Self-awareness Quotes

"I just wish I could understand my father."

- Michael Jackson

"Me and Janet really are two different people."

- Michael Jackson

"I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?"

- Michael Jackson

"There are people out there who don't actively hold you back as much as they work quietly on your insecurities so that you hold yourself back."

- Michael Jackson

"Whenever I accept my own doubt and insecurity, I’m more open to other people.  The deeper I go into myself, the stronger I become because I realize that my real self is much bigger than any fear."

- Michael Jackson

"All of us are products of our childhood."

- Michael Jackson

"Sometimes the heart is so heavy that we turn away from it and forget that its throbbing is the wisest message of life, a wordless message that says, "Live, be, move, rejoice -- you are alive!" Without the heart's wise rhythm, we could not exist."

- Michael Jackson

"I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed and I embarass easily."

- Michael Jackson

"Look beyond yourself.."

- Michael Jackson

"Being transgender is not just a medical transition. It’s discovering who you are, living your live authentically, loving yourself, and spreading that love towards other people and accepting one another, no matter the difference."

- Jazz Jennings

"Do I think I'm transgender? Yes, 1000 percent! Do I identify as my natural born gender? 1000 percent!"

- Trisha Paytas

"We have to be whole people to find whole love"

- Cheryl Strayed

"I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I've always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It's a name that goes well together, and it's like one word - John Wayne."

- John Wayne

"Everybody that I was in school with had an uncle or father in the law, and I started to realize that I was going to end up writing briefs for about ten years for these fellows who I thought I was smarter than. And I was kind of losing my feeling for that."

- John Wayne

"I was sure I'd set the world on fire, and it was hard for a young feller like me to realize the truth - that I hadn't set the world on fire, and I was totally unprepared to handle the consequences if 'The Big Trail' had been a success and launched me as a star."

- John Wayne

"I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props."

- John Wayne

"Be yourself. If you're not yourself, who are you? But take advice; listen to people. If you're not listening, you're lost. You're a sheep among wolves."

- Craig David

"A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf."

- George R.R. Martin

"We humans fear the beast within the wolf because we do not understand the beast within ourselves."

- Gerald Hausman

"I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become. If I had, I’d have done it a lot earlier."

- Oprah Winfrey

""Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" — Dr. Seuss"

- Dr. Seuss

"The world is nothing but my perception of it.  I see only through myself.  I hear only through the filter of my story."

- Maya Angelou

"Being aware of your own weaknesses could be your biggest strength."

- Tom Peters

"Our choices reveal our intentions."

- Simon Sinek

"Don’t become too preoccupied with what is happening around you. Pay more attention to what is going on within you."

- Mary-Frances Winters

"Whatever you were and had in you when you entered the relationship will still be part of you after. Whatever made you attractive, a good partner (or maybe bad), a good friend is yours, not theirs. And you get to keep it and be it, regardless of the other person’s preference in your life. The relationship may be over, but you as an individual remain."

"Someone once told me, ‘I heard you finally got rid of your addiction.’ I smiled and said, ‘No, addiction doesn’t work like that. Once you have it, you will always have it. I just choose not to feed it."

- Anonymous

"The mat reveals your truth."

- Unknown

"Note to self: don't argue with people that should be ignored."

"A person should always choose a costume which is in direct contrast to her own personality."