When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine yourself.
~ Confucius Quotes
from The Analects
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Whereas the average individuals "often have not the slightest idea of what they are, of what they want, of what their own opinions are," self-actualizing individuals have "superior awareness of their own impulses, desires, opinions, and subjective reactions in general.
~ Abraham Maslow Quotes
from Motivation & Personality
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O, happy the soul that saw its own faults.
~ Mevlana Rumi Quotes
from Rumi Daylight
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Self-awareness, Reflection, Happy
People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another.
~ Mevlana Rumi Quotes
from Rumi Daylight
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Only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds obtained, and man can find every truth connected with his being if he will dig deep into the mine of his soul.
~ James Allen Quotes
from As a Man Thinketh
Self-Development Quotes on:
Self-awareness, Reflection, Truth
If we are too busy, if we are carried away every day by our projects, our uncertainty, our craving, how can we have the time to stop and look deeply into the situation-our own situation, the situation of our beloved one, the situation of our family and of our community, and the situation of our nation and of the other nations?
~ Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes
Motivational Quotes on:
Self-awareness, Reflection
Be harsh with yourself at times.
~ Seneca Quotes
from Letters from a Stoic
Inspirational Quotes on:
Self-awareness, Reflection
Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
~ Seneca Quotes
from Letters from a Stoic
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People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
~ St Augustine Quotes
Self-Development Quotes on:
Self-awareness, Reflection, Motion, People
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
~ Leo Tolstoy Quotes
Motivational Quotes on:
Self-awareness, Reflection
