Quotes About Self-awareness

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

How do you know if you like someone because you really do like that person, or if you like him only because you think you're supposed to?

Sometimes we do all the wrong things for all the right reasons. We can be our own worst enemies. It takes a while to get over that.

Blaming the wine would have been taking the easy way out. Annie refused to do that. Rather, she buttoned her blouse with raggedy fingers and said, "I was thinking of my husband. That's the problem. I was using you, but you shouldn't be a stand-in for someone else. You deserve more.

onset of slow-creeping mortification

You've got to stop listening to that tiny hysterical voice inside and start listening to the messages your body's been sending for weeks now. The hysterical voice is exactly that. Hysterical. It's highly emotional. It doesn't know the facts, and it's preventing you from seeing and believing them.

I think the reason that men are so very violent is that they know, deep in themselves, that they're acting out a lie, and so they're furious at being caught up in the lie. But they don't know how to break it…. They're in a rage because they are acting out a lie—which means that in some deep part of themselves they want to be delivered from it, are homesick for the truth.

So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.

ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR BANISHING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS.

be aware of negative messages and refuse to apply them to yourself.

Our surroundings compose a portrait of who we are, what we value and what we think of ourselves

Maybe we both need to realize that we're giving our families and our pasts too much power over us.

I told her that's exactly how I felt, but I didn't know

Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made.

Because you are in control of your life. Don't ever forget that. You are what you are because of the conscious and subconscious choices you have made.

Why is it that only girls stand on the sides of their feet? As if they're afraid to plant themselves?

It is true that I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.

I feel I can almost count as another woman,' said Nicholas, perhaps rather too lightly, for he was still thinking more of his tobacco leaves than of Miss Doggett's mission.

He certainly is very charming, but he makes me feel slightly ill at ease—almost as if I were a woman manquée, if there could be such a thing—you know, something lacking in me." "Oh, well, that's hardly his fault." "No," Dulcie agreed. "Mine, of course.

If you're unhappy, something important is going on. When your body hurts, it needs attention. When your heart hurts, it needs just as much attention. Your mind knows what you've been taught, but your heart knows who you really are.

Protecting yourself by stopping your own enthusiasm is unavoidable. No one can take endless doses of hurt. Unfortunately, stopping your enthusiasm can get to be a habit.

Each time you judge yourself, you break your heart.

Remember that to yourself, you are and always will be the strongest element in your environment. That's why any job, right or wrong, will teach you important lessons about yourself. The truth is that personal development is the real reason you should be working in the first place.

All underearners, without question, share one common trait: a high tolerance for low