Quotes About Self-awareness

I wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.

The fuck are you staring at? I hiss at the stranger staring at me in my rearview. Oh, wait, that's me.

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Sometimes you have to take a break from being a crazy kid. You can't be doing that all the time. Sometimes you just have to pay respect to your own simple-ness.

But I had no idea what I looked like. Children may feel epic and large to theyselves and yet be only scraps to view.

It would be a very good thing if occasionally I thought I knew what I was doing.

But we are never old to ourselves. That is because at close of day the ship we sail in is the soul, not the body.

Sometimes we are so foolish in our thoughts that even fools would baulk at what we are thinking.

The greatest imperfection is in our inward sight, that is, to be ghosts unto our own eyes.' Sir Thomas Browne, Christian Morals

Have you ever been lonely? No, neither have I. Solitary, yes. Alone, certainly. But lonely means minding about being on your own. I've never minded about it.

Ja, vem var hon, att hon kunde våga påstå, att allt det här spektaklet med Karl-Artur, det var ingenting? Det var inte samvetskval, det var inte någon straffdom, det var just jämnt ingenting.

Hon kunde aldrig hänge sig helt åt något. Om hon älskade, ja, vad hon än gjorde, stod liksom ena hälften av hennes jag och såg på med ett kallt hånlöje.

Every guilty person is his own hangman.

The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.

The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.

Be humble for you are made of earth. Be noble for you are made of stars.

again. True humility and true pride are the same thing. They both consist of knowing who you really are and what you can do. So

I'm sorry," I said. I felt unbearably ashamed. "I'm sorry." "What for?" "For being a blind, self-satisfied ass. For not seeing . . .

Aliviado de su arrepentimiento (esa suspensión del ser en la que uno empieza a darse cuenta de qué es lo que ha hecho), apenas cinco minutos después Nudler ya era de nuevo el mismo que era la primera vez que lo vi, y seguramente el mismo que unas horas atrás había golpeado a Trini.

una historia de mí; quizá no sea correcta, pero cuéntame de mí. Necesito una versión de mí».

I believe we have reached a point where those of us who belong to this culture of la frontera in Ysleta and El Paso are not content to sit back and watch others tell us who we are. We know who we are, and we ourselves can tell others about what we love and what we fear and what we hate and what can save us. I believe our community has developed that confidence to step forward and start taking responsibility for the many images that are projected in the name of Ysleta and El Paso.

If you want to know what you think of yourself, then ask yourself what you think of others and you will find the answer.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. —Abraham Lincoln, in a letter to Mrs. Orville H. Browning April 1st, 1838