Quotes About Self-awareness

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.

Wayne Am I supposed to be a man, am I supposed to say, it's OK, I don't mind. I don't mind. Well I mind I mind big time And you know what the worst part is I NEVER LEARNED TO READ.

But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on

We've got something about ourselves we wish we could change, and we never knew that none is perfect.

All of us identify who we are in contrast with who we are not, and the 'who we are not' changes all the time.

My license plate says PMS. Nobody cuts me off.

Life does not get better so long as we avoid the pain that spurs us to evolve. We do not develop emotionally, because we block out our feelings rather than bear them. We cannot become fluent in intimacy, because we keep ourselves hidden. We do not become confident, because we duck challenges rather than do the kind of work that instills self-worth. There are no shortcuts to life's bounty.

As long as you know who you are, and see what makes you happy, it doesn't matte how others see you

The trick is that if you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

I squeeze my eyes shut and practice being not seen. I open one eye. "Well? Can you see me?" "Yes, Bob, I can see you." She said my name. Bob. It makes me feel Ã¢â'¬Â¦ well, seen. And heard. Like I'm a person. Or whatever I am. I'm glad I'm not invisible after all.

nearing the end of a long teaching career, knowing I am in many ways ordinary yet still striving to count myself heroic.

We have more than enough people to remind us of that, to give us dispassionate evaluations of our mediocrity.

Nunca he sido capaz de expresar mis sentimientos exteriormente, como Emma. Pero eso no significa que no los tenga por dentro

We love people for who they are and how they make us feel. We can usually tolerate their faults and keep them to ourselves, But once we see any reflection of ourselves in their eyes that is not the one we want to see, that we need to see to feel good, the backbone of the love is broken.

Their conscious selves expected diminishing returns. The average estimate of new endings was about five, which was fewer than they had produced in the initial four minutes. They were then given an additional four minutes to work. The actual number of new endings they generated was 20 percent higher than they estimated. They didn't give persistence enough credit.

It is only through writing that I become myself

Be careful not to trip over yourself.

Changing the mirror doesn't improve your life.

Fish don't fly, birds don't swim, find out what you're capable of, before you want to be.

No matter how big you are, you will trip over yourself.

Understand the other before judging with your self-esteem.

There are those who go their whole lives without realizing that they are repeating the same things every day."

In the eyes of the others we who met them saw ourselves. And there were demons there.