Quotes about Self-reflection

We rob ourselves of immeasurable joy when we compare what we do know about ourselves with what we don't know about someone else.

Your life today is the sum total of your choices. So if you're not happy with it, look back at your choices and start making different ones. Even if you are struck by lighting and injured, you made choices that led you to that spot at a particular time - and you get to choose how you feel about it afterward.

Oh, what I know about myself isn't really worth telling, said Anne eagerly. If you'll only let me tell you what I imagine about myself you'll think it ever so much more interesting.

The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Religion is relative to the individual.

If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.

One should not think of embracing another religion before one had fully understand his own.

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Self-absorbed people experience a lot of disappointment and anger, and they often have a hair trigger when it comes to accusing God or anyone else who doesn't meet their demands. We often hear them say, "That's not fair!

Two things to remember in life: "Take care of your thoughts when you're alone", and "Take care of your words when you're with people.

When we compare ourselves with others, we quickly become consumed with pride or envy, and our passion for Christ quickly fades.