Quotes about Self-assessment

I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.

There is no need to be paralyzed by the opinions of another. God gives you the ultimate tool of self-assessment, the mirror of his Word.

Measure yourself by...what you have accomplished with your ability

When we came to Christ, it was humility to honestly assess ourselves as sinners. To go back and say that's still who we are is to deny what Christ did for us. Doing that is no longer humbling ourselves, it's undercutting the resurrection power God has given us to live like Him.

your behaviour must be such that when you go to bed at night you will be happy with what you have done during the day

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

Basically, it's hard for me to assess myself, a hardship not only prompted by the immodesty of the enterprise, but because one is not capable of assessing himself, let alone his work. However, if I were to summarize, my main interest is the nature of time. That's what interests me most of all. What time can do to a man.

It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe because of something that we felt or did twenty years ago.

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do.

If you've done something for one year—look at it carefully. If you've done it for two years—look at it with suspicion. If you've done it for five years—stop looking at it and do something to change it.