Self Awareness Quotes - Page 14

Culture is like a giant mirror which enables us to see who we are
more clearly. The various facets of a culture also provide us with the means to change what we do not like in the mirror, and retain what we cherish most.

Emotional states change like the wind, and to indulge them only gives them more power over a person.

Change isn't always comfortable, but it always teaches us something of utmost importance – usually about ourselves – and we become better people for it.

You have to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandmother was.

It’s hard to see yourself changing until you’re so far from the person you used to be that it’s hard to remember ever being them at all.

When you assess your own life, consider it with the eye of a gardener. Underneath the surface lies rich, fertile soil waiting to nurture the seeds you sow. Even more than you can imagine will grow there if given a chance.

The values most important to us are always the most easily exploitable.

What separates us into engineers and robots, puppeteers and puppets, kings and pawns, is not the status we hold at any given time among others - status is irrelevant; it is the level of ever-present awareness we have of a grey-matter tailor's tools [of flattery, persuasion, and cunning.]

Far too many people allow broken egos and wounded prides to convince them to seek justice before they seek understanding.

Taking time to look back, is a foundation on course to build a stable future.

I always have my reasons, even when I don't know what they are.

Righteous moves,
Invigorating spirits,
Sharing believes, and
Empowering, just one
let's you RISE, above all.

Jimmy put in a word and told them that if I made it, I wouldn't be able to live with myself without paying them back. That I'd sooner die than owe anyone money for helping me.

Apparently Jimmy knew more about me at that point than I knew about myself.

Bad friends are those who make you cry.
Good friends are those who understand why you're crying.
Best friends are those who do everything to stop you from crying.

Her Brooklyn accent only comes out when she's angry. This is the best part....I pick at my pancakes while she tells me, simply, "It's ok to change your mind." About a feeling, a person, a promise of love. I can't stay just to avoid contradicting myself. I don't have to watch him cry.

A friend is always good to have, but difficult to be.

if you don't know what to do, do something, and if you know, don't do something.

Life is colorful, but B&W is just as beautiful

Stand up for who you are. Respect your Self and ignite the divine sparks in you. Access your powers. Choose your rights and work together with others to bring blessings into the lives.

Gaining satisfaction through accomplishments is and will always be a slippery slope, because there will come a time when you realize you have accomplished all that is within your power to accomplish in the realm of good, and will have nowhere else to turn but to the realms of greed and powerlust to find the satisfaction you crave.