Quotes about Introspect
Secondly, [man] should weigh his abilities-or rather lack of abilities.
— John Calvin
It is a great thing to know your vices.
— Cicero
When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
— Confucius
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbour says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
— Marcus Aurelius
Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
— Epictetus
Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.
— Jonathan Edwards
To know oneself one should assert oneself.
— Albert Camus
If you are praised by others, be skeptical of yourself.
— Epictetus
Lord, teach us to take our hearts and look them in the face, however difficult it may be." CHAPTER XVI From noise of scare-fires rest ye free, From Murders Benedicite.
— Dorothy Sayers
No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be.
— GK Chesterton
Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.
— Johannes Tauler
To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.
— Johannes Tauler