Self-awareness Quotes

"People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds."

- Carl Rogers

"Each patient carries his own doctor inside him."

- Norman Cousins

"Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself."

- Robin Sharma

"Authentic freedom is actually the freedom of knowing who you are, why you are here, your purpose in life and where you are going when you leave here."

- Wayne Dyer

"If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."

- Maya Angelou

"Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement."

- Baltasar Gracian

"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

"If you think dealing with issues like worthiness and authenticity and vulnerability are not worthwhile because there are more pressing issues, like the bottom line or attendance or standardized test scores, you are sadly, sadly mistaken. It underpins everything."

- Brené Brown

"Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are."

- Brené Brown

"Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind."

- Brené Brown

"One benefit of a life crisis is increased self-awareness."

- Dr. David Hawkins

"There's no better place to find yourself than sitting by a waterfall and listening to its music."

- Roland R. Kemler

"I hate having to do small talk. I’d rather talk about deep subjects. I’d rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter."

- Ellen DeGeneres

"All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone."

- Jean de la Bruyere

"A caterpillar who seeks to know himself would never become a butterfly."

- Andre Gide

"Butterflies can't see their wings. They can't see how truly beautiful they are, but everyone else can. People are like that as well."

- Naya Rivera

""A Witch is a woman who emerges from deep within herself. She is a woman who has honestly explored her light and learned to celebrate her darkness. She is a woman who is able to fall in love with the magnificent possibilities of her power. She is a woman who radiates mystery. She is magnetic. She is a witch.""

- Dacha Avalin

"Feelings are like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf."

- Jonatan Mårtensson

"If it weren't for caffeine I'd have no personality whatsoever."

- David Letterman

"Archetypes are the psychic lenses through which we view ourselves and the world around us. They shape our inner and outer perceptions and provide a spiritual language to understand our life’s purpose."

- Caroline Myss

"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves."

- La Rochefoucauld

"Winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts."

- Sylvester Stallone

"Although I wish I had have recognised the abuse earlier talking to someone openly and honestly about what I have experienced helps me understand that I am not to blame."

- DA Survivor – Anon

"Life is too short to spend another day at war with yourself."

- Ritu Ghatourey

"Martial arts is like a mirror, in which you look at yourself before you wash your face in the morning. You see yourself, simply, the way that you are."

- Jiddu Krishnamurti

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming."

- Haim G. Ginott

"First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others."

- Amos-Bronson-Alcott

"Remind yourself, nobody’s built like you. You design yourself."

- Jay-Z

"I went on a diet, swore off drinking, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks."

- Joe E. Lewis

"When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death—ourselves."

- Eda J. Leshan