Quotes about Introspection
No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.
— Phillips Brooks
Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.
— Publilius Syrus
The man who prays ceases to be a fool
— Oswald Chambers
I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father, which is in Heaven.
— Ralph Abernathy
A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. A transcendent talent draws so largely on his forces as tolame him; a defect pays him revenues on the other side.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public nature.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man must ride alternately on the horses of his private and his public nature.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The repentant man rightfully loses trust in himself. He recognizes his self-dependence as the source of his problems, not the solution.
— Randy Alcorn