Quotes About Self-awareness

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive." —Audre Lorde

I'm not. Certain. About lots of things. I just know where I belong.

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen.

We are thus conscious less of the time than we think, because we cannot be conscious of when we are not conscious.

Consciousness is a much smaller part of our mental life than we are conscious of, because we cannot be conscious of what we are not conscious of.

Isn't biblical Eden an ambivalent symbol? It seems to me that the myth simply shows us that self-awareness and intelligence are perilous. And they can be deadly. But consider the alternative to the Tree of Knowledge. Would anyone want innocence at such a price?

we need to fall, and we need to be aware of it; for if we did not fall, we should not know how weak and wretched we are of ourselves, nor should we know our Maker's marvellous love so fully...

Everyone has regrets. Some are just more life changing than others, and some go beyond a single moment of carelessness. Some regrets are born out over a period of months, or even years of misbehavior, because you didn't have enough self-awareness or life experience to recognize the error you were making at the time.

Life is easier when you know yourself. When you can accept your past and your limitations and recognize your strengths and desires. When you really know who you are and what you want, and you don't try to be something you're not.

Life is easier when you know yourself. When you can accept your past and your limitations and recognize your strengths and desires. When you really know who you are and what you want, and you don't try to be something you're not." I let out a breath.

I'm just trying to do my job. To help you look inward, be as self-aware as you can possibly be. Life is easier when you know yourself. When you can accept your past and your limitations and recognize your strengths and desires. When you really know who you are and what you want, and you don't try to be something you're not.

Some regrets are born out over a period of months, or even years of misbehavior, because you didn't have enough self-awareness or life experience to recognize the error you were making at the time.

Can I give them what they think they're going to get from me? That's always the big question.

I think of part of myself as a very passionate person, but I don't think that comes across. I don't know where it comes from, that reserve or veneer of British niceness. But it doesn't bother me if other people don't spot the passion. I know it's there... As long as Blake knows.

I think of part of myself as a very passionate person, but I don't think that comes across. I don't know where it comes from, that reserve or veneer of British niceness. But it doesn't bother me if other people don't spot the passion. I know it's there.

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.

I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.

You shouldn't ask questions when you know at heart you'd prefer not to hear the answers.

The truth remains. I was, and am, disgusted with myself.

Sometimes I'd catch myself looking at my reflection in windows and wonder who I was. Where I was going. Then the image would change and it wouldn't be me, just some nebulous shadow person.

What did she see in me? What does she see that I don't?

My hand is whole, unblemished. It's still attached to my arm. It feels contaminated, though, and I have the strongest urge to wash my hands. I can control that urge, wash them later.