We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Judgement Quotes

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in...

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, act in...

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

Youth comes but once in a lifetime.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

The counterfeit and counterpart of Nature is reproduced in art.

Evil is only good perverted.

Evil is only good perverted.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach...

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

All things must change to something new, to something strange.

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if...

There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to...

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Love gives itself; it is not bought

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of...

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when...

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each...

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each...

Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.

Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.

A flatterer is a secret enemy

A flatterer is a secret enemy

Like carnivores to carnal pleasures As are we to desperate measures.

Like carnivores to carnal pleasures As are we to desperate measures.