Quotes about Self-reflection
Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.
- Ellen White
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly must with his unrest, uncertainty, and even his weakness and sinfulness, with his life and death, draw near to Christ.
- Pope John Paul II
The most affluent man is he that confronts all the shows he sees by equivalents out of the stronger wealth of himself.
- Walt Whitman
All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself.
- Thomas a Kempis
Conceit is a fog that envelops a man's real character beyond his own recognition. It weakens his native ability and strengthens all his inconsistencies .
- Napoleon Hill
It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.
- John Calvin
Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.
- Thomas a Kempis
Satisfaction with results will be the [death] knell of progress. No man is good who thinks that he cannot be better. He has no holiness who thinks that he is holy enough.
- Charles Spurgeon
When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full.
- Henry Ward Beecher
It's not okay to be critical of yourself.
- Terri Savelle Foy
The deepest and most profitable lesson is this,the true knowlege and contempt of ourselves.
- Thomas a Kempis