Welcome to our collection of Judge Quotes, where the wisdom and insight of legal authorities are distilled into powerful words that resonate with both intellect and emotion. Judges hold a unique position in society, tasked with interpreting and applying the law to ensure justice prevails. Their words, whether delivered from the bench or penned in legal opinions, carry weight and significance far beyond the courtroom.
Within these pages, you will find a curated selection of quotes from judges past and present, offering perspectives on justice, fairness, and the rule of law. From profound reflections on the nature of truth and the responsibilities of those in authority, to poignant reminders of the human impact of legal decisions, these quotes encapsulate the essence of the judicial process.
I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery. Rene Descartes
If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation- unfairly. Mario Cuomo
I always judge a man by his shoes and his watch. Tamer Hassan
I feel like when people judge me they’re not judging me, because they don’t know who I am. Gisele Bundchen
Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don’t judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family. Madonna Ciccone
You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril. Joan of Arc
Try to see the good in others. When you’re tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth. Marianne Williamson
It’s a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us. Tupac Shakur
I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge? Douglas Adams
The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge. Albert Camus
I am a Christian person, and I do love the Lord, and I feel no matter who you are, what you believe, how you live your life, it’s not my place to judge. I don’t have that power. I don’t want that power. It’s my place to love and to show God’s love to other people, even if they don’t live a life like I live. Carrie Underwood
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine. Tertullian
It does not matter how much we donate; it matters whether the donation is meaningful. How to define meaningful? Let society and history judge. Ronnie Chan
One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them. Georg C. Lichtenberg
It’s not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even – or rather, especially – when we’d prefer not to be. Josh Radnor
A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. John F. Kennedy
I like all types of women. I accept them as they are when they come into my life… But I’m not a romantic. I’m just up-front. I like to be a part of something real, not make-believe. I tell women to tell me the truth, to just lay it out. Let me be the judge and decide if I want you around or not. Let me have my choice. Future
I accept I am not everyone’s cup of tea, but judge me over a period of time. Steve Bruce
Whether you want to admit it or not, people begin to judge you the minute you walk in the door. Bill Rancic
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe. Dalai Lama
The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. Herbert Hoover
Be kind, don’t judge, and have respect for others. If we can all do this, the world would be a better place. The point is to teach this to the next generation. Jasmine Guinness
I’ll be the judge of my own manliness. Dennis Rodman
If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that sometimes our assumptions and preconceived notions are wrong, and therefore, our interpretation of events is incorrect. This causes us to overreact, to take things personally, or to judge people unfairly. Elizabeth Thornton
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. Groucho Marx
A lot of people judge me because I like to, you know, look good, but I grew up in fashion. Marie-Chantal Claire
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. H. L. Mencken
None of us wants to be judged by our worst act on our worst day, and we consistently judge Burr for that. He was not a perfect man, but he’s not a villain. He’s a dude, just a guy. Leslie Odom, Jr.
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. Immanuel Kant
When you look at yourself in a mirror, do you like what you see, or do you judge your body and use the word to tell yourself lies? If you believe that you are not attractive enough, then you believe a lie, and you are using the word against yourself, against the truth. Don Miguel Ruiz
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams. Ralph Waldo Emerson
My idea of religion is we are supposed to bring people together. We are not supposed to judge other people. Charles Barkley
God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise. Shoeless Joe Jackson
Our dependency makes slaves out of us, especially if this dependency is a dependency of our self-esteem. If you need encouragement, praise, pats on the back from everybody, then you make everybody your judge. Fritz Perls
We can choose to wake up and grumble all day and be bitter and angry and judge others and find satisfaction in others doing bad instead of good. Or we can we wake up with optimism and love and say, ‘Just what is this beautiful day going to bring me?’ Margaret Trudeau
Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.’ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying. Ronald Reagan
We shouldn’t judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes. Queen Rania of Jordan
We do not judge great art. It judges us. Caroline Gordon
How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly! Elizabeth Gaskell
Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics! Arthur Rimbaud
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman. Jean de la Bruyere
God’s the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That’s solely in the hands of God. Johnny Cash
It is a sad day for our country when the moral foundation of our law and the acknowledgment of God has to be hidden from public view to appease a federal judge. Soledad O’Brien
If you judge, investigate. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
No one is the same, and we all have different life experiences. It’s not my place to judge them or for them to judge me. We should all be accountable for our own lives. Joanna Krupa
We think that it is the best scientists working in the frontier fields of science who are best able to judge what is good and what is bad – if any – in the application of their scientific research. Kenichi Fukui
An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who desires to judge of its future. Annie Besant
I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge. Herman Melville
A judge must interpret statutes as written. And a judge must interpret the Constitution as written, informed by history and tradition and precedent. Brett Kavanaugh
