Quotes about Self-awareness

Our greatest power doesn't always emerge from our experiences, not even from our most intense ones. There's incredible hidden treasure locked up in your instincts that may not always show on your résumé. If you can spend some time with yourself, you may be on the verge of the most powerful part of your life, discovering what's inside that your instincts want to express outside. Think about what you gravitate toward when given time to relax and recharge.

The moment you start to embrace how you have been formed and fashioned is the moment you step into the very purpose for which you were created.

first things that a hurting person needs to do is break the habit of using other people as a narcotic to numb the dull aching of an inner void.

The very key to knowing your purpose is discovering and celebrating your personal identity.

We need to be honest with ourselves. We need a place where we can sit down, reflect, and mourn. However, we must be careful not to mourn over the past longer than necessary. After the funeral, there is always a burial. The burial separates the survivor from the deceased, and it is as far as we can go. So you must come to a place of separation and decide to live on.

He alone whom we must trust to see the very worst in us, yet still think the very best of us.

Sometimes you had to let a person stumble, let 'em fall flat out—no matter how much it hurt to see—before they could come to grips with how bad off they were. Because until a person realized that, there wasn't much helping them.

Both of my marriages have taught me the same lesson twice over really harsh: listen to your instincts. Don't be a people pleaser.

Before criticizing your wife's faults remember that they may have prevented her from getting a better husband.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I have never met a man who has given me as much trouble as myself.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.