Punishing Yourself Quotes

• Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.

  Alan Cohen

  Guilt

  Alan Cohen (2015). “A Course in Miracles Made Easy: Mastering the Journey from Fear to Love”, p.53, Hay House, Inc

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• Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

  Napoleon Hill

  Truth, Honesty, Law

  Napoleon Hill (2012). “The Law of Success: The 16 Secrets for Achieving Wealth & Prosperity”, p.545, Courier Corporation

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• God wants to help us to eventually turn all of our weaknesses into strengths,1 but He knows that this is a long-term goal. He wants us to become perfect,2 and if we stay on the path of discipleship, one day we will. It’s OK that you’re not quite there yet. Keep working on it, but stop punishing yourself.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Long, Perfect, Goal

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• Be willing to stop punishing yourself for your mistakes. Love yourself for your willingness to learn and grow.

  Louise Hay

  Mistake, Love You, Willingness To Learn

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Feb 09, 2012

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• Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy? Forgive yourself and stop punishing yourself.

  Louise Hay

  Forgiveness, Forgiving, Want

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• It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

  Alan Cohen

  Life, Change, Meaningful

  Alan Cohen (1990). “Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risk to Follow Your Bliss”, Dolphin Communications Company

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• There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.

  Alan Cohen

  Courage, Adventure, Adventurous Life

  Alan Cohen (1990). “Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risk to Follow Your Bliss”, Dolphin Communications Company

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• Stop punishing yourself if you scared of your memories with me. Don't do that... Just stab me like this not you. It is only when you can stand on your feet that I can disappear with easy from your sight.

  Ma-Roo

  Love, Memories, Drama

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• Live. How many of us need to be reminded that living has nothing to do with trying to be as good as someone else, or trying to fit into some category, or filling in the blanks on some stupid checklist. That it has nothing to do with punishing yourself for past mistakes.

  Suzanne Selfors

  Mistake, Stupid, Past

  Suzanne Selfors (2010). “Coffeehouse Angel”, p.252, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• There is no real security in what is no longer meaningful.

  Alan Cohen

  Meaningful, Courage, Real

  Alan Cohen (1990). “Joy Is My Compass: Taking the Risk to Follow Your Bliss”, Dolphin Communications Company

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• Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.

  James Russell Lowell

  Faith, Men, Differences

  "Literary Essays, vol. II". Book by James Russell Lowell, 1870-1890.

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• Why do you do these things to yourself? Not just what you did to the window, but the way you talked to Clary. What are you punishing yourself for? You can't help how you feel.

  Cassandra Clare

  How You Feel, Way, Helping

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “City of Glass”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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