Quotes about Self-reflection

i can nourish myself on nothing but truth

We cannot live, we cannot look at the truth about ourselves without letting ourselves be looked at and generated by Christ in daily Eucharistic Adoration.

We must learn to tell ourselves the truth on the basis of God's Word.

If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

The question isn't, "What do I want to get done in the next thirty days?" but, "Who do I want to become in this next season of my life?" Once we answer that key question, calendars and schedules are terrific tools for helping us accomplish our life goals, both interpersonal and practical.

Blame unto others only as you would first blame yourself.

a person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration.

I look singularly to myself, I am right nought;

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew -

The measure of a man's culture is the measure of his appreciation. We are ourselves what we appreciate and no more.

If in reading the Bible you find justification for abusing, humiliating, disgracing, harming, or hurting, especially when it makes you feel better about yourself, you are absolutely wrong.