Quotes about Self-reflection

It's impossible to remain angry or blame other people for problems in your life when you are saying , I am responsible.

The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.

And if our naïve self-confidence is a little undermined in the process, is that altogether such a loss? Is there not cause to welcome it as a maturing and character-building experience?

Why wander all over the world looking for something you already have? You are already the richest person on Earth.

You discover that the main cause of your suffering is the seed of anger in you, because it has been watered too often, by yourself and by other people.

As the blade of a sword cannot cut itself, so a thought cannot see itself.

Angry and resentful people enjoy judging other people's problems because it makes them feel better about their own issues.

This season in your life can be so productive spiritually if you use it to allow God to break you, shape you, and remake you," she told him. "We're always looking at what our spouses have done wrong, but God wants to deal with our own hearts first.

Let us become intentional to use personal slights, inconveniences, acts of gossip and slander, times of difficulty, and even sickness as opportunities to grow in patience and understanding and humility instead of bitterly resenting each one.

View marriage as an entryway into sanctification — as a relationship that will reveal your sinful behaviors and attitudes and give you the opportunity to address them before the Lord. But here's the challenge: Don't give in to the temptation to resent your partner as your own weaknesses are revealed. Don't run from what you are hearing about yourself, or push your spouse away because of it — accept it and use it to grow.

It is a sophisticated spiritual challenge to not compare your spouse's weakness with another spouse's strength.

Trying to find contentment in this world without addressing the inner person is no more drastic a change than simply changing cubicles while continuing to work for the same company. Your location may change, but the overall environment is exactly the same.