Otis Moss III Quotes

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.

Above all, there is Mother. She taught me how to love, how to have respect for other people.

Now that I'm a father, I've forgiven my parents.

Jesus condemned no one except hypocrites.

Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down. It is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are. It is looking beyond physical appearances to attributes that will not dim through time. It is resisting the impulse to categorize others.

Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart.

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 wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it! It’s that simple. We simply have to stop judging others and replace judgmental thoughts and feelings with a heart full of love for God and His children.

Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.

I try to embrace people with love, unconditional love, like Christ did.

Billy Graham talks about how he doesn't judge people. I don't either. Some people I am just pissed at.

We must take our friends as they are.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

I'm not the judge. You know, God didn't tell me to go around judging everybody.

I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.

For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible.

Me and my dad are friends. We're cool. I'll never be disappointed again, because I don't expect anything anymore from him. I just let him exist, and that's how we get along.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

I don't judge. Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.

I'm actually a little bit more tolerant than I thought I was. I've got kids, so I do have a lot of faces.

Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.

I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.