Quotes About Self-awareness

I always felt there was something wrong with me, even when I was a child, a discomfort with my own being. I had an urge to be mean to people. I was too shy to do it properly but now I know the reasons for the faults in my character. I'm the devil.

Qué voy a hacer para no ser tan raro, Dios mío, cuándo voy a ser capaz de enfrentar a los desconocidos, cuándo me van a pasar estas ganas de ser invisible, Dios, que no me miren

Y qué voy a hacer yo ahora. Quién va a creerme desde mañana que nadie tiene que lidiarme, que yo soy el que vive aquí adentro y sabe cómo funcionan las cosas.

No sé en qué momento empezaste a darte permiso de darme por sentada -le dijo ella, siempre a cargo, con el estómago revuelto en la garganta-: no sé en qué momento te comiste el cuento de que tú eres el protagonista de esta historia

Also, as a rule of thumb, if you find yourself defending your inalienable right to make someone else feel like garbage, you're on the wrong side of the argument.

As an American, I'd like to apologize-for everything.

My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

Every person, all the events of your life are drawn there because you have them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created this mess you got yourself into in the first place.

I know that I'm fond of saying this repeatedly, but the best thing about the past is that it's over and when it's not over something is amiss in your mind. It's not the original event or perpetrator that's making you remember—it's you, inside your own mind, holding on to terrible memories. None of us are exempt from this.

All of these people, as they told me their stories, shared certain things in common. One example was that they reached a point where they got so fed up they stopped thinking about what scared them. They started to look at themselves being afraid and started thinking, This is really silly. Elements like these, which they all shared in common, allowed me to develop the first "phobia cure." It wasn't really a "cure" so much as a "lesson.

When you understand where you are in your development and what stage is coming up next, you can make choices that anticipate future challenges and thereby accelerate the pace of your development.

The falseness of your own hearts, if you look not to them, may undo you(15).

If you stand to close to your reflection you do not see the full picture of who you are. When one heart speaks, other hearts cannot help but listen. Always keep your mouth closed when cleaning the toilet. All from my book.

If only we had the power to see ourselves in the same way that others see us.' Of all the mantras one might adopt in life, this is surely one of the better ones and for anyone in a leadership role it should be an essential part of the checks and balances that are built into a company's standard operating procedures.

Alexander then placed two extra mirrors either side of the original mirror that he had been using. He quickly noticed that, although he had been convinced that he was putting his head forward, he was in fact pulling his head back with even more tension than before. He realised that he was a victim of what he termed faulty sensory appreciation. In other words, he felt that he was doing one thing when, in fact, he was really doing the opposite.

Lincoln admitted his infirmities to make way for his spring.

Depression can seem absurdly self aggrandizing to those who do not experience it, But that does not make it any less painful to those who do.

When we criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.

Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you. It's absolutely true that, "Wherever you go, there you are.

If, however, you take a moment to observe how you actually feel immediately after you criticise someone, you'll notice that you will feel a little deflated and ashamed, almost like you're the one who has been attacked. The reason this is true is that when we criticise, it's a statement to the world and to ourselves, "I have a need to be critical." This isn't something we are usually proud to admit.

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect.