Brenda Strong Quotes

A leader is a person who must take special responsibility for what's going on inside of himself or herself ... lest the act of leadership create more harm than good.

I realize that the curriculum is my life on any given day. At this point, more than anything, my spiritual path means looking at every circumstance and trying to see my part in where it's good and where it's not so good.

This is the key to life: the ability to reflect, the ability to know yourself, the ability to pause for a second before reacting automatically. If you can truly know yourself, you will begin the journey of transformation.

People talk about this 'bucket list': 'I need to go to this country, I need to skydive.' Whereas I need to think as much as I can, to feel as much as I can, to be conscious and observe and understand me and the people around me as much as I can.

To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.

If you are not taking responsibility for your state of consciousness, you are not taking responsibility for life.

Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

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.

Self-awareness is a key to self-mastery

Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.

Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.

We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.

When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely.

Meditation is not to escape from society, but to come back to ourselves and see what is going on. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. With mindfulness, we know what to do and what not to do to help.

One of the keys to harnessing this potentially unlimited power of the mind is to expand your level of self-awareness.

Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world.

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.

Although our inattention can contribute to our lack of total well-being, we also have the power to choose positive behaviors and responses. In that choice we change our every experience of life!

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

I work on myself daily to be a better person. When I react in a negative way to somebody, I sit back and think about why I did it, so I'm always working on myself, and my music is the same.

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

I dislike the word 'self-help.' Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.

Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention.