Quotes about Self-reflection
People who blame things rarely change things. Blame is an unassailable change-avoidance strategy.
— Andy Stanley
Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.
— Euripides
Judge yourself; if you sincerely and humbly do that, you will not be judged by God.
— Johannes Tauler
As long as you are carrying a secret, as long as you are trying to ease your conscience by telling God how sorry you are, you are setting yourself up to repeat the past.
— Andy Stanley
I assure you that some of the most awesome things God has ever done for me have come out of the most awful things I'd done to myself.
— Beth Moore
Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God.
— Oswald Chambers
To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.
— Johannes Tauler
Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St. Paul says. But it must be a real sense of your own sinfulness, not an artificial humility.
— Johannes Tauler
We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
— Ignatius of Loyola
God is a blank sheet upon which nothing is found but what you yourself have written.
— Martin Luther
If you will receive yourself in the fires of sorrow, God will make you nourishment for other people.
— Oswald Chambers
Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves.
— Desmond Tutu