Quotes About Self-awareness

I begin to get a little acquainted with my own strength and weakness.—Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own Works.

Curious," it said. "What you call your decent self doesn't dare look me in the eye! What a mistake people make who say that the man who won't look you in the eye is not to be trusted! As if mere brazenness were a sign of honesty; really, the theory of decency is the most amusing thing in the world.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.

One might as well claim that the tide which rubs pebbles smooth on a beach is doing the pebbles a service because being round is prettier than being jagged. It's of no concern to a pebble what shape it is. But it's very important to a person.

Sometimes when the sky overwhelms the world with crimson, a man becomes the image of himself.

Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half" was the first one I encountered. Another was, "Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God.

Most people don't lead their own lives - they accept their lives.

To thrive at sea, you must be responsible for who you are, not who you want to be.

If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?

Leave each one his touch of folly it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.

Well, I don't know why people insist on knowing themselves. It's hard enough to know what to wear.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

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There is no such thing as talent, there is only cleaning the mirror.

Is it not far better to abhor sins by the remembrance of others' faults, than by repentance of thine own follies?

No Executive can value the worth of others unless he first learns to value himself

There are some days I practice positive thinking, and other days I'm not positive I am thinking.

I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set.

I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves.

If he couldn't be alone, then he couldn't think of anyone he'd rather have irritating him.

I didn't confess how wrecked I was. Let them keep thinking I was Superwoman if they wanted. I knew the truth.

I remember Robyn saying once 'Talking about yourself can be selfish or generous'. When I asked what she meant, she said: 'If you never talk about yourself, about your problems and stuff, that's selfish, because you're not giving your friends a chance to help you. And if you talk about yourself all the time, you're selfish and boring.

It's funny about a face, how big a difference it makes. I mean, one day you look in th mirror and you think, yeah, that's me, that's my face. And then another day...you think, that's not me, that's not my face. So am I my face? I mean is that all I am?

So, am I a genius?