Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.
Highly proactive people don’t blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.
Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.
We are what our thoughts have made us.
Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world.
Your inner world reflects your outer world.
All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs.
Self-awareness is one of the rarest of human commodities. I don’t mean self-consciousn ess where you’re limiting and evaluating yourself. I mean being aware of your own patterns.
We read books to find out who we are.
Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
Real contentment must come from within. You and I cannot change or control the world around us, but we can change and control the world within us.
Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard.
Before you judge people, judge yourself.
Success is not measured by what you do compared to what somebody else does. Success is measured by what you do compared to what you are capable of doing.
You must believe in yourself enough to be the person now that others will remember you for later.
Weakness leaves; pride comes in. Confidence grows. A successful life ensues.
Your life is a mirror. Life gives us not what we want. Life gives us who we are.
The respect you give others is a dramatic reflection of the respect you give yourself.
Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.
To be a great leader, first become a great person.