Quotes about Self-reflection

I have always wanted to become a saint. Unfortunately, when I have compared myself with the saints, I have always found that there is the same difference between the saints and me as there is between a mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds and a humble grain of sand trodden underfoot by passers-by.

You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to.

I consider myself an average man except for the fact that I consider myself an average man.

For sure, I would much rather look as if I have it all together and never make mistakes. But as the Bible cautions us, "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us."12

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!

People do say that now to know oneself is a deception and an imperfection, but often they are unwilling to understand that someone who actually knows himself perceives precisely that he is not capable of anything at all

he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength.

More important than talent, strength, or knowledge is the ability to laugh at yourself and enjoy the pursuit of your dreams.

Don't let failure go to your heart, and don't let success go to your head.