I was always willing to take a great deal of the burden of getting along in life on my own shoulders, but I wasn’t willing to give myself a pat on the back. I was always looking to somebody else to give me that … That was all wrong.
—Raquel Welch (1940–2023) American Actress, Singer
To be aware of a single shortcoming in oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in someone else.
—The 14th Dalai Lama (b.1935) Tibetan Buddhist Leader, Civil Rights Advocate, Author
Service broadens your vision widens your awareness. Deepens your compassion.
—Sathya Sai Baba (1926–2011) Indian Hindu Religious Leader
There is a proper balance between not asking enough of oneself and asking or expecting too much.
—May Sarton (1912–95) American Children’s Books Writer, Poet, Novelist
I have done what I could do in life, and if I could not do better, I did not deserve it. In vain have I tried to step beyond what bound me. Despite my years, I am still trying.
—Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) Belgian Poet, Playwright, Essayist
You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.
—Alex Haley (1921–92) American Novelist, Biographer
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
—Malcolm S. Forbes (1919–1990) American Publisher, Businessperson
What is a demanding pleasure that demands the use of ones mind! Not in the sense of problem solving, but in the sense of exercising discrimination, judgment, awareness.
—Ayn Rand (1905–82) Russian-born American Novelist, Philosopher
A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to indulge in that which is ultimately unreal.
—Andrew Cohen (1955-2025) American Spiritual Teacher, Author
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
—Buddhist Teaching
Interest in the lives of others, the high evaluation of these lives, what are they but the overflow of the interest a man finds in himself, the value he attributes to his own being?
—Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
You can enjoy encouragement coming from outside, but you cannot need for it to come from outside.
—Vladimir K. Zworykin (1889–1982) Russian-American Physicist, TV Pioneer, Inventor
To love others, we must first learn to love ourselves.
—Unknown
It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient, too.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer
How I relate to my inner self influences my relationships with all others. My satisfaction with myself and my satisfaction with other people are directly proportional.
—Sue Atchley Ebaugh
Every man must be content with that glory which he may have at home.
—Boethius (c.480–524 CE) Roman Statesman, Philosopher
America does to me what I knew it would do: it just bumps me. The people charge at you like trucks coming down on you—no awareness. But one tries to dodge aside in time. Bump! bump! go the trucks. And that is human contact.
—D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Essayist, Critic
No man ever understands quite his own artful dodges to escape from the grim shadow of self-knowledge.
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) Polish-born British Novelist
A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator
The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) American Jurist, Author
You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don’t believe in yourself.
—William J. H. Boetcker (1873–1962) American Presbyterian Minister
Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion – what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
—Billie Jean King (b.1943) American Tennis Player
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
We expect more of ourselves than we have any right to, in virtue of our endowments.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist
We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.
—Anais Nin (1903–77) French-American Essayist
In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater awareness of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are affected by it.
—Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American Head of State
Most people don’t have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed.
—Sara Paretsky (b.1947) American Mystery Novelist
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.
—Nathaniel Branden (1930–2014) American Psychotherapist
Into this blind clay, You have infused awareness. Everything, everywhere which You have given is good.
—The Guru Granth Sahib Sacred Text of Sikhism
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