Self Denial Quotes

DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.

Alas! this time is never the time for self-denial, it is always the next time. Abstinence is so much more pleasant to contemplate upon the other side of indulgence.

There is no real joy that does not involve self-denial and self-discipline

Self-government requires qualities of self-denial and restraint.

Self-denial does not belong to religion as characteristic of it; it belongs to human life; the lower nature must always be denied when you are trying to rise to a higher sphere.

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.

Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.

To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self).

One of the ideals [Margaret Thatcher] grew up with was self-denial and postponement of gratification, and yet she went about to create a greedy, short-term society. It is a paradox.

There has to be some self-denial.

People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.

Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy.

It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion, the other, self-denial.

No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.

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

I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body.

A wilderness experience includes a long walk back.

According to Aquinas, effort may not be the best measure of our virtue.

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

I protect myself by refusing to know myself.

It takes self-discipline and persistence action to achieve the goal.

It is my belief no man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self-knowledge.

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

Man in his spiritual pride has exchanged God’s method of self-denial for Satan’s plan of self–improvement.

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

Self-denial in the pursuit of purpose generates true pleasure while self-indulgence in the pursuit of pleasure generates true misery.

Once you embrace your value, talents and strengths, it neutralizes when others think less of you.