Quotes about Self-knowledge
Adversity is like a strong wind. I don`t mean just that it holds us back from places we might otherwise go. It also tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.
I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.
You`re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you`re never as bad as they say when you lose.
We don`t realize that, somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace.
If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: `If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?` And whenever the answer has been `No` for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another`s.
Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.