Quotes About Self-awareness

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

My life has been one great big joke A dance that's walked A song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke When I think about myself.

Well, 'I'm sorry' is just a thing to say, you see. I'm trying not to be so apologetic and obsequious all the time. It's just such a habit ...

Like I am struck by my own brilliance?" "I was going to say maniacal," Harriet replied.

Once you take yourself too seriously the art will suffer.

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

Others judge you for not what you are, but what they are. Self Judgement is thus more Significant....

Hiljadu puta se pokaješ za ono što kažeš, rijetko za ono što pre?utiš.

A ljubav ti je razumna jer joj ne vjeruješ suviše. Kao ni ja. Samo ne?u to da priznam.

Najteže se govori o onome što te se najviše ti?e.

Opasno je kad se ?ovjek na?e sâm, okružen tišinom tu?eg neprisustva, više je strahova i ?udnih razgovora sa sobom. Samo, kako da ti to sve kažem? I kako da objasnim sebi, tebe se to ne ti?e, što nekad teško podnosim ovu usamljenost, a nekad mi je draža od svega, ne bih je dao nizašto.

Ja, crv, sitan i nevažan, šta sam mogao u?initi njima, slonovima? Kakvu sam im štetu mogao nanijeti? Ja sam pesnica koja je udarila u zid. Ja sam udarac koji boli onoga koji udara. Ja sam mali ?ovjek koji je zaboravio da je mali. Uvrijedio sam ih što se usu?ujem da mislim. Ja, ludi vrabac, pošao sam jastrebu u pohode. Jedva sam izvukao živu glavu.

Je li to mudrost, da ne o?ekujemo mnogo ni od sebe ni od drugih? Je li to gubitak ili dobitak, ako saznamo pravu vrijednost, svoju i tu?u? Gubitak je što je ta mjera sitna, a dobitak što ne tražimo više.

Led je pucao i kršio se u meni, ostaju?i zgomilan. Sam sebi sam najve?a prepreka, izgleda: htio sam da pišem o drugima, a mislio sam o sebi neriješenom.

If anyone considers this strange, or even unlikely, I can only say that the truth is something very strange, and we convince ourselves that it does not exist because we are ashamed of it, as we are of a leprous child, although in this manner the truth is not rendered less alive or less truthful. We usually beautify our thoughts and hide the vipers that slither within us. If we hide them, do they not exist?

You cannot lead others, if you cannot lead yourself. Know yourself and develop self discipline first, the rest is easy

I usually know almost exactly how I feel. The problem is, I just can't tell anyone.

Little parts of my heart break off then, for Finn, for Ruby, for Charlie, for me, for all the ways we've let ourselves become who people think we should be instead of who we really are.

some people are lonely for all the right reasons.

In theory, I would like to lead a transparent life. I would like my life to be as clear as a new pane of glass, without anything shameful and no dark shadows. I would like that. But if I am completely honest, I have to acknowledge secrets too painful even to tell myself. There

some people are lonely for all the right reasons. After

You didn't always need to be the dazzler, the firecracker, the one who cracked everyone up, or made everyone want to sleep with you, or be the one who wrote and starred in the play that got the standing ovation. You could cease to be obsessed with the idea of being interesting.

Greer had noticed, when she was very young, how, looking straight ahead, you could sort of always see the side of your own nose. Once she realized this it began to trouble her. Nothing was wrong with her nose, but she knew it would always be part of her view of the world. Greer had understood it was hard to escape yourself, and to escape the way it felt being you.

Greer had understood it was hard to escape yourself, and to escape the way it felt being you.