Quotes About Self-awareness

You can wear your hair long or wear a beard because you want to show that you are interested in thought, in psychological endeavors rather than appearance.

There is one thing I have never taught my body how to do and that is to figure out at 6 A.M. what it wants to eat at 6 P.M.

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.

I used to want to be a backup singer. Not a lead singer, because I really can't sing.

I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.

I'm still figuring out why people would want to look at me. Maybe it's generic beauty, but it's weird to be valued for something I was born with.

I could have anything I wanted and if I didn't have it, it was because I didn't want it.

If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.

Lord knows, I never want to waste any more of my time in mirrors.

As long as I think I 'should' do it, I'll resist it, even if I want very much to do it.

Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do.

I've done one movie. And it's not a movie I want to stand on as far as acting ability goes. I mean, I'm not going to win an Oscar anytime soon. I'm not Meryl Streep.

Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be.

People ask me, 'Would you ever want to play professional golf?' And I'm like, 'No. No, no, no, no. Just because I can hit a good shot every now and then doesn't make me a pro.'

One must be a little foolish if one does not want to be even more stupid.

With yourself, I think you have to decide the kind of person that you really want to be, and for me, it's just a sweet girl.

On staring out at a gloomy day: First you must realize that it is the day that is gloomy, not you. If you want to be gloomy, too, that's all right, but it's not mandatory.

Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.

Every time you state what you want or believe, you're the first to hear it. It's a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don't put a ceiling on yourself

One of the most difficult tests for the creator: he must always remain unconscious, unaware of his best virtues, if he doesn't want to rob them of their candor and innocence.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm learning to not want to be someone else, to just be who I am, as is, with nothing extra added on.

Here's the question I would ask you to consider; do you treat yourself the way you want other people to treat you?

Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.

When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes!