Quotes about Self-reflection

Each person should examine his own work … not in respect to someone else. For each person will have to carry his own load. Galatians 6:4—5

Be careful of those who allow microscopes to replace mirrors in their lives, holding you to standards you were never called to maintain.

When you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things. Romans 2:1

Lord, at whatever point I judge another person, Your Word says I am condemning myself, because those of us who pass judgment do the same things. Now I know that Your judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when I, a mere human, pass judgment on others and yet do the same things, do I think I will escape Your judgment? (Rom. 2:1—2). If I do not judge, I will not be judged. If I do not condemn, I will not be condemned. If I

We may be afraid to ask God to keep us humble. Why are we not far more frightened of what pride can do?

It's only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.

It's always easier to see a lack of wisdom in others than it is to see it in ourselves. That's why we must pray daily for wisdom.

I'm only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else's life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there's no point in me blaming you for what's wrong in my life.

Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.

Learn from your disappointments and failures and with God's help seek to overcome them. Ask yourself, could I have done anything to prevent this? Were my hopes and dreams unrealistic, or were my motives wrong? Is there a new path God wants me to explore?

There may have been a time when pride was the very center of your life. You had ambitious thoughts of yourself, your powers, desires, and aims; but now that will begin to change . . . you have been born again.