Self Awareness Quotes

I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.

~ Raquel Cepeda

People are always doing things for my sake and strangely enough, I'm the one who suffers for it.

~ Robert Masello

Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.

~ David Brin

With the compelling convincingness of dreams, which are vague yet exact, the ghost voice draws us (to ourselves and all of our component selves), lifts them casually out of the well of the past--the well wherein nothing is lost, the deep well of forgetfulness, and remembrance--and tosses them mockingly on the glassy table surface of our consciousness. There we are forced to consider them. There we are forced to regard, analyze, and re-understand.

~ Heinrich Robert Zimmer

...friendship is something you do.

~ Nuala O'faolain

But every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again.That is why every man's story is important, eternal, sacred; that is why every man, as long as he lives and fulfills the will of nature, is wondrous, and worthy of every consideration. In each individual, the spirit has become flesh, in each man the creation suffers, within each one a redeemer is nailed to the cross.

~ Hermann Hesse

A man should be resigned to knowing himself a little better each day if he hasn't got the guts to put an end to his sniveling once and for all.

~ Louis-Ferdinand Céline

Who can say for certain that he is sincere, who can say for certain that he believes? In the midst of of our deepest emotions we are acting a comedy with ourselves; within us one self is always mocking another self. - priscilla and emily lofte

~ George Moore

True joy comes from operating with Inner-directedness and recognizing who you are.

~ Sanaya Roman

Perhaps the gift you seek already resides within you awaiting the day you choose to unwrap it.

~ Truth Devour

The world each person creates for himself is a distinctive world, not the same world others occupy.

~ Dean C. Barnlund

The fact that we're all different is the one thing we all have in common.

~ Justin Young

I'd been so fascinated by the notion, that I'd forgotten to measure what it was bringing forth. I'd been asleep, dreaming.

~ Ralph Ellison

[H]is mouth pursed, but pursed in American, more generous than English pursing, ready for broader vowels and less mincing sounds. His body was long and lean and trim; he had American hips, ready for a neat belt and the faraway ghost of a gunbelt.

~ A.s. Byatt

I'm deeper than the shit I'm in and I don't really give a damn.

~ Iggy Pop

Each person has a self-image that, to some degree, does not match reality. A significant difference between self-image and reality can be harmful. The more self-aware you are, the less likely you are to be vulnerable to your illusions. The more aware you are, the more you can do with your life.

~ Robert H. Bolton

The reality of life does not change who you are, it only changes your perspective.

~ Morgan Chabane

Sometimes it takes more than shouting it to show your pride. It takes more than a sign, a fabulous outfit, or a month of parades. Pride has to resonate from within; shine out to everyone around you. It has mean something to you and only you first before you announce it to the world.

~ Solange Nicole

It [speaking with words that bring about harmony] consists of speaking of what is good about people, instead of what is wrong with them. For some people this is an almost impossible exercise, for they have become totally habituated to speaking critically. We all seem to have a special talent for finding critical things to say about the world, about others, and about ourselves! (117)

~ Jean-Yves Leloup

The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.

~ Ursula K. Le Guin

Before you can be effective in communication with ANYONE else, you must know who YOU are. It begins with you. Believe me when I say, I don't need anyone's approval in this classroom ... I'm great company for myself. Me, myself, and I ... we laugh a lot. (Said on the first week of class each phase, somewhat rewording each time, but the gist is always there).

~ Dacia Wilkinson

When it comes to ourselves, we often have a blind spot. That is, we fail to see ourselves as others see us. We fail to recognize our most obvious traits: our strengths, weaknesses, mannerisms.

~ Mark Link

...that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignoranve, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves

~ Garth Stein

There is no such thing as self-awareness. Imagine thought retreating into itself to think about itself. It would be easier to imagine a revolver bullet extracting itself from its victim's wound and re-entering the barrel. Yes, it would be easier to imagine the universe's explosion suddenly halting its outflow of energy, so that the galaxies congeal once more, and the millions of light-years of their flight through space are immediately annulled.

~ Jean-Marie G. Le Clézio

I should learn from today and make tomorrow better.

~ Toni Sorenson

I am in love with life.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

As in most families, the mere struggle to have anything of one's own, to be one's self at all, creates an element of strain that keeps everybody almost at the breaking point.

~ Willa Cather

Whenever one person in a relationship is unwilling or unable to contact his or her vulnerability in the interaction, there is a simultaneous movement into judgement: self-attack, attack of the other, or both. This is a chicken-or-the-egg situation: Do you resort to judgment for protection because you don't feel safe, or are you not feeling safe because of the presence of judgment? This is a fundamental question in dealing with the judge.

~ Byron Brown

Storytelling creates a healing serum. The thematic unguent of our personal story represents a fusion of the ineffable truths that each of us must discover within ourselves.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

The unknown is created through your thoughts. To be afraid of your thoughts is not practical nor prudent. One must acknowledge their own well-being through right thinking - love the self. In loving yourself, you think right for yourself. Love = Balance in body, mind, and spirit. All people, places, and things have purpose - each is manifested through right thinking. As such, you are of spirit, and through spirit all things are possible. Love yourself as you are in body, mind, and spirit today and you will know truth of the matter for you is now here. You create. You own your life. Allow yourself to manifest the good, the loving, the kind, the generous for you today and all days. So be it.

~ Catherine Marie Bergman

Wisdom from Top Butler: Guard yourself at all times but don't let anyone lead you to live a guarded life that is all.

~ Donavan Nelson Butler

She wrote books—and she was happy.

~ Veda Bardot

As a leader you should look in the mirror and ask yourself would I follow you ensured of a victory.

~ Donavan Nelson Butler

Strength isn't measured by how many things or people you manage but more prevalent is how much you can self manage and guide yourself to your next check point.

~ Donavan Nelson Butler

Life Algebra 101 - I truly value my own ignorance of what is to come for me, It is those unknown variables the shape my future based on my knowns of today and yesterday.

~ Donavan Nelson Butler

My position is for one to be thought of as a CHARACTER is totally different from one having CHARACTER.

~ Donavan Nelson Butler

If you haven't learned to love yourself you are in reality living a lie proclaiming to be in love with someone else.

~ Donavan Nelson Butler

In one level, Om is the self-organizing power of the universe and self-awareness is the process to access that power.

~ Amit Ray

In his moments of pride he had said all those things, half in fun and half in earnest, and he began to wonder how he could have been so many kinds of a fool for so long without realising it.

~ Paul Laurence Dunbar

It doesn't matter who came to talk to me,' he said (Barack Obama). He went on to say that I needed to realize the power of my words. I could not send emails like that because they - I am paraphrasing - freak everyone out.Developing self-awareness is a lifelong process; you don't just wake up one day and have all you need. So even though I'd spend the last few months demonstrating that I was cable and knew what I was doing, this was something of a revelation. When the president of the United States tells you your words are powerful, it can be pretty shocking. I honestly didn't think anyone would give a shit if I sent a snippy email.It was good advice, specifically to me at the time but generally as it relates to any kind of replying-all in life: Think about how what you say could affect people, from the top down. It was also a wake-up call for me about my state of mind: I didn't know why (yet) - though I'm sure I did, deep down - but my temper was getting worse, and my fuse shorter and shorter.

~ Alyssa Mastromonaco