Quotes About Self-focused

Like many isolated people, they were wrapped up in themselves and not too interested in the world outside.

Envy is self-focused; because it's self-focused, it's entitled; because it's entitled, it's demanding; because it's demanding, it tends to judge the goodness of God by whether he has delivered what you feel entitled to; and because it judges God on that basis, it leads you to question his goodness. Because you question God's goodness, you won't run to him for help. Envy is a spiritual disaster.

When you remember mercy, complaining gives way to gratitude and self-focused desire gives way to worship.

the more self-focused we become in trying to avoid pain and service our pleasures, the more we fall victim to greed and not sharing