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Quotes about Self-awareness

There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
- Marilyn Monroe
We don't see the world as it is; we see the world as we are...if someone has a critical eye, they will always find something to be critical about. And if they have a grateful eye, they will find something to celebrate even in the worst of circumstances...Having a "good eye" in life changes how you see yourself and everything around you... your focus determines your reality.
- Mark Batterson
Death is a mirror that gives us a glimpse of who we really are. Death is a rearview mirror that puts the past into perspective.
- Mark Batterson
The healthiest, holiest, and happiest people on the planet are those who laugh at themselves the most.
- Mark Batterson
If you want to discover your God-ordained passions, then you need to identify what makes you sad, mad, or glad.
- Mark Batterson
But when you're insecure, your greatest asset becomes your greatest threat. Comparison will sabotage your destiny by undermining your integrity.
- Mark Batterson
We don't see the world as it is; we see the world as we are.
- Mark Batterson
As he said, "we should have a double eye: one eye to see that which is amiss in us, our own imperfections, thereby to carry ourselves in a perpetual humility; but another eye of faith, to see what we have in Christ, our perfection in him.
- Mark Dever
I don't like to do anything that's mean spirited just because I don't find it funny. I'd rather be the jackass than makes fun of somebody else. It just seems too cheap and easy.
- Melissa McCarthy
Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
- Erica Jong
I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans.
- George W. Bush
Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.
- Dale Carnegie