Quotes about Introspection

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well worth remembering from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

The deadliest Pharisaism today is not hypocrisy, but unconscious unreality.

he must deny his right to himself, and he must realize who Jesus Christ is before he will bring himself to do it. Beware of refusing to go to the funeral of your own independence

Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God's presence, never in full view of the world.

At least once a week examine yourself before God to see if your life is measuring up to the standard He has for you.

The only way we can be of use to God is to let Him take us through the crooks and crannies of our own characters.

Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God's presence, never in full view of the world. The Spirit of God seizes me and I am compelled to get alone with God and fight the battle before Him. Until I do this, I will lose every time. The battle may take one minute or one year, but that will depend on me, not God. However long it takes, I

It is not so true that "prayer changes things" as that prayer changes me and I change things.

When prayer seems to be unanswered, beware of trying to place the blame on someone else. That is always a trap of Satan. When you seem to have no answer, there is always a reason—God uses these times to give you deep personal instruction, and it is not for anyone else but you.

We can only be used by God after we allow Him to show us the deep, hidden areas of our own character. It is astounding how ignorant we are about ourselves! We don't even recognize the envy, laziness, or pride within us when we see it. But Jesus will reveal to us everything we have held within ourselves before His grace began to work. How many of us have learned to look inwardly with courage?