by extending our knowledge, by a steady attention to our object, and by frequent exercise.
— Edmund Burke