Quote

You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won't do a thing unless you believe it yourself.

Criss Jami

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Criss Jami
Compliments
Compliment
Receive
Unless
Thing
Believe
World

More quotes by Criss Jami

Image
We tend to think that refusing to exalt Christ is staying true to our self-will and personal freedom when really we are condemning ourselves. Sure, we can pretend to stay true to ourselves, but if you want to talk about reality, all of that is completely trivial if this life is an island and He's the only pilot with a plane and a flight plan.
Criss Jami
Image
Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on
Criss Jami
Image
It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.
Criss Jami
Image
Christ delves far beyond the means of superficiality, not simply because of his immaculate love, but also because he considers the distinct cases of each individual rather than withholding a broadened perception by use of stereotypes.
Criss Jami
Image
Don't change your mind just because people are offended change your mind if you're wrong.
Criss Jami
Image
There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry.
Criss Jami
Image
We are often taught to look for the beauty in all things, so in finding it, the layman asks the philosopher while the philosopher asks the photographer.
Criss Jami
Image
I often find that people confuse inner peace with some sense of insensibility whenever something goes wrong. In such cases inner peace is a permit for destruction: The unyielding optimist will pretend that the forest is not burning either because he is too lazy or too afraid to go and put the fire out.
Criss Jami
Image
I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.
Criss Jami
Image
Never take advice about never taking advice. That is an old vice of men - to dish it out without being able to take it - the blind leading the blind into more blindness.
Criss Jami
Image
Ingredients to success: know what you do well, know what to do well, and know someone who's swell.
Criss Jami
Image
I enjoy melancholic music and art. They take me to places I don't normally get to go.
Criss Jami
Image
A god who gave us everything we wanted would be the most malevolent god of all. With an infantile curiosity, we insist on tasting the cockroach on the floor while our father is preparing a magnificent feast for us.
Criss Jami
Image
For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another.
Criss Jami
Image
When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval.
Criss Jami
Image
I claim neither liberalism nor conservatism - one tends to be airheaded while the other tends to be brickheaded.
Criss Jami
Image
It is easier for one to take risks and to chase his dreams with a mindset that he has nothing to lose. In this lies the immense passion, the great advantage of avoiding a materialistic, pleasure-filled way of life.
Criss Jami
Image
Everyone judges constantly: positively judging one person is the same as negatively judging everyone else it is to say that that person is superior in some sense.
Criss Jami
Image
The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.
Criss Jami
Image
Sometimes a people lose their right to remain silent when pressured to remain silent.
Criss Jami