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Quotes about Self-reflection

If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you'll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.
— Paulo Coelho
As he mused about these things, he realized that he had to choose between thinking of himself as the poor victim of a thief and as an adventurer in quest of his treasure.
— Paulo Coelho
When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask Gd to give me th courage to mercilessly pluck it out.
— Paulo Coelho
The acomodador or giving-up point: there is always an event in our lives that is responsible for us failing to progress: a trauma, a particularly bitter defeat, a disappointment in love, even a victory that we did not quite understand, can make cowards of us and prevent us from moving on. As part of the process of increasing his hidden powers, the shaman must first free himself from that giving-up point and, to do so, he must review his while life and find out where it occured.
— Paulo Coelho
Reprogram yourself every minute of each day with thoughts that make you grow. When you're feeling irritated or confused, try to laugh at yourself. Laugh out loud at this woman tormented by doubts and anxieties, convinced that her problems are the most important thing in the world.
— Paulo Coelho
He analyses every strategy and asks: what would I do if I had to fight myself? He thus discover his weak points.
— Paulo Coelho
There is plenty to do, for each one of us, working on our own hearts, changing our own attitudes, in our own neighborhoods.
— Dorothy Day
The quickest method for understanding and living your purpose, is to ask yourself if you're thinking in loving ways.
— Wayne Dyer
Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.
— William Law
Facing our fears, skeletons, and mistakes is paramount in finding ourselves-in living with ourselves. Once it's done, that fear will be laid to rest, and she'll be stronger for having dealt with it and have more peace becausse she's not carrying the weight of that fear every day and night.
— Cindy Woodsmall
When you figure out where you're messing up and you hate that behavior bad enough, that's where all the good parts of you begin.
— Cindy Woodsmall
Our desire is to help you embrace the beauty of the life God has given you. We wrote Plain Wisdom to encourage you to accept yourself,forgive yourself, challenge yourself,laugh at yourself, and most important,see yourself through God's eyes of love.For when you do,you will find the freedom to truly enjoy your life.
— Cindy Woodsmall