4,826 Quotes About Self

I shall gather myself into my self again, I shall take my scattered selves and make them one.

Resolutions aren't self-executing. Somebody has to provide the soldiers, take the risks, risk their blood and their treasure to go out and implement such a resolution.

There is a knowingness that is as much a part of us as flesh and blood and bones. It's intuition, the deepest natural knowing. ... Intuition is the voice within forever pressing us to stretch ourselves, to take risks, to keep loving and giving birth to a new self, regardless of circumstances.

We are forever looking outside ourselves, seeking approval and striving to impress others. But living to please others is a poor substitute for self-love, for no matter how family and friends may adore us, they can never satisfy our visceral need to love and honor ourselves.

The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel.

Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.

Sometimes God has to remind you that you're weak so that you can be set free from your "self-sufficiency."

The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit.

While our sin reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. God came after us not to strip away our freedom but to strip away our slavery to self, that we could become truly free.