Self-Reverence Quotes

The noble soul reveres itself

Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.

Revere thyself, and yet thyself despise.

A man's religion is himself. If he is right-minded toward God, he is religious; if the Lord Jesus Christ is his schoolmaster, then he is Christianly religious.

Dominique as Gail looks at her "... there is a stage of worship which makes the worshiper himself an object of reverence."

Development of outlook naturally begins with a respect for God... Reverence to God and reverence for one's neighbor and reverence for oneself as a servant of God.

Men who refuse to worship the true God now worship themselves with tender devotion.

It is some fundamental certainty which a noble soul has about itself, something which is not to be sought, is not to be found, and perhaps, also, is not to be lost. The noble soul has reverence for itself.

Because, you see, God - whatever anyone chooses to call God - is one's highest conception of the highest possible. And whoever places his highest conception above his own possibility thinks very little of himself and his life. It's a rare gift, you know, to feel reverence for your own life and to want the best, the greatest, the highest possible, here, now, for your very own. To imagine a heaven and then not to dream of it, but to demand it.

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself.

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

With my fan base, I'm just vulnerable. I'm very transparent and vulnerable.

Nor do we accept, as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament.

This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before.

Agreeable then to my present inclination, I formed the object of my own worship, which was no other than my own understanding.

True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart.

The idea, the pattern, is self-projected; it is a form of self-worship, of self-perpetuation, and hence gratifying.