Quotes about Self-reflection

The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change.

For the first time I realized that gratitude and joy were connected, like conjoined twins. I couldn't be happy because I wasn't grateful and I wasn't grateful because I wasn't allowing myself to be. I was too busy hunting the next prize to appreciate the prize already at home. What I had was never enough, not because of the deficit in what I had but because of the deficit in me.

It's like they say, holding on to anger is like swallowing poison and hoping someone else will die.

Since we all have blind spots, you may need to ask a third party to help you evaluate your own actions before meeting with the person with whom you have a conflict. Also ask God to show you how much of the problem is your fault. Ask, "Am I the problem? Am I being unrealistic, insensitive, or too sensitive?" The Bible says, "If we claim that we're free of sin, we're only fooling ourselves." 19

We rob ourselves of immeasurable joy when we compare what we do know about ourselves with what we don't know about someone else.

Your life today is the sum total of your choices. So if you're not happy with it, look back at your choices and start making different ones. Even if you are struck by lighting and injured, you made choices that led you to that spot at a particular time - and you get to choose how you feel about it afterward.

Oh, what I know about myself isn't really worth telling, said Anne eagerly. If you'll only let me tell you what I imagine about myself you'll think it ever so much more interesting.

The call to religion is not a call to be better than your fellows, but to be better than yourself. Religion is relative to the individual.

If I had to live my life over again, I would have a different father, a different wife and a different religion.

One should not think of embracing another religion before one had fully understand his own.

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better.