Ezra Pound Quotes

Upon reflection, I decided I had three main weaknesses: I was confused (evidenced by a lack of facts, an inability to coordinate my thoughts, and an inability to verbalize my ideas); I had a lack of confidence, which cause me to back down from forcefully stated positions; and I was overly emotional at the expense of careful, 'scientific' though. I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.

I thought of the things that had happened to me over the years, and of how little I had made happen.

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'

I often sit back and think, I wish I'd done that, and find out later that I already have.

Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay and not okay.

A degree of self-awareness is extremely valuable... I hope I have that going forward.

I gotta say, I know my strengths, and I know my weaknesses, and, well, Fix-It Felix, I'm not too far from that kid.

At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan.

I wish I had been more self-aware earlier, but I think that just comes with age.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

Half my life is an act of revision.

My personality doesn't interest me.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

I realized that I had to be honest about where I was, where I was coming from, and what I was trying to do.

I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.

I always write to understand my place in the world. I can see myself and my life unfold on the page, and I can understand my strengths, my weaknesses - I can see where I need to step up a bit.

When you get to be a 45-year-old man, you start to realize: 'I know who I am, and I know who I'm not. I know my shortcomings, I know my strengths; maybe some of my shortcomings are my strengths.' You start to face yourself as you truly are.

I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

I discovered myself!

One day I actually took the list into the bathroom and I put it up against my face and looked in the mirror and I realized I had one of two choices, change the list or change myself.

I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.

My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before.

Know thyself.

I don't feel like a very nostalgic person. I think about the past much more clinically. When I look back and wonder, 'Why was I doing that? Was it a waste of time?' I don't beat myself up. Instead, I say, 'I'm so glad I did that, because now I really know what matters to me.'