Quotes About Self-awareness

He was thirty-one now, not too old, but old enough to be lonely. He hadn't dated since he'd been back here, hadn't met anyone who remotely interested him. It was his own fault, he knew. There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close, something he wasn't sure he could change even if he tried. And sometimes in the moments right before sleep came, he wondered if he was destined to be alone forever.

Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am.

You think you know me, but I'm not sure that even I know who I am anymore.

Guilt, in other words, isn't always wasted. It can keep us from making the same mistake twice.

Did you ever realize you have more opinions about my life than your own life?

How do you explain something that you can't even understand yourself?

After what I did?" "Forgiveness doesn't mean you forget, or you stop wishing that you can change the past. Mainly it means that you accept the idea that you're not perfect, because no one is perfect. And terrible things can happen to anyone.

I'm not unintelligent, mind you. But wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition, and in retrospect, I obviously lack many of those traits. Here's

Because we always bring ourselves with us wherever we go. It's one of the universal truths of life.

How can you explain something that you cant even understand yourself

he didn't think he had a problem. Because he didn't become mean or violent, he thought he didn't have a problem. Because it was usually only beer, it couldn't possibly be a problem. But it was a problem, because he'd gradually become the kind of man she couldn't have imagined marrying. She couldn't count the number of times that she'd cried about it.

Amanda olhou para ele - Tens de compreender que já não sou a rapariga que era dantes. Sou casada e sou mãe e, tal como toda a gente, não sou perfeita. Debato-me com as escolhas que fiz e cometo erros e passo grande parte do tempo a interrogar-me sobre quem sou realmente ou se a minha vida tem algum significado sequer. Não sou de modo nenhum uma pessoa especial, Dawson, e tens de perceber isso. Tens de compreender que sou apenas... uma pessoa vulgar.

wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition, and in retrospect, I obviously lack many of those traits.

It's important to remember that none of us is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. All we can do is try to be the best version of ourselves as we move forward. In this case, if he asks, you can tell the truth, or you can lie. I suppose it comes down to the kind of person you want to see when you look in the mirror. [Linda Dawes, to niece Maggie]

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

When I was younger, I was angry. I was boisterous and loud. I was on top of the mountain, screaming at everybody, 'Look at me!' Now I'm more of a Taoist.

I curse too much. I really do. I have a horrible cursing mouth.

As much as I try, when I open my mouth, Lena comes out, And I get so mad.

I've made it my business to condition and train folks to understand that you'll never know what's going to come out of my mouth.

I put my foot in my mouth sometimes. I'll be the first to admit it.

Sometimes, my mouth can get the better of me.

I know the things I say go out of my own mouth and into my own ears.

I love saying terrible things. Things that I think are terrible and I've gotten in to trouble in the past - just hearing it come out of my mouth or seeing it typed and seeing it out there - something terrible that in real life isn't funny.

I like to laugh at myself and sometimes I put my foot in my mouth, but I don't mean any harm.