He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe. [He that…

He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not. [He that doth what he should not shall feel what he…

— George Herbert

“I don’t want to praise myself. Rather, I want to praise the thing that saves me from myself. Hence there is God.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“He composed himself inwardly. Sparing the world his awkwardness, hiding vulnerability. Preserving his pride.”

— Julie Anne Long

Man thinks, God directs. [Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]

— Alcuin

“It is a poore Center of a Mans Actions, Himselfe.”

— Francis Bacon

“In a single, silent moment, his rage, his fear, his humiliation and helplessness, had fallen away. That morning, he believed, he was a new…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“He who loved himself became great in himself, and he who loved others became great through his devotion, but he who loved God became…

— Søren Kierkegaard

“She was thinking of him. Doubled up, small as a child, she gazed intently into the distance, at the man who was not there.…

— Henri Barbusse

“But instead of delight his soul was filled with such gloom, and his heart ached with such anguish, as he had never known in…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Praise the God of heavens, he alone is holy.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“III. I have often wondered how it should come to pass, that every man loving himself best, should more regard other men's opinions concerning…

— Marcus Aurelius

“It should be a man's task, says the Imitation, 'to overcome himself, and every day to be stronger than himself.' 'In withstanding of the…

— Marcus Aurelius

“God glorifies himself in communicating himself, and he communicates himself in glorifying himself.”

— David Mathis

“Praise God, praise God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“[H]e could feel his unshakable enemy, depression, blooming in him like a pernicious flower that could never quite be ripped out.”

— Andrea Speed