Quotes About Self-awareness

I thought of myself as a very goal-oriented person. The more I've aged, the more I'm like, well, maybe I'm not that ambitious.

It would be arrogant of us for me to say everything at McDonald's is perfect.

I don't want to put meaning on what I do because I don't know what it is.

You can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are better than others, and you can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are less than others, either.

It's certain I never was meant to be an actor.

I don't think I would have made for a good doctor. It was not meant to be, and it took me a long time to realize that.

How do you measure your value?

If you don't measure yourself by achievement, how are you going to set achievement levels for other people?

Sometimes you have to stop something to really measure the passion that you have, and either you feel like moving, or you don't, and then maybe it's time to stop.

I try not to measure myself against other players.

I've been 5-6 since I've been at least 17 or 18. I think somebody made a mistake on the measurements.

You can't get too excited about your own medicine.

It takes a lot of effort to look this mediocre.

I was a pretty mediocre player.

Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.

Meditation changes your character.

When you fit meditation into your day, you bring much more of yourself to all the other hours of your day - you bring your whole self rather than your stressed-out self.

Loads of people talk about meditation and what it can do for your anxiety and I just really struggle to do traditional meditation. When they say, 'Lay still and empty your brain,' the minute I lay still, is the minute I think about everything that's going on.

I would hate to meet myself at 15.

You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.

I used to feel that I wouldn't be able to marry, since I am not a responsible person. I love two things - my work and music.

I'll know when to retire when I don't want to push myself anymore.

I do think people do pick movies that reveal something about them that they aren't always aware of. If you ask them what kind of an actor they think they are, they'll probably tell you something different than what they've actually done.