Quotes About Self-awareness

I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions.

I thought I had problems, but now, knowing what you went through, I've stopped feeling sorry for myself. I'm going to quit tearing myself apart and treat my problems more lightly.

I am angry nearly every day of my life, Jo, but I have learned not to show it; and I still hope to learn not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do so.

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

Over time I actually changed the way I saw myself, which meant I showed up in the world differently,

Most beautiful but dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.

I have been taking stock of my 50 years since I left Wichita. How I have existed fills me with horror for I failed in everything. Spelling, arithmetic, writing, swimming, tennis, golf, dancing, singing, acting, wife, mistress, whore, friend, even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of not trying. I tried with all my heart.

Most beautiful dumb girls think they are smart and get away with it, because other people, on the whole, aren't much smarter.

I'm a good knitter, and I'm proud of it. I see no point in being modest about things you know you do well. It doesn't indicate humility so much as hypocrisy or lack of perception.

I've read a lot of first-rate writing, and I have some critical sense; so I know where I stand. I'll never be first rate. I'll improve with practice, I trust, but I haven't got what it takes to reach the top.

Aside from forest fire, there's nothing to be afraid of in the woods, except yourself. If you've got sense, you can keep out of trouble. If you haven't got sense, you'll get into trouble, here or anywhere else.

Self-awareness: it is one of the chief bonuses of advancing age. It is our consolation prize.

There will never come a time when I will be able to resist my emotions.

Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth.

Little lies that make people feel better are not bad, like thanking someone for a meal they made even if you hated it, or telling a sick person they look better when they don't, or someone with a hideous new hat that it's lovely. But to yourself you must tell the truth

I don't fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.

What we think about ourselves becomes the truth for us.

Would you really dig into yesterday's garbage to make tonight's meal? Do you dig into old mental garbage to create tomorrow's experiences? If a thought or belief does not serve you, let it go! There is no written law that says that because you once believed something, you have to continue to believe it forever.

If we can use our problems and illnesses as opportunities to think about how we can change our lives, we have power.

In blaming another, we give away our power. Understanding enables us to rise above the issue and take control of our future.

You have to get in touch with your inner guidance because it is the wisdom that knows the answers for you.

We forget that we create the situations, then we give our power away by blaming the other person for our frustration. No person, no place, and no thing has any power over us, for "we" are the only thinkers in our mind. We create our experiences, our reality, and everyone in it. When we create peace and harmony and balance in our mind, we will find it in our lives.

I do not encourage you to blame your parents. We are all victims of victims, and they could not teach you something that they did not know.

Each one of us has a three-year-old child within us, and we often spend most of our time yelling at that kid in ourselves. Then we wonder why our lives don't work.