Quotes About Self-awareness

The good thing about being in one's midtwenties is that you know nothing bad is going to happen if you don't return people's texts and voice mails

I thought if you wore that, no matter what face you saw every morning in the mirror, he said in his deep voice, you'll never forget who you really are. My eyes filling with tear, I held my hand out across the tabletop. He grasped my fingers, his grip strong and reassuring. As if I ever could, I said, my voice clogged with emotion, with you around to remind me.

Itulah, aku sadar, yang harus mulai kulakukan: berhenti berharap punya bakat yang lebih, dan mulai menggunakan bakat yang kumiliki sebaik mungkin.

Lots of people go through life not having the slightest idea what names to put in the blanks on their "Who Am I?" work sheets, and they aren't bothered in the least by it.

You can only be in a bad mood for so long before you have to face up to the fact that it isn't a bad mood at all; it's just your sucky personality.

I'VE LEARNED THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THINK ABOUT YOU. THE BEST YOU CAN DO IN LIFE IS NOT PISS YOURSELF OFF.

I believe that what we get out of life is what we've set ourselves up to get, so there's no such thing as an inconsequential decision. Our destinies are the culmination of all the choices we've made along the way, which is why it's imperative to listen hard to your inner voice when it speaks up. Don't let anyone else's noise drown it out.

Relius lay alone with his thoughts. What kind of man, he wondered, referred to himself as "safely dead"?

My gift is that I always know when I've made an ass of myself.

If I am a pawn of the gods, it is because they know me so well, not because they make up my mind for me. Eddis, The Queen of Attolia

If there's anything I've learned in twenty-five years, it's that the more honest you are about what you think, the more you sit in solitude with your own thoughts.

Unfortunately, we all had to face that I was not the person they wanted me to be.

I'd already figured out that not understanding my failings was another one of my failings.

It is good to be busy. Being busy takes our mind off being in love at the wrong time, in the wrong place and with the wrong guy.

As long as she could remember who she was, she was okay. She wouldn't go crazy. At least not today.

Even though you can't control the things that happen to you, you can control your perspective and your actions. There's never a moment you can't choose who you want to be.

Be brave. You are more than you seem, and you know more than you know.

I'm not just any talking mirror," Ira says. "I'm a cool talking mirror.

every man had a choice: feed that which makes you happy, or feed that which makes you rage.

Taking care of myself is a big job. No wonder I avoided it for so long. —ANONYMOUS

For each of us, there comes a time to let go. You will know when that time has come. When you have done all that you can do, it is time to detach. Deal with your feelings. Face your fears about losing control. Gain control of yourself and your responsibilities. Free others to be who they are. In so doing, you will set yourself free. ACTIVITY Is there an event or person in your life that you are trying to control? Why? Write a few paragraphs about it.

I want to thank each person who has the courage to push through and past the set of coping behaviors we've come to label as codependency—who learn what it means to take care of themselves. "Nobody taught me how to take care of myself," a fifty-year-old woman told me recently. "I didn't have enough money to go to therapy, but I had enough to buy a book.

You are not responsible for making other people "see the light," and you do not need to "set them straight." You are responsible for helping yourself see the light and for setting yourself straight.

Taking care of myself is a big job. No wonder I avoided it for so long.