Quotes & Sayings About Giving Someone The Benefit Of The Doubt

Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of doubt. — Michael Jackson

Many journalists are influenced by a myopic multiculturalism that is suspicious of anything Western, while giving the benefit of the doubt to non-Western societies. — Nancy Pearcey

Give me the benefit of your convictions, if you have any; but keep your doubts to yourself, for I have enough of my own. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Teamwork represents a set of values that encourage behaviors such as listening and constructively responding to points of view expressed by others, giving others the benefit of the doubt, providing support to those who need it, and recognizing the interests and achievements of others. — John Katzenbach

Came to deeply regret giving President Bush the benefit of the doubt on that vote. He later asserted that the resolution gave him the sole authority to decide when the clock had run out on weapons inspections. On March 20, 2003, he decided that it had, and he launched the war, with the UN weapons inspectors pleading for just a few more weeks to finish the job. Over the years that followed, many Senators came to wish they had voted against the resolution. I was one of them. As the war dragged on, with every letter I sent to a family in New York who had lost a son or daughter, a father or mother, my mistake became more painful. — Hillary Rodham Clinton

Always consider giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game ... And if it's a game, then you need to win. — Taylor Swift

Occasionally I would like the German people to give us the benefit of the doubt, given our history, as opposed to assuming the worst
assuming that we have been consistently your strong partners and that we share a common set of values. — Barack Obama

I tend to like people that are generous and give other people the benefit of the doubt. — Tina Weymouth

Instead of showing strangers kindness and giving them the benefit of the doubt, we increasingly show them only fear, and that is bad for us and them. — Julian Baggini

If people are rude, that may be the end of the conversation, and maybe we won't have a subsequent conversation. But I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt and believing the best about the person. — Michele Bachmann

If you're uncertain when life begins, why not give the unborn the benefit of the doubt and oppose abortion? — Jonah Goldberg

Americans like to give their President the benefit of the doubt. If you look at the poll numbers, people knew Nixon was deeply involved in Watergate and stayed with him for a long time. It's a natural tendency. — John Dean

Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt. — Brander Matthews

I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel I listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume the best of people. And that, I think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics. — Barack Obama

I like to think I'm generally accessible, but I give readers the benefit of the doubt of being reasonably culturally-literate. — Alonso Duralde

When the trust is high, you get the trust dividend. Investors invest in brands people trust. Consumers buy more from companies they trust, they spend more with companies they trust, they recommend companies they trust, and they give companies they trust the benefit of the doubt when things go wrong. — Stephen Covey

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it's a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table. — Taylor Swift

I've spent a long time giving people the benefit of the doubt, and I'm tired of it. — James McAvoy

If we give all of the people who filed incorrect tax returns the benefit of the doubt and assume that every single one of them simply made an honest mistake, then doesn't common sense tell us that maybe the tax code is just a little too complex? — Glenn Beck

People always tend to give the benefit of the doubt to allow people to explain the context [of their words]. — Keli Goff

If one's careful study of the facts shows that the Catholic Church is correct about Jesus-his life, teachings, death, and Resurrection-then why not give the Church the benefit of the doubt and carefully study her reasons for rejecting contraception, homosexual acts, and women's ordination? — Carl E. Olson

try giving a neophyte the benefit of the doubt. — Whitney Johnson

One of the strengths, and weaknesses, of liberal democratic societies is giving the benefit of the doubt even to one's enemies — Garry Kasparov

Giving someone the benefit of the doubt is not so simple as it sounds. What it means, in fact, is being charitable--which, as the vicar is fond of pointing out, is the most difficult of the graces to master. Faith and hope are a piece of cake but charity is a Pandora's box: the monster in the cistern which, when the lid is opened, comes swarming out to seize you by the throat. — Alan Bradley

So here I am, a white man telling Black children to not give white people the benefit of the doubt. It's not prejudice I'm giving them, it's survival. Don't talk to strangers. Don't trust white folk you don't know. Don't trust cops. The basics. When Black folk don't want to walk right up and be my friend, I don't take it personally, and I don't get defensive. And I'll tell other thin-skinned white people the same thing. It's not personal. It's survival. Get used to it, and quit whining. — Stan Goff