Quotes about Self-reflection

The hurt was caused by someone else, but the resulting feelings are mine to manage.

If I can be honest, the real problem with the gap in my countertop was my own pride. It's a sign of imperfection, and I don't like my imperfections to show. Lord, please set my heart free from these prideful tendencies.

We get empty when we park our minds on comparison thoughts and wallow in them.

Did I overeat this week on any day? No. • Did I move more and exercise regularly? Yes. • Do I feel lighter than I did at this time last Wednesday? Yes. • Did I eat in secret or out of anger or frustration? No. • Did I feel that, at any time, I ran to food instead of to God? Nope. • Before I hopped on the scale, did I think I'd had a successful, God-pleasing week? Yep!

all the many times I assign thoughts to others that they never actually think. I hold them accountable to harsh judgments they never make. And I own a rejection from them they never gave me.

You must ask God what he thinks of you, and you must stay with the question until you have an answer. The battle will get fierce here. This is the last thing the Evil One wants you to know.

The nearest anyone can come to finding himself at any given age is to find a story that somehow tells him about himself.

We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.

You're not to wallow, but if you don't process your regrets, then they remain emotional underground toxins.

If you got it, ask yourself why and try to repeat the action. If you failed, ask yourself why and try to learn from the experience.

When I was young, I was just about hard work. But as I got older, I did experience anxiety, doubt, judgment, and it's so easy to lose yourself for a second.

You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.