Ted Dekker Quotes

I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.

Yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

Man is his own worst enemy.

The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves.

God defend me from myself.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing.

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity.

Nobody abuses us more than we abuse ourselves.

Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.

From what may anyone be saved? Only from themselves! That is, their individual hell. They dig it with their own desires.

In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.

We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.

He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.

You will find that our enemies are our own kin. It is they who betray us. So learn this most important lesson-in the end, our worst enemy is ourselves

beware of your most implacable enemy-yourself.

I love stories about people who are smart enough to know that what they're doing is destroying them, but that knowing that doesn't help them.

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.

I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own.

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.

The enemies are not so much from without as from within the race.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.