Quotes About Self-examination

My fault? It could be. So much was my fault, the result of my actions or decisions. Sabina

Por primera vez podía verme a mí mismo como a otro.

If only the Powerful Choleric would open his mind to examine his weaknesses and admit he had a few, he could become the perfect person he thinks he is.

So we see man's work is ever with himself.

I must ask myself, "Billy Graham, are you prepared to meet the Master at any moment?" Yes, I am—but not because I have preached or tried to help people, but solely because I am trusting Christ as my Lord and Savior. Stop right now and ask yourself that question.

Pride flees when we compare ourselves to God instead of [to] other people.

The sin of self is a deadly sin.

When you are unsure whether or not something is wrong, ask yourself these questions: Does this glorify God? Can I offer a prayer of thanksgiving for it? Does it draw me closer to Christ, or does it make me preoccupied with this world? Will it harm my health or hurt me in some other way? Will it cause someone else to stumble spiritually or morally? I have never forgotten what a wise Christian said to me many years ago: "When in doubt—don't!

Guilt is not all bad. Without it there is nothing to drive a person toward self-examination and toward God for forgiveness.

Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less.

Self is hateful.

Apri gli occhi, guardati dentro. Sei soddisfatto della vita che stai vivendo?

A degree of narcissism is necessary, I suppose, to look in the pool to see your reflection. (Bono)

I'd given myself a license to look back, to lift up stones under which I knew lay creepy-crawlies.

We learned that we needed to look in the mirror and see what others saw in us and not just what we wanted to see in ourselves.

and four grandsons. "So I have studied all the 'ends justifying the means' type rationales. I did that here too, trying to defend my actions, but there is no way around the fact that my testimony sullied the trial. Worse, I sullied how I saw myself.

the great artist of the intransitive verb also avoided objects of his sexual drive; what evidence we have indicates that he carnally embraced himself only, and walked the open road with only the thought of death and the knowledge of death as his close companions

but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

The book to read is not the one that things for you but the one which makes you think.

But before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

Antes de poder viviré con otras personas tengo que vivir conmigo mismo. La única cosa que no se rige por la regla de la mayoría es la conciencia de uno.

No matter how long you stand there examining yourself naked before a mirror, you'll never see reflected what's inside.

what hurt me was actually me, myself. In the midst of that continuing, unsettled silence my feelings, like a heavy pendulum, a razor-sharp blade

Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear.