Self-awareness Quotes

""The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.""

- Diane von Furstenberg, _Diane: A Signature Life_

"Focus on what others have and you feel that you have so little. Focus on what you do have and you realize that you have so much."

- Hrishikesh Agnihotri

"Have more than you show, and speak less than you know."

- William Shakespeare

"Don’t compare your beginning to someone else’s middle."

- Tim Hiller

"Our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life."

- Steve Jobs

"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside you."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Don’t compare yourself to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about."

- Regina Brett

"Focus on your journey, not the destination."

- Greg Anderson

"The ability to be alone with your thoughts is, in fact, one of the key advantages of working remotely."

- Jason Fried

"The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them."

- Steven Pressfield

"Nature gets into our souls and opens doors to hidden parts of ourselves."

- Pamela Heyda

"Affirmations are not bound up in rules. An affirmation can be long or short, poetic or plain. If you love a phrase and find that it helps you, that is a valid affirmation."

- Eric Maisel

"If you want to know where you’ll be five years from now, listen to what you’re saying about yourself today."

- Joel Osteen

"Your perspective is unique. It’s important and it counts."

- Glenn Close

"You can't let friends, family, or society dictate your emotional state. Whatever you have going on: relief, anger, cheer...just acknowledge it as what it is, without judgment. If those feelings change you will deal with those new emotions then. But for now just try to be comfortable with what you have."

- Rob Dobrenski

"Damn it, Bones, you're a doctor. You know that pain and guilt can't be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They're the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don't want my pain taken away! I need my pain!"

- James Kirk

"Spock, You Want To Know Something? Everybody's Human."

- Captain James T. Kirk

"Believing oneself to be perfect is often the sign of a delusional mind."

- Data

"In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see."

- Spock

"Before you can be loyal to another, you must be loyal to yourself."

- Bashir

"You don't want your personality to eclipse your work because no one would be interested in seeing your work anymore."

- Amy Landecker

"The right scent can make you feel a little more stylish, but it should never eclipse who you are. It should complement who you are."

- Justin Timberlake

"The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself."

- Tony Robbins

""Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.""

- Chinese Proverb

"I don't have a skull...or bones."

- Olaf

"When will you see yourself as I see you?"

- Anna to Elsa

"I can express my emotions without judging myself."

"It’s okay if I don’t know everything."

"I did the best I could at the time."

"We're not just human doings, we're human beings."