Quotes About Self-awareness

This above all to thine own self be true.

Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause.

To thine own self be true -; And it must follow as the night the day; Thou canst not be false to any man

To Thine Ownself Be True

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

It happens. Life (or death) taps you on the shoulder, interrupts what you're doing, and suddenly you find that nobody has been bothering you but yourself.

They miss the whisper that runs any day in your mind, "Who are you really, wanderer?"-- and the answer you have to give no matter how dark and cold the world around you is: "Maybe I'm a king.

The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing things you do not need to hear dulls your hearing. And things you know before you hear them--those are you, Those are why you are in the world.

To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

How many of us can honestly say that we have plumbed the depths of our minds and hearts? How many of us regularly listen to ourselves with empathy and understanding—in the supportive way that a trusted friend can?

Taking responsibility for your life means owning your failures and faults as well as your successes and strengths.

In the calmness of the morning before the mind is heated and weary by the turmoil of the day, you have a season of unusual importance for communing with God and with yourself.

Every idiot has an opinion. I should know because I am one of them.

By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

I think I'm basically the same guy I always was. Maybe I've learned, through experience, to rein in some of the anger and temper they say redheads normally have.

Flatter yourself critically.

Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself.

Care for yourself enough to listen carefully to what you say to yourself.

The vain man is generally a doubter. It is Newton who sees himself as child on the sea shore, and his discoveries in the colored shell.

People generally can not believe themselves so easily manipulated and controllable. This is precisely why they are so easy to manpulate and contol.