Self-denial Quotes

88 Self-denial quotes by 70 unique authors

• Christian marriage is marked by discipline and self-denial...C hristianity does not therefore depreciate marriage, it sanctifies it. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich… — Pope Francis
• Character is the direct result of mental attitude. I believe that character is higher than the intellect. I believe that leadership is in sacrifice, in… — Vince Lombardi
• Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another. — Charles Caleb Colton
• It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion, the other, self-denial. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton
• There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears. — Teresa of Avila
• When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It becomes a denial… — Jacqueline Novogratz
• To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Work not of enthusiasm but of love, conscious of duty-which means self-denial. — Salvador Bernal
• So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like… — William James
• So much had been surrendered! And to such little purpose! There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was… — Oscar Wilde
• Any objection to the carryings on of our present gold-calf Christianity is met with the triumphant reply, ‘But we are winning them!’ Winning them to… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
• Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint. — John F. Kennedy
• There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms. — Seneca the Younger
• I really can't stand any more to pay for a burst of animation when someone comes in for drinks with a depressed and low-keyed next… — Edmund Wilson
• Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance… — Caroline Knapp
• Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego. — Ambrose Bierce
• Such self-denial 'may appear demanding,' but it will allow you, so to speak, to be and to breathe within the heart of the church. — Pope Francis
• Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier. — William Lyon Mackenzie King
• Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority. — Vince Lombardi
• If we can but tear the blindfold of self-deception from our eyes and loosen the gag of self-denial from our voices, we can restore our… — Theodore C. Sorensen
• A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son. — William Graham Sumner
• We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
• The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial. — Oscar Wilde
• Work on your strong qualities and become resplendent like the ruby. Practice self-denial and accept difficulty. Always see infinite life in letting the self die.… — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Self-denial Quotes

70 authors contributed a total of 88 Self-denial Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 5 Self-denial Quotes by Vince Lombardi
• 4 Self-denial Quotes by Oscar Wilde
• 3 Self-denial Quotes by Richard Baxter
• 3 Self-denial Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• 2 Self-denial Quotes by William Graham Sumner
• 2 Self-denial Quotes by Walter Scott
• 2 Self-denial Quotes by Unknown Author
• 2 Self-denial Quotes by Pope Francis
• 2 Self-denial Quotes by Og Mandino
• 2 Self-denial Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
• 2 Self-denial Quotes by Aiden Wilson Tozer
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Zbigniew Brzezinski
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Witness Lee
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Winston Churchill
• 1 Self-denial Quote by William Lyon Mackenzie King
• 1 Self-denial Quote by William James
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Victor Hugo
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Thornton T. Munger
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Theophan the Recluse
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Theodore Parker
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Theodore C. Sorensen
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Teresa of Avila
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Susie Orbach
• 1 Self-denial Quote by Seneca the Younger