If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we… — Theodore C. Sorensen 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
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
“In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Deity, and with… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
Heroism, self-denial, and magnanimity, in all instances where they do not spring from a principle of religion, are but splendid altars on… — Charles Caleb Colton 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
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 very act of faith by which we receive Christ is an act of the utter renunciation of self, and all its… — Mark Hopkins Copy Share Image
People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial. — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At… — Alexis Carrel 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
... 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
The chief evil with relation to the body is love for the body and pitying it. This takes away all the soul's… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
The man who is poor in spirit desires and says with his whole heart, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy… — John of Kronstadt 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
Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Healthy eating isn't supposed to be about self-denial; it's not a punishment. — Ella Woodward Copy Share Image
“What will you do with your self? Many men and women are still in darkness, trying to figure out the meaning and… — K.P. Yohannan Copy Share Image
Work not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial. — Salvador Bernal 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
Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; but all along while we live, it hath faithful company… — John Owen 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
A self-denial, no less austere than the saint's, is demanded of the scholar. He must worship truth, and forgo all things for… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
