Quotes About Self-awareness

Self-mastery means turning the critical eye inward to yourself, rather than always identifying the faults of others. After you have accomplished this, you must refrain from blaming any creature; including yourself.

Some people want to be gods while they are still struggling to be human beings.

The first step to self-discovery is to be honest with yourself. Never fool your subconscious.

The good news is that no one can sincerely admit to be stupid in life.

The lesser we have to care about whether someone is a narcissist or not, the better we will end up improving our private lives.

The mind is the master, at the same time it acts as the best slave that never rests or sleeps.

The secret to motivation lies in controlling your mood swings.

There is no benefit to be only physically independent when the mind is still not liberated from mental slavery.

There's no need to lower or raise yourself above the things that you are not. Live according to your ability. Be true to yourself and your own nature.

Those who continue to pretend they had no choice, they are simply saying that they are still mentally immature to make their own decisions in life.

True leadership must begin within the heart and then you can take it to the mental level.

Trying something new and not being afraid to make mistakes is the shortest path to self-realisation.

Using the psychological language—Some people are less rational than others, because they are caught up in BEING instead of focusing in BECOMING too. Time is continuous.

What good is it to be sad after identifying the problem? You can only be sad when you are still confused, otherwise your sadness is just a matter of choice.

You must be willing to pay the price of being called an "adult". Stop and reflect upon your life.

You must know yourself first instead of following blindly like sheep.

You need to define yourself first, before knowing your worth. There is no place that can bring you happiness if you are not ready to work towards it.

Your thoughts are not yours until when you start pondering upon them.

Just found my account after 2 years, what little impact I have made. In hindsight I didn't do much to push for change... but then again what did you do?

Miriam realizes she is a broken vessel, pieces of her scattered everywhere. She has been finding those pieces, in their many forms, and bringing them together so she can be whole again.

If we compete with ourselves and not with others, then it does not matter who is behind us or ahead of us; our goal is to become and achieve all we are capable of being and doing, and this becomes the measure of our satisfaction.

When you live in reaction you give your power away. Then you get to experience what you gave your power to.

It is one thing to insist on walking south when the compass is pointing north. But to "fix" the compass so that it tells you that the wrong way is the right way is far, far worse. You can correct a mistake. But once you tell yourself it wasn't a mistake there's no way back.

When you're jolted, what spills out is whatever is filling you." When you're suddenly put to the test and don't have time to think about how you're coming across, your real nature will come out. That's why character needs to go all the way through: whatever fills you will spill out. And it's up to you to do something about it.