Tryon Edwards Quotes

When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.

The well of your incompleteness runs deep, but make the effort to look away from yourself and to look toward Him.

That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.

From childhood I was compelled to concentrate attention upon myself. This caused me much suffering, but to my present view, it was a blessing in disguise for it has taught me to appreciate the inestimable value of introspection in the preservation of life, as well as a means of achievement.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

If those persons, who fancy themselves gifted with both the power and the right to define and punish other men's vices, would but turn their thoughts inwardly, they would probably find that they have a great work to do at home; and that, when that shall have been completed, they will be little disposed to do more towards correcting the vices of others, than simply to give to others the results of their experience and observation.

We are on a perilous margin when we begin to look passively at our future selves, and see our own figures led with dull consent into insipid misdoing and shabby achievement.

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

My personality doesn't interest me.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

I think you're always trying to figure yourself out and mistakes that you've made.

Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.

I always see what I did wrong, what I could do better.

Sometimes you have to self-scout yourself.

I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned? Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it's far more important to learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.

I resolve for 1920 to sit down all by myself and take a personal stock-taking once a month. To be no more charitable in viewing my own faults than I am an viewing the faults of others. To face the facts candidly and courageously. To address myself carefully, prayerfully, to remedying defects.

Golf is said to be an humbling game, but it is surprising how many people are either not aware of their weaknesses of else reckless of consequences.

I don't pretend for a second that I'm that great of a person on a day-to-day basis. I'm a deeply flawed human.

Progression, in my opinion, is often identifying shortcomings - whether it's views or the things you're doing in your life, your relationships - and trying to find the places where you improve on those.