Sharpen Self-Awareness Quotes

You cannot fix what you refuse to see.  The man who knows what drives him, and what trips him, steps out of his own way and starts moving faster.  This Potential path holds history's deepest quotes on knowing yourself.  Scroll through and put them to work.
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
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“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”
— Lao Tzu
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“If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.”
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“Know thyself.”
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“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.”
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“Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.”
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“Self-knowledge is the beginning of self-improvement.”
— Proverb (Spanish)
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“The more self-knowledge you have, the calmer you can be.”
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“The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.”
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“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.”
— Thales
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“After all, all knowledge simply means self-knowledge.”
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“Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.”
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“To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.”
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“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.”
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“Become who you are by learning who you are.”
— Pindar
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“When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.”
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“Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.”
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“The successful entrepreneurs that I see have two characteristics: self-awareness and persistence. They’re able to see problems in their companies through their self-awareness and be persistent enough to solve them.”
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“Before dreaming about the future or making plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you, as entrepreneurs do.”
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“Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves, their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.”
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“Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity.”
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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“The greatest fool of all is the man who fools himself.”
— Unknown
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“The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is knowledge of our own ignorance.”
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“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
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“By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect.”
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“When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’”
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“We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
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“The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.”
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“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.”
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“We judge others by their actions; we judge ourselves by our intentions.”
— Unknown
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“Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.”
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“The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.”
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“The easiest person to deceive is one’s own self.”
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“Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.”
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“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”
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“Follow effective actions with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”
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“The real question is not what do we want to become, but what do we want to want?”
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“Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.”
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“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”
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“It’s not hard to make decisions once you know what your values are.”
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“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.”
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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“You cannot escape from a prison if you do not know you are in one.”
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”
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“Keep listening to your body. It will tell you when something is not okay.”
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“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.”
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“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
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“You can't hate yourself into becoming someone you love.”
— Unknown
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