The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Conformity begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Singleness, simplicity, is required of me. One treasure, a single eye, and a sole Master! — Jim Elliot Copy Share Image
“There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The Lord bestows his blessings there, where he finds the vessels empty.” — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
Work not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial. — Salvador Bernal Copy Share Image
Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces. — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
“One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a… — George Sand Copy Share Image
Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation. — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“But some of it (evangelistic persuasion) is going to come through service. The deficit that many Christians face is that people look… — Skip Vaccarello Copy Share Image
“But a girl starting out in life might well say to herself: 'Is this it? You worked hard and denied yourself things… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Noble disappointment, noble self-denial are not to be admired, not even to be pardoned, if they bring bitterness. It is one thing… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Love is the fruit of prayer ... Patiently abiding in prayer signifies a man's renunciation of himself. Therefore the self-denial of the… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
The worst education which teaches self-denial, is better than the best which teaches everything else, and not that. — John Sterling Copy Share Image
I really can't stand any more to pay for a burst of animation when someone comes in for drinks with a depressed… — Edmund Wilson Copy Share Image
“The astonishing paradox of Christ's teaching and of Christian experience is this: if we lose ourselves in following Christ, we actually find… — John R.W. Stott Copy Share Image
All ancient books which have once been called sacred by man, will have their lasting place in the history of mankind, and… — Max Muller Copy Share Image
Any objection to the carryings on of our present gold-calf Christianity is met with the triumphant reply, ‘But we are winning them!’… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
Self-denial is taught much better by inspiring the love of our neighbor, than by the prohibition of innocent comforts and pleasures. Spirituality… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness-simple tastes, a certain… — George Sand Copy Share Image
“My education had equipped me to suffer in silence, a form of passive endurance. Even though I know nothing about being brave,… — Farida Karodia Copy Share Image
“The most saddening thing is to admit that I am not in love. I can only love (if that means self denial… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
One is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness simple tastes, a certain… — George Sand Copy Share Image
Chosen soul, how will you bring this about? What steps will you take to reach the high level to which God is… — Louis de Montfort Copy Share Image
Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
A man who gives way to his passions is like a man who is shot by an enemy, catches the arrow in… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
Our large trading cities bear to me very nearly the aspect of monastic establishments in which the roar of the mill-wheel and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A self-made man, if he is made at all, has already won the battle of life. . . . he has learned… — Alvin R. Dyer Copy Share Image
“Never surrender your hopes and dreams to the fateful limitations others have placed on their own lives. The vision of your true… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
The act of self-denial seems to confer on us the right to be harsh and merciless toward others. The impression somehow prevails… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“If we weren’t trying to control whether a person liked us or his or her reaction to us, what would we do… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.” — Rob Liano Copy Share Image
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Mental toughness is a state of mind - you could call it 'character in action.' — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
Healthy eating isn't supposed to be about self-denial; it's not a punishment. — Ella Woodward Copy Share Image
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