“By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which other are just as entitled to as we are.”
Source: Discipleship (1937), The Disciple and Unbelievers, p. 185.
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Source: Discipleship (1937), The Disciple and Unbelievers, p. 185.

“We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.”
Quoted by Harold Nicolson in his biography Dwight Morrow (1935), p. 50 http://books.google.com/books?id=l3upji62bdIC&q=%22We+are+all+inclined+to+judge+ourselves+by+our+ideals%22&pg=PA50#v=onepage- 51 http://books.google.com/books?id=l3upji62bdIC&q=%22others+by+their+acts%22&pg=PA51#v=onepage

“Most often we are judging not others, but rather our own faculties in others.”
Le plus souvent nous ne jugeons pas les autres, mais nous jugeons nos propres facultés dans les autres.
Œuvres choisies (Paris: A. Hatier, 1934) p. 774; Andrew George Lehmann Sainte-Beuve (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962) p. 301.

Remarks at the interfaith memorial service honoring five fallen officers in Dallas — full transcript http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas-ambush/read-full-transcript-of-former-president-bushs-speech-at-memorial-service/270770750 at wfaa.com (12 July 2016)
2010s, 2016
Context: Every officer has accepted a calling that sets them apart. Most of us imagine, if the moment called for it, that we would risk our lives to protect a spouse or a child. Those wearing the uniform assume that risk for the safety of strangers. They and their families share the unspoken knowledge that each new day can bring new dangers. But none of us were prepared – or could be prepared – for an ambush by hatred and malice. The shock of this evil still has not faded. At times, it seems like the forces pulling us apart are stronger than the forces binding us together. Argument turns too easily into animosity. Disagreement escalates too quickly into dehumanization. Too often we judge other groups by their worst examples, while judging ourselves by our best intentions. And this has strained our bonds of understanding and common purpose. But Americans, I think, have a great advantage. To renew our unity, we only need to remember our values. We have never been held together by blood or background. We are bound by things of the spirit – by shared commitments to common ideals.

“We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.”

“How much we give to other hearts our tone,
And judge of others' feelings by our own!”
Title poem, section IV.
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)