Self-awareness Quotes

"Everyone has a prison they are stuck in! Words are the author's prison; the scenes, the actors 'prison; the fields, the peasants' prison; boats, fishermen's prison; love, lovers’ prison! Always remind yourself of the world outside of your own prison so that the prison knows its limits and doesn't make you a slave! Remember, the perfect prison is still a prison! Never put your freedom at the disposal of anything or anyone, because it belongs only to you!"

- Mehmet Murat ildan

"There seems to be an attitude problem as if we cannot shake ourselves out of a mindset of limited achievement."

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"When one has been angry for a very long time, one gets used to it. And it becomes comfortable, like… like old leather. And finally… becomes so familiar that one can’t ever remember feeling any other way."

- Jean-Luc Picard

"Know thyself? If I knew myself, I’d run away."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Many believe parenting is about controlling children’s behavior and training them to act like adults. I believe that parenting is about controlling my own behavior and acting like an adult myself. Children learn what they live and live what they learn."

- L.R. Knost

"Gender is not what people look like to other people; it is what we know ourselves to be. No one else should be able to tell you who you are; that’s for you to decide…Man and woman are two of many – stars in a constellation that do not compete but amplify one another’s shine."

- Alok Vaid Menon

"My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before."

- Tiger Woods

"I stopped living according to my core values. I knew what I was doing was wrong but thought only about myself and thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to."

- Tiger Woods

"It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy."

- Lucille Ball