#discern

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. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#evil #good #judgement #lord-of-the-rings #two-towers

Let discernment be your trustee, and mistakes your teacher. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#mistakes #quotes #teacher #wisdom #death

Though there are many times that we could have avoided rough situations if we had the right amount of wisdom to do so, there are some instances that we just have to go through in order to gain the experience and knowledge that we need to accomplish the destiny that God has for our lives. ↗

— POB Bismark

#discernment #wisdom #experience

We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer. ↗

— Jules Verne

#after #alone #been #black #could

And I seemed to discern a power and meaning in the old, which the more impassioned would not allow. ↗

— Frederick Henry Hedge

#discern #i #impassioned #meaning #more

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding. ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

#discernment #god #never

Her great merit is finding out mine - there is nothing so amiable as discernment. ↗

— Lord Byron

#discernment #finding #great #her #merit

Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues. ↗

— Shahrukh Khan

#discerning #entertainment #issues #most #want

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#beginning #brings #comes #discernible #eating

The word of wisdom is missing,” he continued. “We need the gift of discernment again in our pulpits. It is not ability to predict that we need, but the anointed eye, the power of spiritual penetration and interpretation, the ability to appraise the religious scene as viewed from God’s position, and to tell us what is actually going on ↗

— A.W. Tozer

#spiritual-leadership #leadership