Some of the things you believe were never true. They were someone else's fears. Give yourself a chance to examine your thoughts.… — Louise Hay Copy Share Image
In all the work we do, our most valuable asset can be the attitude of self-examination. It is forgivable to make mistakes,… — Dale E Turner Copy Share Image
Summe up at night what thou hast done by day; And in the morning what thou hast to do. Dresse and undresse… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
“Because When you write about people, you inevitably offend--but if you write about animals, the evil do not recognize themselves but the… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Most novelists I know went through a period of intense self-examination and self-loathing after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of some strong unquestioning emotion, to suspect itself,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
There have been many instances of people combining the political life with the spiritual life, a life of constant self-examination. Gandhi was… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
To make a covenant with the Lord to always keep His commandments is a serious obligation, and to renew that covenant by… — Howard W. Hunter Copy Share Image
“Personal essay writing that incites the mind and instigates personal growth involves examination and re-examination, a process of noticing and reflecting upon… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Nothing could be easier than disturbing a status quo instituted by others; the real work of the sinister current is to break… — Zeena Schreck Copy Share Image
What does a life of total dedication to truth mean? It means, first of all, a life of continuous and never-ending stringent… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
It's too easy only to blame the militarists, racists, sexists and other pushers of violence for the mess we're in. What is… — Colman McCarthy Copy Share Image
Most people prefer to think that their resentment is entirely the fault of the person they resent, and that twisted logic seems… — Catherine Ryan Hyde Copy Share Image
“Self-examination isn’t about being perfect. It’s about listening and responding to the Spirit. It’s about allowing God to reveal where we are… — Sharon Garlough Brown Copy Share Image
I see what you mean. It must be a huge relief, and an easy way out, to think the devil is always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If only I had more money is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
It is curious how an age of public self-revelation, and of the use of psychological jargon, should also be an age when… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
With Midway as the turning point, the fortunes of war appeared definitely to shift from our own to the Allied side. The… — Mitsuo Fuchida Copy Share Image
Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity. — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
In an age of constant live connections, the central question of self-examination is drifting from ‘Who are you?’ towards ‘What are you… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
When it's easy, it's great. But when something bad happens is when you really learn. It causes self-examination, it causes you to… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
Even a monotonously undeviating path of self-examination does not necessarily lead to self-knowledge. I stumble towards my grave confused and hurt and… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Writing the story of their own life allows the author to parse their story into examinable segments while continuing to engage in… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and… — Hans-Georg Gadamer Copy Share Image
You will never be an inwardly religious and devout man unless you pass over in silence the shortcomings of your fellow men,… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
The unlived life is not worth examining. ... Self-awareness, self-examination, self-consciousness are for the quiet moments. In the arena they are paralyzing.… — Jo Coudert Copy Share Image
I don't write books because I have answers. I write books because I have questions. What we are is the questions that… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
... a phallocentric culture is more likely to begin its censorship purges with books on pelvic self-examination for women or bookscontaining lyrical… — Robin Morgan Copy Share Image
In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity; examine how it… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
“The only way to make a spoilt machine work again is to break it down, work on its inner system and fix… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Necessity demands that one should carefully examine who it is that comes to the position of spiritual authority; and coming solemnly to… — Pope Gregory I Copy Share Image
Though the academic authorities are actually proud of conducting everything by means of Examinations, they seldom indulge in what religious people used… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Writing allows a person to explore both physical reality and the internal workings of their mind. Writing places us in touch with… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“I don't like and even resist, being broken wide-open. But, when the contents of my unconscious self spill out of me and… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
“Self-love and compassion for other people commences with accepting responsibility for the harm caused by our own misconduct and by forgiving other… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
All efforts at self-transformation challenge us to engage in on-going, critical self-examination and reflection about feminist practice, and about how we live… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
When something bad happens is when you really learn. It causes self-examination, it causes you to take a look at yourself. You… — Jennifer Lopez Copy Share Image
The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the… — Ann Richards Copy Share Image
