Self-awareness Quotes

"It’s not stress that kills us, it’s our reaction to it."

- Hans Selye

"If the day ever came when we were able to accept ourselves and our children exactly as we and they are, then I believe we would have come very close to an ultimate understanding of what ‘good’ parenting means."

- Fred Rogers

"When you’re feeling anxious, remember: It’s just a thought, and a thought can be changed."

- Louise Hay

"The mind is a wonderful servant but a terrible master."

- Robin Sharma

"The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness."

- Alain de Botton

"Our stresses, anxieties, pains and problems arise because we do not see the world, others or even ourselves as worthy of love."

- Prem Prakash

"It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about."

- Dale Carnegie

"When you’re feeling anxious, remember that you’re still you. You are not your anxiety."

- Deanne Repich

"Just because I can’t explain the feelings causing my anxiety doesn’t make them less valid."

- Lauren Elizabeth

"Self-observation is the first step of inner unfolding."

- Amit Ray

"You can’t just take Tylenol to deal with anxiety. Being able to be level with people, being honest about your problem – that is a huge help."

- Royce White

"Anxiety is something that is part of me but it’s not who I am."

- Emma Stone

"It’s crazy how your mind will become this database to make you worry about things that are so arbitrary. I have a well-organized life, and I’ve put a lot of thought into the things that I do, and then, you know, my stomach will be... I’ll just be sitting there, totally anxious about something ridiculous. You have to stop yourself during the day and say, ‘It’s just not worth it.’"

- Leonardo DiCaprio

"You can’t always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside."

- Wayne Dyer

"You don't have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you."

- Dan Millman

"For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It’s not the most social pastime."

- Audrey Hepburn

"Make sure your worst enemy doesn't live between your own two ears."

- Laird Hamilton

"You guys know how I am. I don’t forget anything"

- Kobe Bryant

"My name, Stitch."

- Stitch

"This is your badness level. It's unusually high for someone your size. We have to fix that."

- Lilo

"Running is the classical road to self-consciousness, self-awareness, and self-reliance."

- Noel Carroll

"It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually, you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit."

- George Sheehan

"Everything you ever wanted to know about yourself you can learn in 26.2 miles."

- Lori Culnane

"The work here isn’t to figure out why they didn’t like you, or who’s right and who’s wrong. It’s to practice being okay with the idea that there are some people who will get you and some people who won’t…and that’s fine."

- Reshma Saujani

"Embrace your individuality. You were born to stand out, not blend in."

"Don’t compare your journey to someone else’s highlight reel. Celebrate your own unique path."

"Always be yourself, unless you can be a mermaid, then always be a mermaid."

"Anxiety is a lot like a toddler. It never stops talking, tells you you’re wrong about everything, and wakes you up at 3am."

"It's only embarrassing if you care what people think."

"You know you’re a salesperson when your lie detector test is inconclusive on every question except your name."