Judging others Quote by Debby Irving Download Open image ““Each cultural norm motivated me to fit in while judging others who didn’t.”” — Debby Irving ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Judging others Motivation
“We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.” — Stephen M.R. Covey Copy Share Image
“The one prejudice it had proved hardest to root out of a society was the one towards people whose social skills were limited.” — Alex Lamb Copy Share Image
“The harder I tried to assimilate, the more I had the feeling that I was distancing myself from my culture, betraying my parents and… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“Every culture has its typical beliefs, norms and values, but these are in constant flux.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“You made new rules for the people you loved. They weren't subject to the same judgment criteria you reserved for the rest of the… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“But to judge some people impartially we must renounce certain preconceived opinions and our habitual attitude to the ordinary people about us.” — Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“My culture may be different from yours, but that should not be a reason for you to sneer at it. If a bunch of… — Gloria D. Gonsalves Copy Share Image
“We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by.” — R.A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
“Don't judge people by their religious, cultural, or professional background. Judge if you must, by their behavior with other people.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I do not subscribe to this communal error of judging a man according to the way I perceive things.” — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“Never judge yourself by the narrow standards of others. What we do together here is our business, nobody else's. Never, never doubt what we… — Lynne Connolly Copy Share Image
“We think less about how others see and judge us and have the courage to ask ourselves what kind of person we are and… — Gyalwa Dokhampa Copy Share Image
“Only a small part of reality, for a human being, is what is actually going on; the greater part is what he imagines in… — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“Be it Europeans’ initial assumption of the right to invade in the 1600s, the Indian Removal Act in the 1800s, or the English-only acts in the 1900s, the white settlers established and the white government of the United States has enforced a model of dominance and assimilation that elevates those who can fit the prescribed mold while excluding and destabilizing… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Shifting from a superior/inferior paradigm to a strength-in-difference paradigm was kind of a good news/bad news situation. On the downside, I had to admit Bruce had been right to resist my Pygmalion makeover attempts. On the upside, I finally had someone I could work on: me. I noticed my tendency to micromanage him and made a conscious effort to let… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“Any cycle that traps someone in a state of perpetual disadvantage is the real issue for the person experiencing it.” — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“Eduardo Bonilla-Silva comments: “[The] melting pot never included people of color. Blacks, Chinese, Puerto Ricans, et cetera, could not melt into the pot. They could be used as wood to produce the fire for the pot, but they could not be used as material to be melted into the pot.” — Debby Irving Copy Share
“The story of race has become a self-fulfilling, self-perpetuating prophecy as the story creates the ideas, which then reinforce the story.” — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“Choosing to engage in the effort to dismantle racism promises to bring with it discomfort, yet how can I compare my discomfort to what… — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“Racism demands an artificial and divisive construction of humanity, in terms of how I make sense of others and also how I envision myself.” — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“Understanding whiteness, regardless of class, is key to understanding racism.” — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“I now understand that acting like a white American wasn’t just a “When in Rome do as the Romans do” cultural sensibility, but a matter of survival. In policy after policy, act after act, the United States has reaffirmed its commitment to being a melting-pot society adhering to Anglo-Saxon standards, as opposed to a mosaic nation built on the diversity… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“I’ve heard it said that conversations are the way human beings think together.” — Debby Irving Copy Share Image
“If there’s a place for tolerance in racial healing, perhaps it has to do with tolerating my own feelings of discomfort that arise when a person, of any color, expresses emotion not welcome in the culture of niceness. It also has to do with tolerating my own feelings of shame, humiliation, regret, anger, and fear so I can engage, not… — Debby Irving Copy Share
“When we generalize and judge people quickly without taking ample time, we've chosen a shortcut. It's superficial of us, and a lack of wisdom.” — Assegid Habtewold Copy Share Image
This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“Rather than critique people, try admiring God’s creative handiwork.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“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… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I’m not going to pretend I’m something I’m not so that you like me more.” — Dan Pearce Copy Share Image
“Your judgments about another person say more about your own character than the character of the person you are pointing a finger at. This is the key and one of the most fundamental insights about the ‘red flags’ that we often dismiss regarding the people in our lives. If someone complains a lot to you about other people, guess what?… — Alaric Hutchinson Copy Share
Focus on guilt will always breed fear, and focus on innocence will always breed love. Any time we project guilt onto someone else, we… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Don’t make snap decisions, good or bad, about someone. Before forming an opinion, figure out what makes a person tick. Sam in Blackhorse Road… — Merida Johns Copy Share Image
Judging other people is such a natural and reflex phenomenon that even when somebody advises everybody not to judge anybody, actually he never realised… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It may not be fair that people make judgments so quickly, usually within a few seconds of observation, but it's unrealistic to expect that… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If you spend time judging and criticizing people, you will not have time to heal from your pain or brokenness. You cannot love yourself… — Kemi Sogunle Copy Share Image
