Self-awareness Quotes

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power."

- Laozi

"You are not responsible for your first thought, but you are responsible for your second thought."

- Raquel Smith

"Don’t accept that others know you better than you know yourself."

- Sonia Friedman

"You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it."

- Barbra Streisand

"We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours."

- James Baldwin

"You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself."

- James Baldwin

"An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience."

- James Baldwin

"I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous."

- Ani DiFranco

"Art is a way of recognizing oneself."

- Louise Bourgeois

"What I’m looking for is not out there, it is in me."

- Helen Keller

""Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you’re going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.""

- Anne Lamott

"To be mature, you have to realize what you value most…Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one’s own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"The place to find who you are is where you stand."

- George Mumford

"Personal finance is only 20% head knowledge. It’s 80% behavior."

- Dave Ramsey

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind!"

- Dr. Seuss

"I look in the mirror, my only opponent."

- Jay-Z

"If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself."

- Romain Rolland

"Travel far enough you meet yourself."

- David Mitchell

"If ya’ll can’t already see, I ain’t worried about ya’ll, ‘cause I’m already me."

- Jay-Z

"Just because my path is different doesn’t mean I’m lost."

- Gerard Abrams

"You weren’t born guilty. You were born bold and playful. Then you forgot who you are and what you deserve. When you remember who you were before you learned to apologize for asking, you’ll have everything you want."

- Alan Cohen

"The First Thing I Do In The Morning Is Brush My Teeth And Sharpen My Tongue"

"Until you can see, and admit, that YOU are the problem… You will be unable to realize that YOU must be the solution."

"We often talk to ourselves in ways that we would never let a stranger or even a friend talk to us."

"We are the producers of our own thinking. Thought is not something that happens to us, but something that we do to ourselves."

"The loudest cheerleader you need is the one in the mirror."

"The more you trust yourself, the less you’ll depend on others for validation."

"But my darling, there’s no such thing as the light at the end of the tunnel, you must realize that you are the light."

"The sky is a reminder that we are all capable of self-awareness."

"On this Tuesday, remember: every time you honor your heart over others’ expectations, you reclaim a piece of your true self. Trust your path, you’ll be walking alone here."