Maureen Dowd Quotes

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.

I think it's very important for people to not judge the people you're playing. You have to find a way to love them because their story is theirs. I just don't think there would be any use in that.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

You've just got to have a sense of respect for the person you have children with. Anger doesn't help anybody. Ultimately you have to say forgiveness is important, and honoring what you had together is important. But it's easy to say and harder to do.

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

I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years.

It would never occur to me to judge anyone.

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.

You ever try to go a day without judgment?

I don't despise people.

I'm not against anybody - everyone does what they need to do.

I don't despise anyone. It's definitely all about the love.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

I am not given to finding fault, for there are innumerable fools.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers.

Blessed is he or she who avoids being offended.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

She didn’t judge him or hate him for things that weren’t his fault. She accepted him and that was the greatest miracle of all.

Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.

I grew up on the very human side of Christianity, so messages in the household I grew up in were about peace, love, and being understanding of everybody, which I think is quite cool.

I tell you, I would never sit in judgment of anyone as long as they're good folks. I would never judge their life, because it's important to know their feelings.

The thing that is most conducive of that better life for all is love, acceptance, understanding and being yourself.

My father always tells me to be forgiving, as it purges you of pent-up negativity. I harbour no bitterness and malice towards anyone.

We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.