Quotes About Self-awareness

The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.

God give us grace to have the true knowledge of God and of ourselves.

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.

The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

Know thyself': long enough has that poor 'self' of thine tormented thee; thou wilt never get to 'know' it, I believe! Think it not thy business, this knowing of thyself; thou art an unknowable individual: know what thou canst work at; and work at it, like a Hercules! That will be thy better plan.

The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.

The worldling will not face his colossal inner blah.

I don't have any delusions. I don't think I would make it through Navy SEAL training.

I am somebody who never came close to a physical altercation, because I was too scared of even getting near one - I'd probably just start crying.

When people start asking you to do the same thing over and over again, that's when you know you're way too close to something that you don't want to be near.

However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you.

But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?

I am quite hard to live with, and I know that if I go through a bad run, I'm not the best company and am best left alone. But I'm not nearly as bad as people like to make out.

When I first began to learn to sing... I would get off on nearly every line and did not know it. I have learned to know when I am off.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don't necessarily want to be like them. I'm too happy being myself.

Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.

To grow you must understand and admit your mistakes, it is an approach that works for me, it is not necessarily the same for everyone.

I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience.

It's not that I want to necessarily avoid my darker moments, but I don't capitalize them and put a crown on them and tote them around as the answer anymore.

I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal Ripken, one Lou Gehrig and one Joe DiMaggio. What is good for them isn't necessarily good for Eric Davis.

I'm really happy with where I am, the movies in my life. Not satisfied, necessarily. But I won't put it on somebody else, blame anybody else for my position in the business. It's the choices I have made.

I never try to get ahead of myself because there's nothing that bothers me more than cockiness. I don't think that's necessary at all.