Quotes About Self-awareness

To tell the truth, I'd scare me too.

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.

We can be redeemed only to the extent to which we see ourselves.

For the believer, humility is honesty about one's greatest flaws to a degree in which he fearless about truly appearing less righteous than another.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

How much more can you give? Other than, literally, open-heart surgery onstage? Not much. But the only cure you have right now is the honesty of going, this is who you are. I know who I am.

Self-honesty is not putting yourself down or feeling sorry for yourself. Self-honesty is looking at things as they are and then being compelled to make changes.

Early in my career...I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility... I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I've never been sorry.

Even if there are instances in which it can be mistook by onlookers, never fool yourself into using misunderstood genius as an excuse to be a fool.

If you don't know how, why pretend?

To follow implies not only the denying of one's own clarity, investigation, integrity and honesty, but it also implies that your motive in following is reward.

In reality, humility means nothing other than complete honesty about yourself.

I paint with a language I can call my own... it takes a ruthless honesty with oneself. If one admires or is influenced by anyone else, one is not being true to oneself.

Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.

I realized, dumb people don't know they're dumb. When people try to make me laugh and they try to be funny, that's when they lose me. I find a lot of comedy in honesty.

Sanity is to be found in accurate honesty to oneself.

What is more arrogant than honesty?

I've never been - I don't think I'm, like, a great A&R, by any means. I don't even know production lingo, in all honesty.

Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have admit to yourself your own errors.

You can say no if that is more truthful than a resentful yes.

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.

being honest to the people around you is the best thing you ever do to them, but expecting the same from them is the worst thing you ever do to yourself