Quotes about Self

If you want to be happy, be!

I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.

Give not thyself up, then, to fire, lest it invert thee, deaden thee, as for the time it did me. There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.

And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves; and it is in disobeying ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists.

In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

If you knew who God made you to be, you'd never want to be anyone else.

Monsters will always exist. There's one inside each of us. But an angel lives there, too. There is no more important agenda than figuring out how to slay one and nurture the other.

I proved myself with 'Smoke Ring.' It was me maturing. I made a good pop record.

The spiritual life is a reaching out to our innermost self, to our fellow human and to our God.

Real life is the life that's in you, not your circumstances, like where you live or what job you have or who you're in relationship with.