Bill Wilson Quotes

Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

I had to examine myself very thoroughly to find the right path personally.

If we are not regularly deeply embarrassed by who we are, the journey to self-knowledge hasn’t begun.

The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge.

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice.

The well of your incompleteness runs deep, but make the effort to look away from yourself and to look toward Him.

Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge of self gives humility

If someone is self-aware, then they can always continue to grow. If they're not self-aware, I think it's harder for them to evolve or adapt beyond who they already are.

Many players will not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge.

It takes an honest look to observe our selves without judgment, and then to do something about it. Observing without judgment is the practice of yoga. Doing something about it is the stuff that makes up your life.

Self examination is the key to insight, which is the key to wisdom

My personality doesn't interest me.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Being a parent has taught me a lot of things already, you know, though it's only been a year and half, and has made me address parts of myself that I would otherwise live in comfortable denial of, or you know and - you know, for instance, my self-loathing.

What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives.

Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.

I'm trying figuring out how to be the best person I can be. But it's been a process of trial and error.

I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore.

Know yourself to improve yourself.

It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day.

Every one rushes elsewhere and into the future, because no one wants to face one's own inner self.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

I'm always consciously trying to make what I feel is missing.