self-awareness Quotes

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.