Quotes About Self-awareness

How you see the world is a reflection of what is within you.

You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.

At these best moments a great humility fused with a great ambition: to be only what I was, but to the utmost of what I was.

If I don't try to move, I don't have to find out what parts don't work. Lauren Crowder to Alan Gregory

What if I'm not a superhero. What if I'm the bad guy?

What if I'm not the Hero? What if I'm... the bad guy?

Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.

We're all a bit of a dick. It's the human condition. Nothing to be afraid of.

When you see a good person, think about evaluating that person. When you see a bad person, think about evaluating yourself. —CONFUCIUS

If I had it to do all over again . . . I wouldn't change a thing.'. . . the final expression of narcissism, the last gesture of self-congratulation.

Unrealistic expectations are a subtle way of setting ourselves up for disappointment, discouragement, and even depression.

And there's the rub. He figures he has worked long and hard, and suffered much to become the asshole he is by now, and, since these solutions work for him after a lifetime of floundering grief, he is not about to change. He doesn't feel misunderstood, so much as non-understood.

We're never called on to do what hurts. We just do what hurts out of ignorance and habit. Once we see what we're doing, we can stop.

When we latch on to an identity, it is easy to take offense. But we offend ourselves. We lock ourselves into very rigid ways of seeing and thinking and feeling and reacting. It doesn't have to be this way. The fact is, I'm not anything in particular. Nor are you. Nor is anyone.

Each of you be a light unto yourself; betake yourself to no external refuge. Hold fast to the Truth. Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself.

understand our situation.

If he hasn't lined up the who he is, the what he does, and the how much he makes in the way that he sees fit, he can't possibly be to you what he wants to be.

What I learned from that moment is that when you face your fears, they aren't as big as you thought they were. What makes them big is when you don't turn around to face them head-on. The longer you avoid your fears, the bigger they grow in your mind.

you can control how you feel and what you expect of your man.

He checked himself without really looking at himself. He was ten pounds heavier and a few dozen hairs grayer than he'd been the year before. He knew that. He didn't need to see it again.

You're all so quick to point out what you can't do. The time has come to learn what you can.

Your head and your heart are two different things. One of them can get you into trouble and the other can't. It's okay to be scared when you can't tell them apart. That happened to me every day of my life. But nobody saw it except you.

What I don't understand is how come I got seven thousand chromosomes that make me smart and not a single one that makes me cool.

If you're not comfortable enough with yourself or with your own truth when entering a relationship, then you're not ready for that relationship.