Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Other people’s judgments were meaningless unless you allowed them to mean something.”

— Alice Hoffman

“We may talk lightly but never carelessly. We keep at bay the flow of common, ignorant thought which runs its damaging course through the…

— Donna Goddard

“...as much goodwill may be conveyed in one hearty word as in many.”

— Charlotte Brontë

“Of all the virtues, discretion began to seem the most rewarding: it kept people guessing and sometimes, by default, admiring.”

— Julia Glass

“Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.”

— Robyn Schneider

“We all judge. But when I realize that judgmental thoughts and actions are merely my primitive nature trying to "protect" me from being one-upped…

— Charles F. Glassman

“There was an awful lot to be said for familiarity, if you thought about it. It was an extremely underrated virtue, ignorable until the…

— Nick Hornby

“There is no effort in collecting judgements. Being wise with them requires a act of true character.”

— Joel Kirkpatrick

“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

“For I see not what there is desirable in publick esteeme, were I able to acquire & maintaine it. It would perhaps increase my…

— Isaac Newton

“But the inexplicability of the General's conduct dwelt much on her thoughts. That he was very particular in his eating, she had, by her…

— Jane Austen