Quotes about Self-awareness

The last thing she needed to do was start a difficult conversation without knowing her own mind and heart.

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.

The first lesson I've learned is that no matter what you do in your life, you have to figure out your own internal rhythms - I mean, what works for you doesn't necessarily work for your friend.

The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see.

When we are truly aware of our spiritual glory, a varicose vein or two is not that big a deal.

Your words are so powerful and precious. Learn to harness them, guide them and let them work for you.

If a musician is making a mediocre, self-indulgent body of work, they have to know that, for the most part, people aren't going to be interested.

Anything that makes us forget who we are and what we want; that way we can work in order to produce, reproduce, and earn money.

If a man lose his balance, and immerse himself in any trades or pleasures for their own sake, he may be a good wheel or pin, but he is not a cultivated man.

I really think I am where I am in spite of my training, not because of it. I don't know how unique my work is, because I never compare it.

The more bitter the desert experience, the sweeter the water of the oasis. The more I understand myself, the more effectively I can work with others.

Often, we have only focused on what we've done wrong as a nation. Of course we should face our sins and our mistakes. But if we get stuck there and don't focus on where we've come from and how we've overcome those sins and mistakes, we are truly to be pitied.