Quotes About Self-awareness

We need to live in mindful harmony with our feelings, not attempt to control them.

Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.

Know and believe in yourself and what others think won't disturb you.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

Ask yourself a question: Is my attitude worth catching?

It is important that you strive for humility, but not humiliation, for a cool, level-headed confidence, not a stiff, delusional arrogance.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

To remember oneself means the same thing as to be aware of oneself - I am. It is not a function, not thinking, not feeling; it is a different state of consciousness.

Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'

There is only one thing you should know. Conquer yourself.

When joy disappears, look for your mistake

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.

We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.

We are what we are, neither a good or as bad as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings.

You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.

If it suddenly became impossible for us to cover up all the junk we normally hide from the rest of humanity, I have a feeling we would all get real motivated to deal with the source of what ails us.

The worst kind of sin is not to acknowledge that you are sinful.

Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it.

You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on." Homer Simpson

When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order

We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.

Your date will not be impressed by you throwing up on her brand-new shoes, as you spout poetic babblings that are meaningful only to you.