Quotes About Self-examination

Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

I hate watching my own work... I find a lot of faults.

I'd rather point a finger at myself than others.

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.

We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are.

Having to stake out your identity and have people question whether or not you're being yourself was a tension that I could relate to.

Every now and then you think about your life, what you would like to be, you start at Number 1 and you go down to 100. And down at the bottom, 100, was - Stage. Go figure. That would be the last thing. It terrified me, man. But I had to do it.

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses, but proclaims, his debts.

being in closer-than-usual contact with the actual workings of your mind can lead you to confront issues with a new and perhaps unsettling honesty.

No hacia otra cosa que examinarse, que analizar lo que en el ocurría, como si la suma de detalles pudieran darle la certidumbre de que vivía.

To find yourself, think for yourself. —Socrates

And . . . do you have any supporting evidence for your explanation of yourself? Certainly. Miles stared thoughtfully into the air, as if about to pull his words from the thinnest part.

The last thing a monster wanted was a fellow to follow him around all day long with a mirror.

It's not always easy to spot idolatry in ourselves. Until the Holy Spirit brings it to light, we may be unaware how tight a grip something has on us. For that reason, we should pay close attention to anything we're convinced we can't live without.

The unexamined life is not worth living'...Socrates made provocative remarks like this famous one as part of his daily practice in Athens in the late fourth century B.C. When he made these statements, he was invariably exhorting his fellow Greeks to avoid falling into the trap of what we might call 'ethical complacency,' the point at which an individual ceases trying to become a better person.

To grumble about the world and its unhappiness is always easier than to beat one's breast and groan over oneself.

And to contend with the whole world is a comfort, but to contend with oneself dreadful.

salvation consists primarily in his beginning to sorrow earnestly over himself!

Time stands still and I with it. All the plans I form fly straight back at me, when I want to spit in my own face.

It is in your power to review your life, to look at things you saw before, but from another point of view

man who lives under his own supervision, alone in the whole world

When you read God's Word, in everything you read, continually to say to yourself: It is I to whom it is speaking, it is I about whom it is speaking—this is earnestness, precisely this is earnestness