Quotes About Self-awareness

Life is a process, not a substance, and it is necessarily temporary. We are not the reason for the existence of the universe, but our ability for self-awareness and reflection makes us special within it.

It's been a long time since anybody caught me saying something stupid.

No one ever has time to examine himself honestly, and most people look no further than their neighbors' eyes, in which they may see their own reflection.

I'm a straight shooter, and most of the time my ego doesn't interrupt my relationships.

I always had an easier time with adults. Somehow, I was always old! I still feel old.

If we spend all our time gazing at the wonders ahead without remembering where we're standing right now, we're going to trip and fall flat on our face, over and over again.

Every time I end a book, I look down at myself.

I am not one of the great journalists of my time.

I feel like I've been victimised. It's because of who I am. I've done my time for past mistakes, if it wasn't me there wouldn't be a reaction.

Healing is a process. Sometimes it's quick, and other times it's gruelingly long. You're the only person who knows when it's time to move on and let go.

We should probably all pause to confront our past from time to time, because it changes its meaning as our circumstances alter.

One is given to self-dramatization from time to time. I intend to live forever.

...the devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. So don't expect the end of the world to come one day out of the blue - it's been happening every day for a long time.

It's kind of weird, because I look at myself as just a normal person. My friends get rejected all the time, so why shouldn't I? I don't think I'm anything special.

I don't think of myself all the time.

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

I'm so an all-or-nothing person in dating, always. I'm big on not wasting time. And so, yeah, if something's not working, it's time to not hold people back.

My professional persona never loosens its grip, keeping an eye on me at all times.

I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it's very difficult to figure out where I fit.

Likewise, every time somebody interjects to speak of my honesty there is someone who quivers inside me.

I think I grew up really fast; I grew up in this really fast-paced business, and I never understood what it meant to take a break or take time off or recover, and I paid for it.

There is an old and very wise Native American saying: Every time you point a finger in scorn—there are three remaining fingers pointing right back at you.

If you take a little time, let's say three weeks off, after recording a song, and you listen to it every other day, you're just going to know eventually.

I am 46, and have been for some time past.