Sherrilyn Kenyon Quotes

We almost always see only what's wrong with other people and not what's wrong with us.

Sometimes we can't see our own selves, our own shortcomings, but it's so easy to see somebody else's.

To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.

Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

The one thing I've tried to do is be insightful.

When I was young, every time I criticized someone, my mother would stand me in front of the mirror and say: 'The flaws you see in others are actually a reflection of yourself.' That taught me to pay close attention when I looked at others.

I don't really care so much what people say about me because it usually is a reflection of who they are. For example, if people wish I would sound like I used to sound, then it says more about them than it does me.

How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own.

It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.

If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections.

Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.

Were we to think more of our own mistakes and offences, we should be less apt to judge other people.

It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.

I gotta say, I know my strengths, and I know my weaknesses, and, well, Fix-It Felix, I'm not too far from that kid.

If I meet other people and criticize their weaknesses, I rob myself of higher cognitive power. But if I try to enter deeply and lovingly into another person's good qualities, I gather in that force.

I'm much more interested in looking at our own failings than going to some faraway place and looking at their failings, thus making us feel good about ourselves.