Self-justification, therefore, is not only about…

Narcissism is actually a clever guise adopted to mask its exact opposite, which is a deep well of self-loathing, a well of low self-esteem,…

— Jeffrey Kluger

“Self-esteem is the switch in the circuit of your life that dims or brightness of your future. Bring it low and you don't shine…

— Israelmore Ayivor

All the successful people I knew in life had high self-esteem and all the losers had low self-esteem.

— Bill Bartmann

Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between low self-esteem…

— Nathaniel Branden

There is as much vanity in self-scourgings as in self-justification.

— Storm Jameson

It is not his business to argue men into faith, for that cannot be done; but it is his business to demonstrate the intellectual…

— J. I. Packer

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

— Tullian Tchividjian

Eradicate self-justification. Then alone can you annihilate your ego.

— Sivananda

Self-justification is a treacherous servant.

— Wellington Mara

The talent for self-justification is surely the finest flower of human evolution, the greatest achievement of the human brain. When it comes to justifying…

— Michael Foley

Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project, or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of…

— Steven Pressfield

The most tragic consequence of our criticism of a man is to block his way to humiliation and grace, precisely to drive him into…

— Paul Tournier

To talk over a quarrel, with its inevitable accompaniment of self-justification, is too much like handling cobwebs to be very successful.

— Margaret Deland

“Self-justification is the enemy of repentance.”

— Spencer W. Kimball