Quotes about Self-awareness

For as he thinks within himself, so he is (Proverbs 23:7). T

It is not what we do that determines who we are. It is who we are that determines what we do.

I fully embrace myself as a hypocrite.

I feel like a fraud... My name is not even actually Ashton. Ashton is my middle name.

Ignorance of ourselves is another reason for forgiving others. Unfortunately it is ourselves we know least; our neighbor's sins, weaknesses, and failures we know a thousand times better than our own. Criticism of others may be bad, but it is want of self-criticism which is worse.

In fact, in order that we may never know ourselves, we hate silence and solitariness. Lest our conscience should carry on with us an unbearable repartee, we drown out its voice in amusements, distractions, and noise. If we met ourselves in others, we would hate them.

He who is not master of his own thoughts is not accountable for his own deeds.

Examine the road over which the fault has passed. - Charles Francios Bienvenu Myriel

An inward growth seemed to be in progress within him. He was conscious of a sort of natural enlargement, which gave him two things that were new to him — his father and his country.

When something goes 'wrong,' it is not the outer event that ought to be changed, but our inner state which responds to it. If we can build inner balance, we will no longer be blown over by the slightest gust, whether 'good' or 'bad'.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

I was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be.