Quotes about Self-awareness

Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.

She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a came of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.

Knowing who you are is vastly more important than knowing where you are going or even what you can do. Because he is your Creator, God has quite a bit to say to you about who you are. And who you truly are carries within it the revelation of what you could be.

You were created for truth. So no matter how frightening it may be at the time, we must always be truthful with ourselves.

Often the greatest poverty comes when we fail to realize what we have, just as the greatest deception comes when we do not know who we are.

Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we cannot cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves?

Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself.

When you abandon making choices, you enter the vast world of excuses.