There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
There never will exist anything permanently noble and excellent in the character which is a stranger to resolute self-denial. — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
There is no real joy that does not involve self-denial and self-discipline — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. — Oscar Wilde 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
The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier. — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set. Then set your mark high, and step by step,… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
A thorough: miser must possess considerable strength of character to bear the self-denial imposed by his penuriousness. Equal sacrifices, endured voluntarily in… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
Money that may never be spent is nothing but a miser's toy. Saving as an exercise in self-denial is an invalid goal,… — Catherine Crook de Camp 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
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 willpower to hold onto the impossible stems from self denial embellished in your mind from the start of time replacing the… — Jasmina Siderovski Copy Share Image
I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He… — William James Copy Share Image
Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of… — Vince Lombardi Copy Share Image
The first duty of a Christian, of a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ, is to deny himself. To deny oneself means… — Innocent of Alaska 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
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
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
Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a religion that… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Work on your stony qualities and become resplendent like the ruby. Practice self-denial and accept difficulty. Always see infinite life in letting… — Rumi Copy Share Image
... so large a portion of those who hold much capital, instead of using their various advantages for the greatest good of… — Catharine Beecher Copy Share Image
“Renunciation isn't a moral imperative or a form of self-denial. It's simply cooperation with the way things are: for moments do pass… — Norman Fischer 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
“Love and self-denial for the object loved go hand-in-hand. If I profess to love a certain person, and yet will neither give… — Charles H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I do understand what love is, and that is one of the reasons I can never again be a Christian. Love is… — Dan Barker Copy Share Image
“I believe that if one man were to live out his life fully and completely, were to give form to every feeling,… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study. — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
“The Lord bestows his blessings there, where he finds the vessels empty.” — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
