Quotes About Self-awareness

I am very much aware of my own double self. The well-known one is very under control; everything is planned and very secure. The unknown one can be very unpleasant. I think this side is responsible for all the creative work - he is in touch with the child. He is not rational; he is impulsive and extremely emotional.

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.

In a way, I'd rather go into an interview and be disliked, and have unpleasant things written about me, than to have a wonderful, glowing article written that is in no way a reflection of who I am.

On land, you can walk away from people, from unpleasant situations. But when you're on a ship for 14 months with 49 other people, if you don't resolve your issues it literally could mean - and this would be an extreme circumstance - the sinking of the ship. You learn a lot about other people. You learn a lot about yourself.

I have no delusions about my likability in every scenario. I know that in order to get things done the way you want them, oftentimes your position will be unpopular.

I remembered myself as an unpopular and rather sad kid.

We live in the Facebook era. I think everyone, not just celebrities, have an unprecedented level of self-awareness, of presenting yourself to the world. The truth is, it starts with how you look, and that goes into how you dress.

I know I'm incredibly unpredictable, and that's the only thing I'm sure of.

I've written in the middle of a conversation or the grocery store or at another band's concert or in the last moments before falling asleep. It's pretty unpredictable. I think it's always flowing, and sometimes I'm not listening. There's no formula for when I'm going to be able to be a good listener to myself.

I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this.

I recognise my old self in a lot of the letters I get from single women who are unrealistic about what they want.

I don't mind if I show myself being cheap or unreasonable sometimes.

I am tough. Sometimes I'm unreasonable. I have to catch myself every once in a while.

I know I am bad-tempered and unruly, so I like calling the shots.

I feel confidence in myself, but at the same time there's these cracks in the facade and those little things underneath that are unstable.

When you're younger, you kind of assume you'll be fine at whatever. Then you get older, and you're either unsuccessful and you wonder why, or you're successful and you wonder why.

I think when you get into your 30s, you start to realize all of the patterns you have in your life and all of the stuff that you're avoiding. It's a terribly unsung period in people's lives. I can't think about many artists who have sung about it, because it's so not sexy.

A shy kid might look longingly at other kids playing in the schoolyard, afraid and unsure about how to approach them, but an introvert is perfectly content on her own.

My relationship with alcohol became unsustainable. For people who are going to ask, 'Were you an alcoholic?' I suppose the short answer is 'Yes.'

You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.

You can't really start living until you can live with yourself.

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

See, it's not until you start accepting who you are that you can really find success, or more importantly, happiness.