Rick Riordan Quotes

Don't judge someone's attitude until you've felt their pain.

Never judge. Step in their shoes.

Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place.

You shouldn't judge someone until you've walk a mile through an underground tunnel in her uncomfortable shoes

Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.

Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.

One must put oneself in every one's position. To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives

I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.

Our human tendency is to be impatient with the person who cannot see the truth that is so plain to us. We must be careful that our impatience is not interpreted as condemnation or rejection.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

You can't tell stories and really walk in someone's shoes and not have a love for them, even if they're doing horrible things.

It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.

The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.

Sometimes someone that is the 'villain' in your life, when you look deeper and you think of what their issues are and why they behave like that and where they came from - they become less of a villain and more of someone that you can understand.

Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins

I love taking people on that journey, which I feel like can open them up to seeing human beings a little more complexly. People that you originally don't like, maybe they have reasons for the way they are, and maybe we can start to understand each other a little better as opposed to being quick to judge and dismiss people.

Before passing a judgement on somebody just give it a thought about what he or she went through.

It is human nature to imagine, to put yourself in another's shoes. The past may be another country. But the only passport required is empathy.

• People deserve a break. The stressed and unorganized person who doesn’t have the same priorities as you may be dealing with an autistic child, abusive spouse, fading parents, or cancer. Don’t judge people until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. Give them a break instead.

The next time someone is critical of you, just take a moment to consider their life. Then smile to yourself.

Speak not against anyone whose burden you have not weighed yourself.

I don't believe that to understand is necessarily to pardon, but I feel that to understand makes one forget that one cannot pardon.

To understand all is to forgive all.