Self denial Quotes

There is nothing fruitful except sacrifice.

— Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire

Self-denial is a monkish virtue.

— David Hume

There has to be some self-denial.

— Joe Paterno

The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.

— Matthew Henry

Ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.

— Louisa May Alcott

“A wilderness experience includes a long walk back.”

— Dennis Garvin

Self-denial is the best riches.

— Seneca the Younger

“Self-denial is the first quality of love”

— Sunday Adelaja

Singleness, simplicity, is required of me. One treasure, a single eye, and a sole Master!

— Jim Elliot

“There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“The Lord bestows his blessings there, where he finds the vessels empty.”

— Thomas à Kempis

I have in my life concentrated more on self-expression than self-denial.

— Winston Churchill

Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character, and the highest kind comes from a religious stock.

— Theodore Parker

“Conformity begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance.”

— Shannon L. Alder

The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment.

— Anonymous

The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.

— Oscar Wilde

No repentance, obedience, self-denial, prayers, tears, reformation or ordinances, without the new creation, avail any thing to the salvation of thy soul.

— John Flavel

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

— William Graham Sumner

“Writing creatively is a process of self-consumption that requires one to dive deeply inside of oneself with no guarantee of reemergence.”

— Ashim Shanker

Ixion exists as an antidote to the rules and conventions of other places. We believe that indulging in pleasure will make better…

— Marianne de Pierres

The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought,…

— Thornton T. Munger

People who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: 1. they are facing only one direction, 2. they can never turn…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Christian marriage is marked by discipline and self-denial...C hristianity does not therefore depreciate marriage, it sanctifies it.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“If self-denial be the greatest part of godliness, the great letter in the alphabet of religion; self-love is the great letter in…

— William Symington

Society at present suffers far more from waste of money than from want of it. There is dignity in every attempt to…

— Morarji Desai

Work on your stony qualities and become resplendent like the ruby. Practice self-denial and accept difficulty. Always see infinite life in letting…

— Rumi

The president has to project to the American people a sense of demanding idealism. Idealism which is not based in self-indulgence, but…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

“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

“True Calvinism always leads to the appreciation of self-denial. When the doctrines of grace are warmly preached, denial of self is necessarily…

— Walter J. Chantry

The Christian religion and morality extols the glory of the Hereafter, and therefore remains indifferent to the horrors of the earth. Indeed,…

— Emma Goldman

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

When malice has reason on its side, it looks forth bravely, and displays that reason in all its luster. When austerity and…

— Blaise Pascal

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

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

Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion,…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

... so large a portion of those who hold much capital, instead of using their various advantages for the greatest good of…

— Catharine Beecher

“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

“The idea of self-denial for the sake of posterity, of practicing present economy for the sake of debtors yet unborn, of planting…

— John Ruskin

“With self-denial and economy now, and steady exertion by-and-by, an object in life need not fail you. Venture not to complain that…

— Charlotte Brontë

Faith is the leading grace in all our spiritual warfare and conflict; but all along, while we live, it hath faithful company…

— John Owen