Quotes About Self-awareness

I knew I was going bald when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face.

Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life, not even your own child's.

You are what you eat. You are a human body comprised of organs, blood and guts, and other shit. The food you put into your body works its way through your organs and bloodstream and is actually part of who you are. So every time you put crap in your body, you are crap.

My feet beat out a steady muffled rhythm. My thoughts participated in each step, never getting ahead of me.

Quien no se mueve no siente sus cadenas

Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence.

Rule Number 6 is 'Don't take yourself so g—damn seriously.'" "Ah," says his visitor, "that is a fine rule." After a moment of pondering, he inquires, "And what, may I ask, are the other rules?" "There aren't any.

If I cannot be present without resistance to the way things are and act effectively, if I feel myself to be wronged, a loser, or a victim, I will tell myself that some assumption I have made is the source of my difficulty.

Who am I being that they are not shining?

I am the framework for everything that happens in my life.

Immersed in the saltless broth of my existence, I tried on moods.

Clarice Lispector

I really believe that to live inauthentically is to live in a sort of hell.

I do not fix problems. I fix my thinking. Then problems fix themselves.

I say "Out" to every negative thought that comes to my mind. No person, place, or thing has any power over me, for I am the only thinker in my mind. I create my own reality and everyone in it.

You are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world.

You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we're not. We always have the power of our minds…Claim and consciously use your power.

Well, I believe you created those experiences over and over because they mirrored something you believed about yourself. It doesn't really matter how long we have had a problem, or how big it is, or how life-threatening it is. The Point of Power Is Always in the Present Moment

Il n'y a pas de vanité intelligente.

Je moet eerst een diepe walging van de anderen krijgen voordat je zelf precies weet waartoe je in staat bent.

A man should be resigned to knowing himself a little better each day if he hasn't got the guts to put an end to his sniveling once and for all.

You can't change the way he feels," the doctor said. "But you can change the way you react to what he says and does. You have power over that, Madeleine. His emotions don't have to dictate your responses.

But now I know—the best of us waste our time repenting, forgiving everyone but ourselves.

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.