I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions. Dorothy Day
A judge can’t have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge’s only obligation – and it’s a solemn obligation – is to the rule of law. Samuel Alito
Just because you’ve seen ‘My Cousin Vinny’ doesn’t qualify you to be a federal judge. John Kennedy
We judge people based on their clothes, social class, and, dare I say, ethnicity. Our comedians make light of these stereotypes regularly, and we laugh at their accuracy. Lecrae
The future generation is not going to judge India just on the basis of one election. There are greater things by which the country is judged. The future generation is going to want a strong economy. Sanjay Gandhi
It’s up to God to do the judging. You haven’t walked in my boots, so how are you going to judge me? Aaron Neville
I wasn’t raised with a specific religion. I wasn’t raised to judge people in any way. Kristin Kreuk
I don’t care how people judge me. Alexandre Lacazette
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people’s ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That’s the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent. Rahul Dravid
I judge a restaurant by the bread and by the coffee. Burt Lancaster
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. Wayne Dyer
History will judge me… I shall remain silent. Mobutu Sese Seko
I’m all about evolution. I’m the first person to judge myself. The Weeknd
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. Carl Rogers
People judge you really quickly, at first just on your facial features. There are two dimensions – warmth and competence. You can think of them as trustworthiness and strength. They’re first judging you on warmth; evaluating whether or not you are trustworthy. That’s much more important to them than whether or not you’re competent. Amy Cuddy
Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever. Nancy Lopez
It’s a complete lie, why do people buy these papers? It’s not the truth I’m here to say. You know, don’t judge a person, do not pass judgement, unless you have talked to them one on one. I don’t care what the story is, do not judge them because it is a lie. Michael Jackson
Time is the fairest and toughest judge. Edgar Quinet
Do not let yourself get in your own way. Don’t judge yourself and knock yourself down. There is enough of that out there already. Remember: you are an artist, and you bring something special to this craft. Take in notes and criticism, but don’t let them define you. Don’t try to become a watered down version of yourself. Valerie Azlynn
How sad it is that these great gentlemen should believe what anyone tells them and do not choose to judge for themselves! But it is always so. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I claim for Canada this, that in future Canada shall be at liberty to act or not act, to interfere or not interfere, to do just as she pleases, and that she shall reserve to herself the right to judge whether or not there is cause for her to act. Wilfrid Laurier
I cannot judge a country. I fall in love with the people and the place each time I visit a new place. Mawra Hocane
When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art. Paul Cezanne
You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. Joseph Conrad
My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion. Taylor Swift
I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences. Sonia Sotomayor
You can’t judge a book by its cover until you open up and read it. There are going be a million stories out there, true or not true. I say get to know me first before you judge me. Dion Waiters
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. Alexander Hamilton
You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was. Leopold Von Ranke
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real. Klaus Kinski
If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it. Abraham Lincoln
It is not infrequent to hear men declaim loudly upon liberty, who, if we may judge by the whole tenor of their actions, mean nothing else by it but their own liberty – to oppress without control, or the restraint of laws, all who are poorer and weaker than themselves. Samuel Adams
What I know now is that we’re all interconnected and that’s a really beautiful thing. We have links to everyone else in our lives and in the world. Different people have different journeys for different reasons. You can’t judge, but you can celebrate that there are connections everywhere. Jane Seymour
I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else’s right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it. Martin Sheen
No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person’s enemies say about him. Napoleon Hill
I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. Gerald Jampolsky
My years as a therapist working with abuse and neglect families taught me at least one important lesson for my own life. Never judge until you can see through the eyes of that person you are judging, and then… never judge. Chris Crutcher
You cannot look at a person and judge him or her by the color of their skin. Ruby Bridges
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. Henry Ward Beecher
As human beings, we suffer from an innate tendency to jump to conclusions, to judge people too quickly, and to pronounce them failures or heroes without due consideration. Prince Charles
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. Voltaire
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
A word of advice is, when you judge someone, it doesn’t define the person that you’re judging. It defines you. Tulisa
Don’t judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that’s about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It’s me against the world – that’s how I feel. Lil Wayne
The finest lesson I’ve learned with age is that all I need is a small team of comrades who inspire me, try not to judge me, and remind me when I’m judging myself. Lake Bell
How can a doctor judge a woman’s sanity by merely bidding her good morning and refusing to hear her pleas for release? Even the sick ones know it is useless to say anything, for the answer will be that it is their imagination. Nellie Bly
We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing. Brene Brown
Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself. Henry James
Women tend to judge other women harshly. We should be kinder to each other, accept that we’re all different and can make different choices. Not go for some kind of stereotypical idea that we’re perfect. Frankly, I’m not perfect. Cherie Blair
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. Albert Einstein