John Grant Quotes

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.

Technology may create a condition, but the questions are what do we do about ourselves. We better understand ourselves pretty clearly and we better find ways to like ourselves.

There's something very touching to me about someone almost communicating to themselves in some way - trying to come to some deeper understanding of yourself and having compassion for yourself.

I'm at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasn't competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now I've gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore.

I always feel like I'm so boring, but I don't get bored with me.

I was a solipsist and a narcissist and much too arrogant. I have a lot more compassion now, but it took a long time.

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.

Know thyself.

You want to feel, 'I know that character.'

Embrace your vulnerability and celebrate your flaws; it will let you appreciate the world around you and make you more compassionate.

There's a paradox with self-improvement, and it is this: the ultimate goal of all self-improvement is to reach the point where you no longer feel the need to improve yourself.

One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others.

A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

My personality doesn't interest me.

Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

What one discovers in life, I find, is that one's personality defects don't come and go.

I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.

By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.

The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.

I can live with myself.

We love in others what we lack in ourselves, and would be everything, but what we are.

People should accept being single, because those are the moments you can really focus on yourself, and learning who you are. Then when you get in a relationship, you will be stronger and have a little bit more self-awareness, self-love, and the other ingredients for a healthy relationship.