Quotes About Self-awareness

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

Never think that you already know all. However highly you are appraised, always have the courage to say to yourself-I am ignorant.

I think that sometimes quitting is exactly the right thing to do. Quitting something that's not working requires self-awareness and courage.

It takes courage for people to listen to their own goodness and act on it.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

Only he is a truly ethical, a truly human being, who has the courage to see through his own religious feelings and needs.

To be what I term a 'quality' human being one has to be transparently real and have the courage to be what he is.

The deepest and rarest kind of courage has nothing to do with feats or obstacles in the outside world; and, indeed, has nothing to do with the outside world - it is the courage to be who you are.

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you.

Only when you know who you are will you be able to find the courage to do what drives you-with integrity and grace.

The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all the courage to go further.

Every achievement, every step forward in knowledge, is the consequence of courage, of toughness towards oneself, of sincerity to oneself

Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.

Find yourself for courage and confidence are as easy as breathing to the person who really knows who he is.

Humility is courage, the open acceptance of your own perfection.

And have the courage to accept that you're not perfect; nothing is, and no one is - and that's OK.

It takes courage to realize that you are greater than your moods, greater than your thoughts, and that you can control your moods and thoughts.

Revile those who flatter you.

We should not be much concerned about faults we have the courage to own.

To say a person is a coward has no more meaning than to say he is lazy: It simply tells us that some vital potentiality is unrealized or blocked.

Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others.

Meditation requires courage. It requires the basic integrity, sincerity, respect towards your own being. At least don't deceive yourself.

Know yourself. Be authentic. Have courage.

What do you believe reveals more about a man's character, his arrogance or his attempt to disguise it?