Quotes about Self-reflection
He who begins by seeking God within himself may end by confusing himself with God.
— BB Warfield
When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others.
— John Newton
God can't fill you when you are already full of yourself.
— Max Lucado
For all those who make such stories which are not true, I only say God forgive all these people. I feel sorry for them because they are doing so much harm to themselves.
— Mother Teresa
People who blame things rarely change things. Blame is an unassailable change-avoidance strategy.
— Andy Stanley
Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.
— Euripides
Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.
— Johannes Tauler
As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.
— Andy Stanley
I assure you that some of the most awesome things God has ever done for me have come out of the most awful things I'd done to myself.
— Beth Moore
Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God.
— Oswald Chambers
To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.
— Johannes Tauler
Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St. Paul says. But it must be a real sense of your own sinfulness, not an artificial humility.
— Johannes Tauler