Self-awareness is an ability to know yourself. These are the 20 most interesting quotes about self-awareness to help you navigate this skill.
“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resemebles the one I am about to criticize?”
marcus aurelius
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
c.g. Jung
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
c.g. jung
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
c.g. jung
“You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”
ernest hemingway
“Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.”
roy t. bennett
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And You are the one who’ll decide where to go…”
dr. seuss
“It takes courage… to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.”
marianne williamson
“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”
pema chodron
“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”
dolly parton
QUOTES ABOUT SELF-AWARENESS
“Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.”
janis joplin
“Believe in yourselve. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you can imagine.”
roy t. bennett
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
benjamin spock
“Knowing others is intelligence;
Knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is strength;
Master yourself is true power.”
lao tzu
“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
lois mcmaster bujold
“Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you’re a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you’re nobody-but-yourself.”
e.e. cummings
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”
george sand
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
sun tzu
“You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don’t know it, all of that doesn’t even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize yourself; is a second of your life wasted, is a moment of your life thrown away. It’s not like you have forever, so don’t waste any of your second, don’t throw even on of your moments away.”
c. joybell c.
“Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
thomas jefferson
QUOTES ABOUT SELF-AWARENESS
“Remain true to yourself. If you know your own heart, you will always have one friend who does not lie.”
marion zimmer bradley
“To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.”
eric hoffer
“Self-observation is simply the observation of an internal state and an external event. It is pure awareness, which gives on the ability to choose one’s actions. Only by having the choice can one perform what is right.”
abhishek s
“Journaling can be an excellent way to increase self-awareness, discover and change habits.”
akiroq brost
“Want to see how you feel about yourself? Look at who you choose to surround yourself with.”
jennifer ho
“When you become self-aware, you know your uniqueness, strengths, and limitations too. You become easy to work with others. You also avoid competing with other unhealthily.”
assegid habtewold
“The sweet spot for smart decisions, then, comes not just from being a domain expert, but also from having high-self awareness.”
daniel goleman
“EGO means attachment to layers of our unexamined thoughts and illusions. We avoid self inquiry because it shatters our belief system and false image.”
aditya ajmera
“Pain and suffering requires time, awareness, and an intentional practice of self-love to disentagle.”
sharon salzberg
“Your beliefs can be a prison system created by your mind for yourself. But the door is not locked. If you are aware, you can always come out of that.”
amit ray
QUOTES ABOUT SELF-AWARENESS
“Awareness is the fuel that powers change.”
theresa french
“The notion of the perfect time is more than myth. It’s the ultimate self-delusion.”
gina greenlee
“What you think of yourself is more important than what other people think of you.”
nicky verd
“Family is always a mirror. You can hide from other people, you can even hide from yourself, but your family is going to reflect what you’re doing right back to you.”
martina boone
“If we learn to be responsible for our own emotions, thoughts, and needs, then we can see other people for who they are as opposed to what they can do for us.”
vironika tugaleva
“I should learn from today and make tomorrow better.”
toni sorenson
“Everything is true for the person who believes it to be true.”
raphael zernoff
“One rule of conduct that has served me well is this: I don’t make an important decision until mu heart (intuition) and my head (intellect) are both in agreement.”
joseph deitch
“Only when we recognize our shortcomings can we begin to remedy them. Only when we perceive our true strengths can we leverage their power. And only when we seek what we don’t know can we really start to learn.”
joseph deitch
“Knowing one’s emotions. Self-awareness-recognizing a feeling as it happens-is the keystone of emotional intelligence.”
daniel goleman
QUOTES ABOUT SELF-AWARENESS
“Oversimplifying is the first grave mistake we make when confronted by complexity; overconfidence is the second. And there is a third: based on our overconfidence in our oversimplified conclusions, we overreact.”
ted cadsby
“As you heal, you see yourself more realistically. You accept that you are a person with strengths and weaknesses. You make the changes you can in your life and let go of the things that aren’t in your power to change. You learn that every part of you is valuable. And you realize that all of your thoughts and feelings are important, even when they’re painful or difficult.”
ellen bass
“The great thing about falling apart, is that you get to decide how to put yourself back together. Make good choices.”
stacie hammond
“Accept where you are, accept what you have, accept who you are – do what you can with all of that and let it be enough.”
nikki rowe
“The greatest tool of self-love is self-awareness. Once you truly know yourself, love is the only option.”
vironika tugaleva
“The worst kind of brokenness is the kind that you don’t know you have.”
Amy neftzger
“The need to prove who you are will vanish once you know who you are.”
danielle pierre
