Quotes About Self-awareness

Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.

In order to preserve the dominion of our own passions, it behooves us to be constantly and strictly on our guard against the influence and infection of the passions of others.

If you take yourself too seriously, something like a bad review could put you off your stride.

Maybe you could call me a little controlling or I like things to be my way, but since I was a little girl, I've known what I wanted. I'm very rootsy, but it really hadn't ever caused me too much strife. I really know when to say when. I'm not too outward but I'm very honest.

I've got a string of disastrous relationships behind me. I don't think I'm an easy person to live with.

I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange 'cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know.

People think I'm clever, which is hilarious. I'm like, 'When did this happen? People used to think I couldn't string a sentence together.'

The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings.

We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents.

Everyday I strive to, at least, recognise my short-comings and the things I have to do to be the best person that I can possibly be.

We all have to strive to learn what motivates us, learn from our experiences, and what feels right and what feels wrong. There's a strong component over the years to having formal processes that help to identify lessons that need to be learned, and actions that need to be taken. In other words, how do you find the big idea?

I am definitely the same person I was when I finished 'The Impossible.' That's one of the things I really strive to keep.

When an actor thinks he has arrived and become the best one, that's when your downfall starts. I will always strive to do better than in my last film.

I'm my hardest critic because I know what I can do and I strive to be as perfect as I can be even though I know it's not possible.

When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.

To become a good cook is to know yourself, and I, at this point, know myself. I know myself, and I know the cook I want to be and the cook I am striving to be.

If you're constantly striving for questions that are never going to be answered, then you're only being detrimental to your own mental health.

In stand-up, you do need to be having fun up there, like Richard Pryor said, but you have to know yourself well, too... You start learning, and it's like playing a piano. You know exactly what keys to stroke, 'cause really, with comedy, you're, like, fiddling with people's souls.

The only strong opinion that I have about myself is that I don't have any opinions.

Sorry, public speaking isn't really my strong side.

You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.

I am not strong on perfection.

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.

I have a strong sense of myself. That gives me a sense of security, you know? If I define myself by things that are always changing, like the public's opinion, or what I'm wearing, or what job I'm doing, there's no stability in that.