Quotes about Self-awareness

After less than a week on campus I discovered I wan't that bright. All the students were bright; many of them extremely gifted and perceptive. Yale was a great leveler for me, because I now studied, worked, and lived with dozens of high-achieving students, and I didn't stand out among them.

Make no excuses. Rationalize nothing. Blame no one. Humble yourself.

When we judge a brother's or sister's sin as so much worse than our own, we are like lepers counting spots. "She has more than I do.

Aloneness exaggerates our emotions and sensitivity.

Be careful of those who allow microscopes to replace mirrors in their lives, holding you to standards you were never called to maintain.

The challenge of a tamed tongue is so great that we'd be wise to give it daily attention in prayer.

Proverbs 14:10 that "each heart knows its own bitterness" (NIV), and I think he was on to something. No other human can climb down our throats like a spelunker and

Lord, at whatever point I judge another person, Your Word says I am condemning myself, because those of us who pass judgment do the same things. Now I know that Your judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when I, a mere human, pass judgment on others and yet do the same things, do I think I will escape Your judgment? (Rom. 2:1—2). If I do not judge, I will not be judged. If I do not condemn, I will not be condemned. If I

Better to admit where you're not and ask God's help to get you where you need to be.

Our daily lives demonstrate what we really believe about ourselves.

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.

The professional learns to recognize envy-driven criticism and to take it for what it is: the supreme compliment. The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.