Quotes about Self
The highest in God's esteem are the lowest in their own.
- Thomas a Kempis
What thou art, that thou art; that God knoweth thee to be and thou canst be said to be no greater.
- Thomas a Kempis
In all unbelief there are these two things: a good opinion of one's self, and a bad opinion of God.
- Horatius Bonar
When we don't forgive, we're not hurting the other person. We're not hurting the company that did us wrong. We're not hurting God. We're only hurting ourselves.
- Joel Osteen
If you subscribe to the notion of God as being separate from you, than you will always be lost, because you can't even trust in your own untrustworthiness.
- Wayne Dyer
We'll first address our inaccurate view of God and, consequently of ourselves.
- Francis Chan
Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us.
- AW Tozer
If I'm trusting myself, I will stare at all the possible ways I could fail. If I'm trusting God, I will stare at all the possible ways He'll use this whether I fail or succeed.
- Lysa TerKeurst
God demands nothing less than self - surrender as the price for the only real freedom that is worth having.
- Mahatma Gandhi
In knowing God, each of us also knows himself.
- John Calvin
Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction.
- AW Tozer
The more highly we think of ourselves-our abilities and talents-the less God can use us.
- AW Tozer